How much chromium picolinate should a person consume daily if the aim is weight loss?!


Question: How much chromium picolinate should a person consume daily if the aim is weight loss.?
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Wow I agree with Wild Bill. Supplements are very dangerous.
If you are serious about wanting to lose weight. Get a membership to a good gym and talk to a nutrionalist.
This link has information about many supplements. Do alot of research and talk to your doctor or nutrionalist first before putting any kind of supplement into your body. Even healthy ones.
Here is some info about the supplement you are asking about.

Chromium Supplements

Characteristics: Claims that pills will lower blood sugar, reduce body fat, control hunger, reduce cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and increase muscle mass. Supplements are usually available as chromium salts which helps increase the absorption of chromium.

Weaknesses: One form of chromium, called chromium picolinate, may cause adverse side effects, including anemia, memory loss and DNA damage.

Comments: Roughly 50 percent of scientific studies have shown chromium has a beneficial effect, while the remaining studies have shown no effect.Health Question & Answer

Don't be putting stuff in your body which has no medicinal value. according to Ref. Chromium(III) picolinate is the chemical compound that is sold as a nutritional supplement to prevent or treat chromium deficiency. This bright-red coordination complex is derived from chromium(III) and picolinic acid. Small quantities of chromium are needed for glucose utilization by insulin in normal health, but deficiency is extremely rare and has only been observed in hospital patients on long-term defined diets.[1] No biochemical basis for the human body's need for chromium has been identified.
If you need to lose weight, consume fewer calories. There's NO magic pill. Now, which part of that dd you not understand.?Health Question & Answer



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