Ron Garner
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 They include: zinc, cobalt, molybdenum, aluminum, chromium, lead, neodymium, selenium, titanium, tin, silver, rubidium, nickel, neon, strontium, argon, beryllium, boron, cerium, helium, lanthanum, scandium, vanadium, and others.
The body needs a full spectrum and balanced array of the minerals nature provides in foods grown in mineral-rich soil. When soil has become depleted of some of its minerals, foods grown in such soil will also be mineral-deficient. Relative sweetness is one test of determining whether raw foods have an adequate mineral content. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 Which elements would or wouldn't chromium talk to? How did muscle tissue react when matched with a known toxin, such as lead? Matches indicated that there might be some common information network that energetically linked those items.
Peter was continually amazed at his findings. Some of them confirmed the ancient Chinese system of medicine. For example, TCM views the heart meridian as the master connector, holding all the energies of the body together and linking them to the brain. |
Ron Garner
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| Lipase is required by the body to digest fat in order to utilize it as energy. chromium is required for insulin to work efficiently in controlling hunger, regulating energy production, and utilizing fat. The secretion of healthy bile is essential for dissolving and eliminating fat.
In addition to the physical contributors of an overweight problem, there is usually an emotional component that needs to be addressed to achieve a permanent return to the body's ideal weight. "Within every big person is a big emotional issue begging for attention and resolution. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 Effects of colupulone, a component of hops and brewers yeast, and chromium on glucose tolerance and hepatic cytochrome P450 in nondiabetic and spontaneously diabetic mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 200(3): 1455-1462. 1994.
Milligan SR, De Keukeleire D, De Cooman L et al. Do hops contain oestrogens? J Reprod Pert; (18):8. 1996.
Milligan SR, Kalita JC, Heyerick A et al. Identification of a potent phytoestrogen in hops (Hops lupulus L.) and beer. J Clin Endocrinol Metab; 84(6):2249-2252. 1999.
Miranda CL, Stevens JF, Helmrich A et al. |
Ron Garner
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| Other heavy metals like copper, iron, zinc, chromium, and manganese are required by the body in small amounts, but can be toxic in large quantities. Our concern in this discussion is with the main toxic heavy metals. They can enter our bodies through food, water, air, and the skin, from industrial, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and dental sources. In our systems, heavy metals compete with and displace other essential minerals such as, calcium, magnesium, and zinc, thereby reducing cellular and organ functions throughout the body and causing imbalance and disease. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 Golden, R. N. "Chromium Treatment of Depression." International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 3 (2000): 311-314.
Mendelsohn, Alan L.; Dreyer, Benard P.; Fierman, Arthur H; Rosen, Carolyn M.; Legano, Lori A.; Kruger, Hillary A.; Limfi, Sylvia W. and Courtlandt, Cheryl D. 1998. "Low-Level Lead Exposure and Behavior in Early Childhood." Pediatrics 101, No. 3 (March 1998): elO.
Mielke, H. "Lead in the Inner Cities." American Scientist 87 (1998): 62-73.
Minder, Barbara; Das-Smaal, Edith A.; Brand, Eddy F.J. M. and Orlebeke, Jacob F. |
Brenda Davis and Tom Barnard
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 Several studies have suggested that chromium improves control of diabetes, because it is needed to make "glucose tolerance factor," a substance which helps improve insulin function. There have been two important Chinese studies showing that chromium supplementation has beneficial effects on glycemic control. Other, larger studies have not gotten similar results. Currently, no formal recommendations for chromium supplementation exist for people with diabetes. |
| However, researchers who have studied chromium in the human diet feel most people are deficient in this mineral and would likely benefit from some supplementation in modest amounts. chromium is present in nuts, seeds, and whole grains. The addition of a modest amount of chromium in a supplement would likely be beneficial in helping to control blood sugar.
Magnesium deficiency has been linked by several studies to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. |
Andreas Moritz
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 These include nickel, which is used in gold crowns, braces, and children's crowns, and chromium. All metals corrode (including gold, silver, and platinum), and the body absorbs them. Women with breast cancer have often accumulated large amounts of dissolved metals in their breasts. Once the mouth is cleared of all metals, they will also leave the breasts. Likewise, most cysts will shrink and disappear by themselves.
The body's immune system naturally responds to the presence of toxic metals in the body and, eventually, develops allergic reactions. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 Randomized controlled trials have not shown definitive efficacy for chromium in diabetics. In addition, excess doses can cause renal failure.
