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(redirected from Impaired glucose tolerance)

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People with impaired glucose tolerance are more likely to develop full blown diabetes and it may be possible to prevent or delay the onset of the disease through lifestyle changes and medication," said lead researcher, Suzanne Grant of the Centre for Complementary Medicine Research at the University of Western Sydney in Australia.
Researchers estimate that about 10 percent of Americans will develop diabetes during their lifetime and about twice that number will develop a milder form of diabetes called impaired glucose tolerance, or prediabetes.
Coffees protective effect was seen even among people who had impaired glucose tolerance, an early warning sign of diabetes, at the beginning of the study.
 
 
 
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