A number of clinical studies suggest that nutritional
supplementation with chromium helps support insulin function, which can impact muscle growth and fat loss.
Not exact matches
And while eating a diet full of plant - based and minimally processed foods provides you
with chromium and ensures proper absorption of this mineral, there are some people who may benefit from extra
supplementation.
The
chromium supplementation can prevent the occurrence of type 2 diabetes in people
with insulin resistance.
Although a larger, follow - up study did not find such strong antidepressant effect of
chromium supplementation, it did find that depressed patients
with high carbohydrate cravings did respond well to
chromium.
Furthermore,
chromium supplementation reduced the weight gain and fat accumulation associated
with glipizide.
For example, some sugar cravings can be significantly reduced
with chromium or vanadium
supplementation.
Characterization of the metabolic and physiologic response to
chromium supplementation in subjects
with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Chromium picolinate supplementation resulted in significant weight gain in this population, while exercise training combined with chromium nicotinate supplementation resulted in significant weight loss and lowered the insulin response to an oral gluco
Chromium picolinate
supplementation resulted in significant weight gain in this population, while exercise training combined
with chromium nicotinate supplementation resulted in significant weight loss and lowered the insulin response to an oral gluco
chromium nicotinate
supplementation resulted in significant weight loss and lowered the insulin response to an oral glucose load.
Moreover, our results suggest that exercise training combined
with chromium nicotinate
supplementation may be more beneficial than exercise training alone for modification of certain CAD and NIDDM risk factors.
For instance, according to the one which was published in 2006, «
Chromium & biotin
supplementation improves glycemic control in patients
with type 2 diabetes.»
2006 The effect of
chromium picolinate and biotin
supplementation on glycemic control in poorly controlled patients
with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Chromium and biotin
supplementation improves glycemic control in patients
with type 2 diabetes.
Based on the understanding that
chromium is an essential nutrient and not a therapeutic drug, only individuals
with suboptimal
chromium nutrition would be expected to respond to
chromium supplementation (65).
Because of its trend to improve glucose tolerance, cats most likely to benefit from
chromium supplementation are those
with glucose intolerance and insulin resistance from lack of exercise, obesity, and old age; cats
with underlying low insulin sensitivity; or cats that are genetically at risk of diabetes (e.g., Burmese cats)(13,14).