CHOLESTIN
Cholestin has been used in Chinese medicine for centuries for the treatment of heart problems. It is derived from yeast found on red rice and is marketed under the name "red rice yeast extract." This extract has eight statin compounds that are HMG coenzymeA reductase inhibitors and, just like statins, have been shown to reduce cholesterol. |
Brenda Davis and Tom Barnard
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| However, researchers who have studied chromium in the human diet feel most people are deficient in this mineral and would likely benefit from some supplementation in modest amounts. chromium is present in nuts, seeds, and whole grains. The addition of a modest amount of chromium in a supplement would likely be beneficial in helping to control blood sugar.
Magnesium deficiency has been linked by several studies to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. |
Byron J. Richards, CCN
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 The best nutrients for this are pantethine, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, chromium, vanadium, and tocotrienols. Pantethine acts as an energetic carrier to move fat into action. Acetyl-L-Carnitine improves the ability of cells to burn fat for fuel and helps the brain sense leptin more accurately. chromium and vanadium help calories enter cells to help lower insulin resistance. Gamma tocotrienol helps slow down the excess production of cholesterol, training the liver into a better metabolic pattern and out of the bad habit of making too much cholesterol. Alpha tocotrienol protects the arteries from damage. |
Mark Schapiro
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 China's new standards are drawn directly from European Union regulations, and target the same six toxic chemicals and minerals as the European RoHS directive: lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, and PBDE flame retardants. The derisive moniker "made in China"—long associated with dismal safety protections— is being turned inside-out as U.S. electronics companies must now demonstrate the safety of their products for Chinese consumers. |
Hyla Cass
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 Good micronutrient nutrition, which also includes iron, zinc, manganese, chromium, and antioxidant nutrients such as the mineral selenium and vitamins A, C, and E, bring enhanced energy, memory, blood sugar regulation, and immunity.
The recommended daily allowance (RDA) of essential nutrients is intended to be available entirely through food. In reality, it is impossible to get these levels through the food available to us today, because our soil has become depleted in essential nutrients. |
Mike Adams
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 Much of the chromium in whole grains and sugarcane is lost in making refined flour (40 percent loss) and white sugar (93 percent loss). In addition, there is some evidence that refined flour and sugar deplete even more chromium from the body.
Haas goes on to describe the subsequent "enrichment" of milled grains as required by federal law in order to prevent diseases due to nutritional deficiencies:
Refining grains and flours creates a number of problems. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 Nutrient elements including magnesium, chromium, zinc, copper, and selenium are necessary cofactors for hundreds of important enzymes and also are essential for the normal functions of vitamins. The levels of these elements in hair correlate to levels in organs and other tissues. Toxic elements, on the other hand, may be 200 to 300 times more highly concentrated in hair than in blood or urine.
Therefore, hair is often the tissue of choice for detection of recent exposure to elements such as arsenic, aluminum, cadmium, lead, antimony, and mercury. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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 You may find this compound combined with picolinate chromium, which increases insulin's action.
Dosage: 500-1,000 mg twice a day prior to lunch and dinner For more on these supplements, see www.drgundry.com.
THE EXERCISE CONNECTION
Don't expect exercise to hasten your weight loss in the first few weeks of a diet. Increasing muscle mass can actually interfere with slimming down because it builds muscle, which weighs more than the fat it displaces. (Your clothes will fit better, however, so you may see it in your jeans before you do on the scale. |
Hyla Cass
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| Alpha-lipoic acid: 200-600 mg
?Chromium: 200 meg
?Coenzyme Q10: 30-200 mg
?Folic acid: 400 meg
?Magnesium: 500-600 mg
?Mixed antioxidant supplement
?Vitamin Bj: 320 mg (as benfotiamine)
?Vitamin B6: 10-25 mg
?Vitamin B12: 200 meg
?Vanadium: 2 mg
Anyone with diabetes needs to take extra-good care of his or her heart. |
Brenda Davis and Tom Barnard
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| Chromium is the supplement most often recognized as beneficial for people with diabetes, although its use has been hotly debated in the scientific community. Several studies have suggested that chromium improves control of diabetes, because it is needed to make "glucose tolerance factor," a substance which helps improve insulin function. There have been two important Chinese studies showing that chromium supplementation has beneficial effects on glycemic control. Other, larger studies have not gotten similar results. |
Marshall Editions
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 It is even more helpful to take CoQ10 if you are on statins (cholesterol-lowering medications), since they decrease the levels of CoQ10 that may be contributors to liver and muscle abnormalities. chromium, at 200-400 meg a day, increases HDL and lowers total cholesterol. Taking 400 IU of vitamin E a day helps with inhibiting cholesterol oxidation.
