Chromium; have you used it?

sharaabi · 03-Aug-05, 03:17 PM

Have any of you used this product? or something simlar, to me it looks like another product for suckers, just wodering if you all have any ideas or input if you have taken it.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/hp/chrompic.html

It enhances insulin's effect in the body, improving the uptake of glucose, thereby causing better blood circulation and maintenance of blood sugar level. Evidence also supports chromium's ability as a cholesterol and atherosclerosis fighter. Gaining energy, burning fat, and building muscle with greater ease are attributed to chromium, to name a few. It assists the body in losing weight by helping it to build muscle to replace fat. Lowering body fat and increasing lean body mass are just a few of the positive properties that chromium exhibits on the body. Research shows that supplementation also has some age slowing effects and therefore can increase the life span! Whoa, that is powerful!

**Lady C** · 03-Aug-05, 03:30 PM

Yes, It is a product for suckers - don't waste your money. Just eat a good diet and workout hard instead.

**maverick** · 03-Aug-05, 03:33 PM

I take 200mg of standard chromium PWO to increase insulin sensitivity for my PWO shake. I wouldn't get too excited about all that other stuff though, sounds like garden-variety hype to me.

Klide · 03-Aug-05, 03:55 PM

It's a great product... what it does best is take money out of your wallet!

sharaabi · 03-Aug-05, 04:02 PM

yea seemed like it a bogus piece of sh*t.
damn Ive plateud and thse last 21lb are just KILLING me. Ive done a blood test cuz of the fatigue, stress and struggle im having transforming my body just to make sure i have nothing wrong, it seems like everything is normal.

My doc wants me to see a dietician and thats $196 here in CHICAGO.....OUCH! on the wallet. So i guess before i do something im trying to find an easy way out.. lol.

Shawny Boy · 05-Aug-05, 04:32 AM

I am pretty much in the same boat dude. here is my link http://discussfitness.com/forums/http://www.discussfitness.com/forums/f7/blood-sugar-29978.html. Search the onnline health guide http://www.back2health.citymaker.com...ge/2084239.htm it seems that this pharmacist has alot of experience treating these symptoms naturally

**threenorns** · 05-Aug-05, 04:55 AM

chromium picolinate is a sucker's game. when it was first brought out, the hype said it increased muscle mass by something amazing like 300%.

what they didn't say was that the subjects were polish orphans, little more than skin and bones, who would've gained muscle mass on a diet of cardboard and sawdust. i got this from a bodybuilding magazine something like ten years ago when they ranked the top ten bodybuilding scams.

you can get significant amounts of chromium picolinate from brewer's yeast, calf's liver, american cheese, and wheat germ.

Maxgain · 08-Aug-05, 10:59 AM

Muscle building poor evidenc but useful for type 2 diabetes

"These data demonstrate that supplemental chromium had significant beneficial effects on HbA1c, glucose, insulin, and cholesterol variables in subjects with type 2 diabetes. The beneficial effects of chromium in individuals with diabetes were observed at levels higher than the upper limit of the Estimated Safe and Adequate Daily Dietary Intake. "

http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org...act/46/11/1786