Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Green tea polyphenols did not affect glucose levels or insulin resistance
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 26th, 2005
In a recently published study, investigators in Japan conducted a study "to study the effects of the intake of green tea and polyphenols, which are a component of green tea, on insulin resistance and systemic inflammation, a randomized controlled trial was conducted on 66 patients aged 32-73 y (53 males and 13 females) with borderline diabetes or diabetes."
Y. Fukino and colleagues at the University of Shizuoka explained, "Subjects in the intervention group were asked to take a packet of green...
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