" 'We found that heavy coffee consumption substantially reduced the risk of Type 2 diabetes in both men and women,' said Dr. Frank Hu of the Harvard School of Public Health."
"By 'heavy' coffee consumption -- researchers mean 6 or more cups a day -- but what they found was startling. Among the thousands of men and women followed for the study, male coffee drinkers had a 50 percent reduction in diabetes risk. The risk for women was reduced by 30 percent."
"Even those who drank decaf saw some benefit." 1-04
"Those who trimmed their weight by 5% to 7%, dropping an average 10 to 15 pounds, and exercised about 30 minutes a day, reduced their risk of progressing to diabetes within the three-year study period by 58%." Diabetes is a devastating disease that costs over 90 billion dollars a year in health care costs.