Reduce Blood Sugar Levels

Chai tea may help with blood sugar regulation. This is because it includes ginger and cinnamon, both of which have blood sugar-lowering properties. Cinnamon, for example, has been shown in tests to improve insulin resistance and fasting blood sugar levels by 10-29%. Lowering insulin resistance allows your body to more easily use insulin to transport sugar from your blood into your cells. This can assist in lowering blood sugar levels. A recent study discovered that giving participants with type 2 diabetes two grams of ginger powder per day helped drop their blood sugar levels by up to 12%.

According to studies, effective ginger and cinnamon dosages vary from 1-6 grams per day. Such dosages are higher than what you can obtain from store-bought chai tea bags or a cup served by your neighborhood barista. To reap the best advantages, make your own tea from scratch. This allows you to use a little more cinnamon and ginger than most recipes ask for. It's also worth noting that, in contrast to home-brewed chai tea, café variants are sometimes substantially sweetened, which would likely counteract the blood-sugar-lowering advantages of the other constituents in chai tea. In reality, a 12-ounce (360-ml) nonfat milk chai latte from Starbucks has more than 35 grams of sugar, with added sugar accounting for over two-thirds of that total.