Study Suggests Compounds In Coffee Could Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes.

HealthDay  (1/20, Gordon) reports a Chinese study of cell cultures published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that coffee could help "stave off type 2 diabetes." Researchers found that caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, and caffeine, "three major compounds in coffee...may provide potentially beneficial effects" by inhibiting "the production of the abnormal protein deposits associated" with Human islet amyloid polypeptide in people with type 2 diabetes. Dr. Vivian Fonseca, president of medicine and science at the American Diabetes Association, said, "Scientifically, this is a very nice paper, but it has its limitations," as it wasn't done in animals or people.