According To Research, This Is The Healthiest Drink List For Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Illustration of healthy drinks for people with type 2 diabetes (Freepik/Azerbaijan.stockers)

YOGYAKARTA Sweet drinks are certainly a list of drinks that must be limited to people with type 2 diabetes. Because according to research, drinking unlimited sweet drinks can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease to death in diabetics. So, what is the most healthy drink for people with type 2 diabetes?

The researchers' latest findings from the United States, from examining 15,500 data on people with type 2 diabetes, found that those who drank at most had an increase of 20 percent of the risk of death from any cause and 25 percent higher the risk of cardiovascular disease. Research published in The BMJ shows that drinking coffee, tea, water, and low-fat milk reduces the risk of all causes of death. So, it's a good idea to switch from sweet drinks to healthy drinks.

Overall, these results provide additional evidence emphasizing the importance of drink choice in overall health care among adults with diabetes, wrote Le Ma, Ph.D., from the nutrition department at Harvard's TH Chan School of Public Health reported by WebMD, Wednesday, May 10.

Nita Forohi, MD., Ph.D., from the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine explained. That the cause of drinking and suffering from drinks is not only linear. The reason is, many factors can affect a person's health condition. However, as an anticipatory measure to minimize the risk of certain diseases, it is better to avoid drinking a bad drink.

Avoiding drinking sweet drinks, it turns out that it is proven that it needs to be done in records in 45 countries. So if you focus on non- sweet drinks from coffee, tea, water, and low-fat milk. In fact, drinking sweet tea according to a classic understanding in the south country, it is better than drinking soft drinks. But it is important to pay attention to daily sugar doses, especially for people with type 2 diabetes. Better, order sugarless freshwater tea if you eat at a restaurant. Even by drinking lemon juice, chocolate milk, cocoa coffee, smoothies, and wine, measure the sugar levels in it to remain the most healthy drink.