Posted by Gaiamuse on October 5, 2009, at 23:28:25
In reply to Re: Chromium Picolinate induced Hypoglycemia, posted by paulg on August 20, 2009, at 12:03:44
I have been reading this thread with interest. I suspect I have been both hypoglycemic and/or insulin resistant for quite a while but that what may be good for one condition may not be good or may actually be bad for another. I was doing research on the internet to determine which supplements are good for what when I came across the study that indicated that chromium is actually counter indicated for hypoglycemia since it seems to increase the "early phase of insulin secretion" in the blood stream -- which would mean it can cause blood sugar to take a nose dive for hypoglycemics.
see: http://nccam.nih.gov/research/results/spotlight/062009.htm
and look for the section about chromium where it says:"However, chromium picolinate did appear to increase the early phase of insulin secretion in response to glucose."
Insulin pulls blood sugar out of the blood stream -- and too much sugar pulled out leads to hypoglycemia.
I've also had bad reactions to chromium -- it sped me up and then I crashed terribly -- which would seem to indicate I am hypoglycemic.
Since I seem to have both hypoglycemia and insulin resistance -- I have been taking cinnamon -- which appears to increase my cell's ability to help insulin transport blood sugar into my cells -- brain cells included -- so that I am less foggy headed and confused. It also appears for now to have helped emotional turmoil due to blood sugar issues though I'm not quite sure how yet. For now also it does not appear to reduce my blood sugar content -- but not quite sure yet.
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