Does Caffeine Increase Blood Sugar Levels?
Researchers at Duke University have been taking aim at caffeine for some years now, and they think that people with type 2 diabetes should avoid coffee. According to the results of two small but significant studies, Dr. James Lane believes that caffeine affects the way that diabetics metabolize carbohydrates and leads to increased blood sugar levels. Back in 2004, Dr. James Lane and fellow researchers tested the effects of caffeine in 14 people with type 2 diabetes. They tested the fasting blood sugar levels of each person, then gave them two caffeine pills and tested blood sugar levels an hour later. Each person then drank a high-carb meal replacement drink with a third caffeine pill, and blood sugar levels were tested one hour and two hours after their ‘meal’. Each person was tested on two different days. On one of those days, half the group got real caffeine and the other half took a placebo. On the second day, those who got a placebo on day one got the real deal, and those who got
