New Coffee Compounds May Help Control Blood Sugar in Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds

Key Highlights

• Experts say these findings are built on existing knowledge that coffee's natural polyphenols, like chlorogenic acid, improve insulin sensitivity and reduce inflammation.
• The research, led by Kunming Institute of Botany and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was published in the journal Beverage Plant Research and has come to the conclusion that coffee offers health benefits beyond basic nutrition.
• How was the study conducted?
• Scientists say it is challenging to find compounds in foods since they are interlinked with chemicals.
• And so, for this study, the research team used advanced lab tools, including nuclear magnetic resonance and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, to carefully analyze roasted Coffea arabica beans A three-step screening process was used by the scientists to narrow down the most chemically active portions of the coffee extract.