Chromium Picolinate

What does insulin do?

Hormone that keeps blood sugar stable and directs nutrients toward storage or growth.

(your body’s traffic cop for nutrients. It tells glucose and amino acids where to go and what to do)

how does Chromium Picolinate help insulin?

Improves your insulin sensitivity

• your cells respond better when insulin tells them to take in glucose.

  • Increase in sensitivity→ less insulin to get the same job done.

Where is chromium found?

Found in:

• Nuts

• seeds

• mushrooms

• dried beans

• broccoli

• brewers yeast

What is Picolinate?

the carrier molecule attached to chromium to help your body absorb it better.

• The delivery system

How does chromium work with simple sugars and exercise?

Taking more chromium doesn’t mean you absorb more. Your body only ramps up chromium use when insulin demand goes up, which happens with sugar intake and strenuous exercise.

If eat a bunch of chromium will all of that chromium get used?

NO

• More does not = Better

• The only times chromium is used more is:

  • Ingestion of simple sugars

  • Exercise

What dose of Chromium Picolinate needs to be taken for improved glucose uptake + Lower cholesterol levels to be seen?

1000µg

How long did type 2 diabetes have to take Chromium for it to work?

4 months

If someone is deficient in chromium that means they have diabetes. T or F.

False

how does Chromium affect CV disease?

Positively effects cholesterol levels 

• Especially HDL’s

Does it affect CV directly or indirectly, how?

Indirectly:

• Improving insulin sensitivity

• Lowering LDL’s + Triglycerides

• Reducing metabolic stress

What is the hexavalent form of chromium?

• the industrial, toxic, cancer-linked form.

• element is in the plus 6 oxidation state.

  • That’s why it’s called “hexavalent.”

What is the safe form of chromium?

Chromium picolinate and chromium III are trivalent chromium

Symptoms?

• Headaches

• Sleep disturbances

• Mood swings