Drinking tea on a daily basis halves the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Drinking tea reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes
A new study has found that those who drink at least one cup of dark tea per day are 47 per cent less likely to develop the deadly condition than those who do not.
Tea helps people control their blood sugar with its antioxidants and gut-boosting effects, meaning that drinking any form of the beverage - including regular and green tea - reduces the diabetes risk by 28 per cent compared to those who do not enjoy a cuppa.
Professor Tonzhi Wu, from the University of Adelaide in Australia, said: "Our findings hint at the protective effects of habitual tea drinking on blood sugar management.
"These benefits were most pronounced among daily dark tea drinkers."