dr. manny alvarez, live, next. >>> well, drink up. that's what a new study says.ur odds of getting type two diabetes. there is a catch, though. it's probably not going to work unless you make other healthy lifestyle choices. where is the balance? dr. manny alvarez, senior managing editor of fox news health.com, a member of our medical team. are you a coffee fan? >> very much a coffee fan. >> you like strong coffee. >> i like espresso. i'm cube an and we like to short and sweet. the cuban coffee. look, the bottom line. coffee. coffee is good for you, okay? and we keep saying that. more and more studies show that. because of the antioxidant effects of coffee. it's good for your health. in diabetes, this was a large study looking at 126,000 people, looking at the rates of type two diabetes, which is what you get when you're overweight and you don't exercise type of diabetes. and it seems that if you drank more than three cups of coffee, let's say on an average day for four years, there was a significant reduction of type two diabetes. the question is, why? most likel