Black tea mimics insulin effect

By Lucy Quinton Researchers at the University of Dundee have revealed substances in black tea can help control type-two diabetes. Several of the black tea constituents, dubbed theaflavins and thearubigins, have been found to mimic the action of insulin on proteins called foxos. In addition, scientists at the University of Ulster and United Arab Emirates University found that one of the peptides on the skin of the Pseudis Paradox frog stimulates insulin release, which can help humans fight the condition. These scientific developments coincide with a study at Leicester University whic...