Green tea is effective in preventing type 1 diabetes
The results of a new study showed that green tea contains powerful antioxidants that prevent or delay the onset of type 1 diabetes.
The researchers tested the antioxidant EGCG in green tea on mice with type 1 diabetes and early Sjogren’s syndrome, which damage the glands that produce moisture and cause dry mouth and eyes.
Our study focused on this syndrome, so we found that EGCG could also play a role in preventing or delaying the development of insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes, said Stephen Hsu, a molecular cell biologist at Georgia Medical College.
Descriptions of these experiments have been published in the journal Life Science.
In mice, EGCG reduces the severity of salivary gland damage associated with this syndrome, for which there is no known cure.
Both type 1 diabetes and Sjogren’s syndrome are both autoimmune diseases that cause the body to attack itself. Autoimmune disorders are the third most common group of diseases in the United States, accounting for about eight percent of the population. They suffer.
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