Discover the ‘game-changing’ drink for people with Type 2 Diabetes!
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Living with Type 2 Diabetes can feel like an uphill battle, but what if we told you there’s a way to ease the symptoms at home?
A recent study has indicated that a daily dose of a specific drink could help reduce blood sugar levels in people with diabetes!
The research conducted by a team of experts at Georgetown University looked at the effect of drinking kombucha on both blood sugar and insulin levels.
Twelve individuals whose blood sugar levels were uncontrolled were chosen to take part in the study, and were asked to drink kombucha with their evening meals every day for four weeks.
They also drank a placebo–for another four weeks–with a similar flavour and colour so they couldn’t tell the difference.
Then, the team of researchers examined the data and noticed that after drinking kombucha, the participants had much lower blood sugar levels–but the same could not be said for the other drink.
So why exactly is kombucha so effective against Type 2 Diabetes?
Well, according to the research, kombucha has the potential to increase the proportion of good microflora living in the gut, and this could in turn affect the host’s metabolic function and potentially lower their blood sugar levels.
On top of this, fans of the fermented cold tea claim that it can reduce cholesterol, flatten your stomach, and even protect you from cancer.
Research suggests kombucha could help regenerate beta cells which produce the hormone insulin to regulate blood sugar. However, this can also be attributed to how filling drinking kombucha can be as people end up eating less food each meal allowing for better control of their blood sugar levels.
However, as Dr Dan Merenstein, the co-author of the study, said: 'To our knowledge this is the first clinical trial examining effects of kombucha in people with diabetes.'
He added: 'A lot more research needs to be done but this is very promising.'
At any rate, the average blood sugar in those 12 participants, after a month of drinking kombucha, had dropped from 164 to 116 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood.
Furthermore, the study published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition showed that the biggest improvements in blood sugar levels were seen in people who initially had poorly controlled blood sugar levels.
We recommend speaking to your doctor before trying out any new treatments for diabetes. As Naveed Sattar, Professor of Metabolic Medicine at the University of Glasgow, suggested: 'I would rather do the things we know work to help improve sugar or diabetes control–and that is better activity, sleep, and trying to reduce my intake of discretionary calories.'
It is also important to note that, even though the results of this research look very promising, it was conducted on a fairly small group of participants. Therefore, more research still needs to be done.
Have you tried kombucha before? Would you try this or do you have another way you prefer to manage Type 2 Diabetes? Let us know in the comments below!
A recent study has indicated that a daily dose of a specific drink could help reduce blood sugar levels in people with diabetes!
The research conducted by a team of experts at Georgetown University looked at the effect of drinking kombucha on both blood sugar and insulin levels.
A research team from Georgetown University studied the effect of kombucha on diabetes. Image source: flickr.
Twelve individuals whose blood sugar levels were uncontrolled were chosen to take part in the study, and were asked to drink kombucha with their evening meals every day for four weeks.
They also drank a placebo–for another four weeks–with a similar flavour and colour so they couldn’t tell the difference.
Then, the team of researchers examined the data and noticed that after drinking kombucha, the participants had much lower blood sugar levels–but the same could not be said for the other drink.
So why exactly is kombucha so effective against Type 2 Diabetes?
Well, according to the research, kombucha has the potential to increase the proportion of good microflora living in the gut, and this could in turn affect the host’s metabolic function and potentially lower their blood sugar levels.
On top of this, fans of the fermented cold tea claim that it can reduce cholesterol, flatten your stomach, and even protect you from cancer.
Research suggests kombucha could help regenerate beta cells which produce the hormone insulin to regulate blood sugar. However, this can also be attributed to how filling drinking kombucha can be as people end up eating less food each meal allowing for better control of their blood sugar levels.
However, as Dr Dan Merenstein, the co-author of the study, said: 'To our knowledge this is the first clinical trial examining effects of kombucha in people with diabetes.'
He added: 'A lot more research needs to be done but this is very promising.'
At any rate, the average blood sugar in those 12 participants, after a month of drinking kombucha, had dropped from 164 to 116 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood.
Furthermore, the study published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition showed that the biggest improvements in blood sugar levels were seen in people who initially had poorly controlled blood sugar levels.
We recommend speaking to your doctor before trying out any new treatments for diabetes. As Naveed Sattar, Professor of Metabolic Medicine at the University of Glasgow, suggested: 'I would rather do the things we know work to help improve sugar or diabetes control–and that is better activity, sleep, and trying to reduce my intake of discretionary calories.'
It is also important to note that, even though the results of this research look very promising, it was conducted on a fairly small group of participants. Therefore, more research still needs to be done.
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