|
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CHROMIUM
|
|
|
Essense-of-Life.com encourages personal research and a balanced view of health and nutrition topics. The information links below are intended to provide a broad overview of various research findings and hypothesis on the role of nutrition in health. This information is not intended to promote any particular product.
Unless noted, the articles below may NOT include any scientific references or sources.
|
|
|
1.
|
Chromium Fact Sheet: The National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements |
|
Chromium is known to enhance the action of insulin. Chromium was found to correct glucose intolerance and insulin resistance in deficient animals. Ongoing research suggests that supplemental chromium may help to treat impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes. Chromium also appears to be directly involved in carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism. Vitamin C and the B vitamin niacin enhance chromium absorption.
CONTAINS REFERENCES |
|
|
2.
|
Chromium on Diagnose-Me.com |
|
Chromium is an essential trace element involved with proper metabolism of carbohydrates and lipids in the body. As a part of Glucose Tolerant Factor (GTF), chromium assists insulin in its ability to regulate glucose levels in the blood. |
|
|
3.
|
The Linus Pauling Institute on Chromium |
|
Chromium participates in glucose metabolism by enhancing the effects of insulin. Diets high in simple sugars result in increased urinary chromium excretion. In controlled studies of people with impaired glucose tolerance, chromium supplementation was found to improve some measure of glucose utilization or to have beneficial effects on blood lipid profiles. Chromium uptake is enhanced in animals when given at the same time as vitamin C.
CONTAINS REFERENCES |
|
|
4.
|
Eating High-Chromium Foods |
|
Romaine lettuce is an excellent source of chromium while onions and tomatoes are very good sources of this mineral. Eating high-chromium foods may help maintain normal blood sugar and insulin levels and support normal cholesterol levels.
CONTAINS REFERENCES |
|
|
5.
|
Chromium Cellular Nutrition |
|
Chromium and copper are the most important nutrients next to calcium and magnesium for their anti-inflammatory properties. Chromium helps normalize elevated copper levels, since it is its associated trace element. Excessive sugar intake increases chromium loss. There are also lower soil levels of chromium in North America, and the refining process of food reduces sources of chromium as well. One other major factor that is responsible for bone loss as a result of its chromium-lowering effect is sugar and other simple carbohydrates. |
|
| 6. |
Chromium and High Cholesterol |
|
In some studies, chromium supplementation has reduced total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and increased HDL cholesterol. People with higher blood levels of chromium appear to be at lower risk for heart disease.
CONTAINS REFERENCES |
|
|
Key words for internet research: chromium, chromium and diabestes, chromium and insulin, chromium and high cholesterol, chromium and osteoporosis, chromium and copper, chromium mineral, chromium supplement, chromium nutritional supplement, chromium dietary supplement, chromium mineral supplement
|
