Posted by psychobot5000 on January 11, 2009, at 21:07:48
In reply to Re: Chromium Picolinate Induced Hypoglycemia » RaviSpencer, posted by JadeKelly on January 11, 2009, at 11:38:07
I did some internet research in the last day or so, after reading this thread. There seem to be two (or more) opinions on whether Chromium is good or bad for hypglycemia and diabetes, and how reliable it is, whether good or bad. Some researchers seem to feel strongly that it's a good alternative treatment for hypoglycemics or diabetics...but large-scale controlled data is lacking--and there are several case reports of bad incidents (like the one that started this thread) apparently caused by it.
The opinion I formed from reading, was that in some individuals, chromium was likely helpful, but that, without close medical supervision, it's probably rash to take it in the large doses (200-400 or more) without physician supervision(and I wouldn't take any of it without such supervision, if I already had a diabetic condition). Especially since it's apparently a heavy metal with incompletely known toxicity.
I tentatively suggest that perhaps something like 50mg might be safer for some people(?). (Apparently, small amounts of it are necessary to provide "needed to aid the transport of blood glucose across cell membranes," and many diets, like the American, are relatively deficient in it.)
Don't mean to discount your experience, RaviSpencer--I thank you for sharing it with us. I merely wanted to present a perspective based on my unscientific poking around on the internet. Thank you for raising this flag--I'd just bought a bottle of chromium, and I'll be more conservative about using it than I would have, othrewise.
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