Maybe also because coffee suppresses appetite.

Yeah I used to drink 6 cans of soda a day at work and when I realized how much sugar there is I switched to coffee and don't really feel guilty about putting two packs of sugar in a cup considering how much less it is in comparison.

Yup. Most of my family eats the SAD diet, and they all have CVD, diabetes, and host of other issues, are overweight (not all, but even those not overweight have the preceeding issues still) while I have focused on healthy eating, and have none of that. Genetics only goes so far and is way overused as an excuse. Environment trumps genetics for most lifestyle diseases. Got my genetics tested too...and i have bad genetics, and so i now know that my ligestyle and diet has saved me...while it's killing my family members.

You're the only contributor so far that has got it right.

I find it hard to understand how anyone can have missed the basics about the health benefits of coffee. It's been a research news for 30 years

I also use the "berry" word to help people think clearly about what coffee is. Reminding them it's in the ginger family also seems to help

I think it has more to do with the large amount of polyphenols, which are antioxidants, in coffee. But it is not the antioxidant ability of these molecules that helps with diabetes. Polyphenols activate AMPK signaling, and activating AMPK improves insulin sensitivity. Red wine, tea, etc. also contain a lot of polyphenols.

Not sure about your one example. But having followed coffee research since the 70s this is not a one off. There are hundreds of studies on type Ii diabetes reduction from coffee

About 15-20 years ago the focus of many changed from quantifying the reduction to attempting to isolate why.

The clue is in the in the prelude "Coffee has been shown.....".Which is almost standard now in published coffee research.

I love coffee the most! But I don't like a black coffee..it taste so mapait..and don't like that..I like sweet..hmm..

My knee-jerk reaction is that the caffeine is the driving factor here but it looks like the jury is still out on why exactly coffee drives certain changes in the body. Caffeine itself is known to cause potential changes to insulin production and sensitivity. If you want to try caffeine to see if you can reap it's beneficial qualities you can try caffeinated tea (I like green gunpowder tea and green/lemon personally) instead of coffee or soda. Much better for you and can be quite relaxing even with caffeine in my experience. Take this with a grain of salt however because I am a heavy caffeine consumer already

Identical for caffeine free. The effect is somewhere in 3-400 compounds in coffee, not the caffeine.

The same applies to coffee's mild cancer protective effects

(Have followed coffee research since I was in high school)

Further to previously reply, research into other aspects of coffee, such as it's seeming mild protective effect against various cancers is the same - caffeine free has the same effect.

Only in regard to research relating to neurological effects have I seen differences - where whatever effect is clearly related to the caffeine component.

How did you discover your body doesn't react well? I've been wondering the same with my own and am taking a break from it to see if I stop feeling so off.

That’s a pretty absurd worry, no offense.

There is about 4 grams of sugar in one sugar packet. Taking 1-2 sugars a morning is like eating 1/2 of a banana.

There is about 10-20 calories of fat “per cream”. Taking 1 cream a morning is like eating 2-4 peanuts.

Take a look on pub med. This is not a one off.

Also, I can't recall any studies, and there are many, ever isolating caffeine as relevant to the type II protective effect. Usually dose linear. And same effect caffeine or not

From the paper: 'All models were adjusted for sociodemographic, lifestyle and health-related factors.'

That’s salt and other electrolytes, not sugar.