Chromium Picolinate

An essential cofactor for insulin

Benefits

• Chromium improves glucose tolerance in people with Turner’s syndrome,
• To lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. It is important in insulin metabolism. Its benefits include treating Type II Diabetes, as decreased chromium levels are a characteristic of the disease.
• Chromium helps increase sugar in people with hypoglycemia
• Chromium helps with depression or other mood disorders. Chromium improves symptoms of depression in people with atypical depression like sugar cravings, fatigue, weight gain and mood swings. Chromium picolinate has antidepressant effects.
• Chromium helps increase energy
• Chromium aids in weight loss. It helps suppress appetite and food cravings, helping in weight loss. Chromium improves carbohydrate metabolism. Chromium works with insulin to transport glucose to the body’s cells to produce energy. As such it may improve glucose metabolism, which could help regulate weight. It also helps lose fat and gain lean muscle. Help in athletic training (such as for body and muscle building)
• Chromium may be effective for the treatment of treat polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and syndrome X
• Chromium helps control appetite. It reduces cravings for sugar and other carbohydrates.
• Chromium lowers bad cholesterol and triglycerides and increases good cholesterol, while improving endothelial function limiting macrovascular complications in pre diabetes and preventing heart disease.

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Ingredients: NG4L CHROMIUM contains: chromium (as chromium picolinate) 200mcg; other ingredients-dicalcium phosphate, stearic acid, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose dodium, pharmaceutical glaze;

Chromium is a naturally-occurring trace mineral amounts of which are found in everyday foods like meat, poultry, fish, and whole-grain breads. Chromium is a mineral required in small quantities by the body. Chromium is an essential part of the GTF (glucose tolerance factor) molecule. GTF is an important cofactor for insulin in the regulation of blood sugar which is necessary for proper metabolism. Chromium enables insulin to function normally and helps the body process (metabolize) carbohydrates and fats. This improves the ability of glucose-intolerant people to remove excess sugar from their blood after eating. The primary function of insulin is to transport glucose to the body’s cells in order to provide energy that facilitates cell functioning. The principle energy sources for the body are glucose and fatty acids. Because it appears to alter the breakdown of fats in the diet, chromium may also be beneficial for individuals with some types of high cholesterol.

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Most people are deficient in chromium due to unbalanced diets, malabsorption with age, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, malnutrition, pregnancy, intense exercise, stress, infectious diseases and intake of corticosteroids. Deficiency symptoms are insulin resistance, hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia and lipid abnormalities, high cholesterol and an increased risk of heart disease (coronary artery disease), fatigue, anxiety, weight loss, poor coordination, and inflammation of the brain.

Dietary supplementation of chromium to normal individuals has been reported to lead to improvements in glucose tolerance, serum lipid concentrations, including high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, insulin and insulin binding.

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Chromium picolinate is a combination of the trace mineral chromium and picolinic acid. Picolinic acid is a natural metabolite (a naturally occurring product of metabolism) found in breast milk. This the most efficient form of chromium. Chromium supplied in this form is more easily absorbed and used by the body.