Steeped in health: 5 health-boosting properties of tea
Dodge diabetes
Drinking tea may lower your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, in which your body stops reacting effectively to the hormone insulin. In a 2012 study of 26,000 people in Europe, published in PLOS One, researchers found that people who drank at least four cups of tea daily showed a 16 percent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than non-tea drinkers.