Drinking special African tea might be a possible cure for type-2 Diabetes in near future. Researchers collected the tea leaves from wild in Nigeria and made the tea exactly as local healers would do so by boiling the leaves, young stalks and fruit and then filtering the liquid. Using tea is not something new to African continent ,which is generally used a treatment in traditional Nigerian medicine and is produced from the extract of Rauvolfia Vomitoria leaves and the fruit of Citrus aurantium. Now recent tests in Mice first and then in humans show promising results for over coming Type -2 Diabates.

The researchers have recently completed a four month long clinical test on 23 patients with type-2 diabetes and are more than satisfied with the result.

“The research subjects drank 750ml of tea each day. The [tea] appears to differentiate itself from other current type-2 diabetes treatments because the tea does not initially affect the sugar content of the blood. But after four months of treatment with tea we can, however, see a significant increase in glucose tolerance,” — Joan Campbell-Tofte ,University of Copenhagen.

It has been observed in patients who drank this special tea ,showed an increase in the number of polyunsaturated fatty acids. That is seen as a welcome sign for cell’s in the body because the polyunsaturated fat causes the cell membranes to be more permeable, which results in the cells absorbing glucose better from the blood. Researchers are hoping that this special African tea can used to treat Type-2 Diabetes ,which can be known only after further clinical tests.

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