“Studies show overweight people should add Chromium to
their diet.”
CHROMIUM
Recent research by
the (USDA) shows 9 out of 10 American
are deficient in chromium. Some nutritionists believe there is a link
between the development of heart
disease, diabetes, fatigue, increased fat production and the limited
amount of chromium consumed. Chromium is essential for insulin to function
properly. Insulin helps control
hunger, regulates energy production, burns fat, builds muscle and aid the body
in using cholesterol.
It is thought
chromium works by helping insulin attach to receptors along cell walls. Once
insulin is attached to a receptor, it allows nutrients to pass into the cell.
When blood sugar passes into cells, muscles grow larger. Athletes will find
Chromium a safe alternative to
steroids. Chromium deficiency increases fat production by slowing the
burning of food for energy. Chromium may work to reduce body fat by using a
response mechanism to turn off hunger
and indirect mechanism to boost metabolism and thus burn more calories.
WEIGHT LOSS TIPS USING CHROMIUM:
(1) Reduce dietary fat. Fat does not appear to reduce hunger in
proportion to calorie value and so it quickly stored as fat tissue.
Carbohydrates, not fats, turn off hunger control in the appetite control center
of the brain.
(2) Drink at least 8 glasses of water and/or clear fluids every
day. What you sense as hunger is often really thirst.
(3) Exercise for two reasons: First, exercise burns calories.
Second, muscle tissue burns more calories than fat tissue.
Studies show that
when blood levels of chromium reach optimal levels, heart disease is extremely unlikely. Chromium lowers LDL and
cholesterol in the blood while increasing HDL. There is evidence that optimal
chromium nutrition can retard the
aging process. Chromium can also be an important adjunct in the control of all types of diabetes.
If you are diabetic,
you should not take chromium supplements unless you and your physician are
monitoring your blood sugar to make appropriate changes in your medications.
