Deficiency is rare, and the question is whether giving additional chromium to patients with sufficient chromium levels results in any improvement in insulin resistance and control of diabetes. Q: Does chromium supplementation make a difference? A: Chromium likely is needed to maintain normal carbohydrate metabolism. Chromium picolinate is designed to be better absorbed than the others.1 Q: How does chromium affect patients with type 2 diabetes? A: The relationship between chromium and diabetes was first noted in the 1950s when diabetes developed in chromium-deficient rats as a result of insulin resistance, which was reversed by chromium supplementation.1 It is proposed that chromium decreases insulin resistance, which is a hallmark of type 2 diabetes, but the exact mechanism remains unknown. Q: What types of chromium supplements are available? A: Chromium is an essential trace element that is found in foods such as whole grain, broccoli, nuts, green beans, wine, and beer.1 Severe chromium deficiency is rare,1 but chromium has become a commonly sold supplement accounting for $85 million in sales in 2002.2 There are different forms available, including chromium chloride, chromium nicotinate, and chromium picolinate. (For a refresherĬhromium And Cinnamon Supplements For Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: How Strong Is The Evidence? Individually and collectively, these risk factors represent serious dysfunctions of our metabolism. The metabolic syndrome is a group of five major risk factors that are linked to insulin resistance and an increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Most alarmingly, the incidence of metabolic syndrome is soaring among adolescents, in parallel with their soaring rate of obesity (in kids, the syndrome is seen almost exclusively in the overweight or obese).2 *The metabolic syndrome is known in some quarters as syndrome X, but most medical professionals avoid this unfortunate term, which wrongly implies that its some kind of undefined mystery condition. Metabolic SyndromeThe Path to Diabetes and CVD But what, exactly, is the metabolic syndrome? Perhaps because of its somewhat vague name, its not well known to the public, even though its rampant in our society.* More than 50 million Americans have it, at grave peril to their health and prospective lifespan.
That goal can be achieved, however, through wise lifestyle choices primarily involving healthy nutrition (of which adequate chromium intake is a small but important part) and regular exercise the value of the latter cannot be overemphasized.
It would be wrong, however, to assume that chromium by itself can prevent the metabolic syndromeit cannot. Clearly, if the symptoms of chromium deficiency are as Anderson described them, and if these symptoms add up to the metabolic syndrome, which is a pathway to major chronic illness, one would be foolish not to obtain an adequate daily amount of chromiumeasily done through supplementation. *For two previous articles on chromium, see Chromium Improves Heart Function in Diabetics (August 2005) and Cinnamon and Chromium Reduce Blood Pressure (June 2006). Cinnamon And Chromium Counteract The Metabolic Syndrome
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