The primary role of insulin - a hormone secreted by the pancreas - is to regulate glucose levels in the body. Blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is the main sugar found in your blood. Unfortunately, if you have type 2 diabetes, insulin production is undermined, which causes blood sugar levels to rise. Over time, this can cause a number of serious health problems.
Fortunately, you can mimic and even enhance the effects of insulin by making sensible dietary decisions.
Particular items have been shown to reduce high blood sugar levels by boosting insulin sensitivity - this is integral to blood sugar control.
Oolong tea - a traditional Chinese tea - contains properties that produce this desired effect, explained doctor Sarah Brewer, working in association with CuraLin.
"Tea – especially green and white tea – contains antioxidant catechins that increase insulin sensitivity," she said.
Catechins are plant-based chemicals that are thought to contribute to the beneficial effects ascribed to tea.
Doctor Brewer cited a couple of studies that demonstrate the blood sugar-lowering prowess of oolong tea.
"People with type 2 diabetes who drank 1500 ml oolong tea daily for 30 days reduced blood glucose levels by 30 percent compared with a similar period when drinking water," she said.
What's more, a study involving 38,000 women found that those drinking four or more cups of tea per day were 27 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those drinking none, added doctor Brewer.
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