Warning Diabetics: Without This, You Probably Don't Get Enough Chromium

From the web site of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we look at their "Diabetes and Herbs Alert" section to see the following.

Promising treatments

o Someday, there may be a safe, effective, and proven herbal treatment for diabetes. After all, many established medications, from aspirin to the cancer drug Taxol, started as all-natural folk remedies. Tomorrow's doctors may even prescribe carefully standardized doses of fenugreek to their diabetes patients. And according an issue of American Family Physician, the following products show enough promise to warrant thorough, large-scale studies.

o Chromium picolinate. People with Type 2 diabetes excrete more chromium than healthy people, and the loss of this vital nutrient may make it harder for the body to respond to insulin. Preliminary studies suggest that chromium supplements can help people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar.

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What Sheila Buff says about chromium:

"The trace mineral chromium helps improve insulin resistance and cut sugar cravings."

By Sheila Buff
Scientists have long known that a deficiency of the essential trace mineral chromium (need to stop all these Atkins links) causes glucose intolerance and insulin resistance. And the equation also works the other way: Supplemental chromium can help improve glucose tolerance and insulin resistance for many people with unstable blood sugar.1 Not only that, many of these people report that taking chromium supplements helps them control their sugar cravings and stick to their controlled carb way of eating. Let's take a closer look at a supplement that may be of real help in weight control.

The Chromium Connection

Chromium is an essential trace mineral-a mineral you must have in tiny amounts for good health. How tiny? Exactly how much you need hasn't been officially established, but a safe and adequate intake range for adults is anywhere from 50 to 200 micrograms. Even though the amount you need is so small, dietary surveys show that up to 90 percent of all Americans get fewer than 50 micrograms a day from their food.

Chromium works together with insulin in your body as part of your natural mechanism for controlling your blood-sugar levels. Researchers still aren't sure exactly how chromium helps insulin work more efficiently, but it's probably because the trace mineral is needed for your body to produce glucose tolerance factor (GTF), a compound that helps regulate your insulin levels. GTF helps steady your blood sugar and may also help increase insulin sensitivity, lower blood sugar and control your appetite. For many people, chromium is particularly helpful for controlling sugar cravings.

A number of good scientific studies support the use of supplemental chromium for Type 2 diabetics and people who are having trouble regulating their blood sugar. A 1997 study, for example, looked at the effects of chromium supplements on 180 people with Type 2 diabetes. For four months, 60 people were given 100 mcg of chromium picolinate.

Above is a partical reprint of the article.

Sheila Buff is a health writer and the coauthor of Dr. Atkins' Age-Defying Diet (St. Martin's, 2000)

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ChromeMate� Found More Effective Than Four Other Chromium Compounds Tested
Increased blood pressure and free radicals often occur when insulin becomes less efficient at maintaining normal blood sugar levels. Chromium, an essential trace mineral, enhances the action of insulin and has previously been shown to protect against the adverse effects of a high-sugar diet on blood pressure in animals. This study compared the effects of different chromium compounds on sugar-induced high blood pressure and free radical production. Animals that spontaneously develop hypertension were fed diets supplemented with one of five chromium compounds: ChromeMate� niacin-bound chromium, Cr-picolinate, Cr-acetate, Cr-chloride and a chromium nicotinic acid/amino acid complex (NA-AA), then given sugar water (5 sucrose) to elevate blood pressure.

All of the chromium compounds except NA-AA effectively prevented the sugar-induced rise in systolic pressure compared to non-supplemented control animals. ChromeMate�, Cr-acetate and Cr-picolinate also lowered levels of the biomarker for long-term blood sugar control, HbA1C. Only ChromeMate� and acetate significantly reduced free radical damage to fats in both the liver and kidneys as measured by TBARS, while picolinate lowered damage in the kidneys. These results demonstrate that chromium from various compound forms can act as an antioxidant and offset the effects of sugar-induced blood pressure in this animal model, though only ChromeMate� showed significant beneficial effects on all of the parameters measured.

Source: Preuss HG, Grojec PL, Lieberman S and Anderson RA, Effects of Different Chromium Compounds on Blood Pressure and Lipid Peroxidation in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats, Clinical Nephrology, 47:325-330, 1997.

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