Herbs: Take 1,200 mg of red rice yeast a day with 60 mg of CoQ10. Red rich yeast has been shown to be effective in decreasing cholesterol. |
Jack Challem
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 Nutrition 21 is the maker of Chromax chromium picolinate, the form of chromium best documented in clinical trials with diabetic subjects. The company also manufactures Diachrome, a proprietary combination of chromium picolinate and biotin (a B vitamin), which also helps control blood sugar levels. You may find the name Chromax in fine print on the back of supplements. The Nutrition 21 brand of Diachrome can be purchased by calling 800-343-3082 or 914-701 -4500, ext. 517.
PharmaNord
This Scandinavian company markets Bio-Sport, which contains antiinflammatory fish oils and antioxidants. |
Hyla Cass
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| Vanadium
This trace mineral is, like chromium, essential for insulin's actions on lowering blood sugar. It's found in a wide variety of foods, including seafood, meat, dairy, cooking oils, and fresh fruits and vegetables. It is often low in diabetics; in those cases, it should be supplemented.
Dose: Take 10 mg of vanadyl sulfate (most common form) daily, yielding 2 mg of vanadium. |
Jack Challem
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| Nutrition 21 is the maker of Chromax chromium picolinate, the form of chromium best documented in clinical trials with diabetic subjects. The company also manufactures Diachrome, a proprietary combination of chromium picolinate and biotin (a B vitamin), which also helps control blood sugar levels. You may find the name Chromax in fine print on the back of supplements. The Nutrition 21 brand of Diachrome can be purchased by calling 800-343-3082 or 914-701 -4500, ext. 517.
PharmaNord
This Scandinavian company markets Bio-Sport, which contains antiinflammatory fish oils and antioxidants. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
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 Minerals, including magnesium, zinc, chromium, and other trace elements also play a vital role in sperm health.
Unfortunately, most of us do not eat such a healthy hypothetical diet. A recent study of children below age four found that fewer than 25 percent were eating the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables daily. Adults fared even worse, with fewer than 4 percent even knowing they should be eating ten servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Interestingly, these studies counted french fries as vegetables. |
Frederic Vagnini, M.D. and Barry Fox, Ph.D.
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 You can also eat foods that contain the depleted nutrients:
• Chromium: broccoli, green beans, potatoes, grape juice, orange juice
• Manganese: oat bran, brown rice, almonds, hazel nuts, peanuts
Consult with your physician before making any changes to your diet or supplemental regimen.
CALCIUM CHLORIDE (KAL-see-um KLOR-ide) Brand Name: Calciject
About Calcium Chloride
Hypermagnesemia is doctor-speak for the presence of too much magnesium in the blood. |
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
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 Fasting plasma-glucose levels and glucose tolerance were unaffected by either chromium or niacin alone. However, when these nutrients were taken together, the individuals experienced significant improvements in both fasting blood sugar and glucose tolerance.8 Based on the results of this study, it appears that a small amount of niacin (such as 20 to 100 mg per day) should be included in any supplement program designed to regulate blood sugar.
Biotin
This B-vitamin plays a role in the metabolism of glucose within the cell. |
Frederic Vagnini, M.D. and Barry Fox, Ph.D.
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| Restoring Your Nutritional Balance
To compensate for the nutrient loss caused by this drug, speak to your physician about taking 1,000 meg chromium and 50—100 mg manganese per day. Ask your physician to consider the potential effects of iron and phosphorus depletion. (If you're using calcium carbonate as a phosphate binder, you may want to have less phosphate in your diet. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
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| They should have 100-200 ug of selenium (as selenomethionine or selenium enhanced garlic extract) and 200 ug of chromium picolinate, as well as all the other trace elements and essential minerals. It is unusual to find a vitamin that contains all of these components in the proper doses, which may require you to take them individually. Do not purchase multiminerals that contain iron. |
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
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| Also, the flaxseed oil, and the multiple vitamin and mineral for blood-sugar troubles, with extra chromium. And I'm feeling a lot better, too. More energy, my vision's a little less blurry, I lost some weight . . . just generally better all 'round. Now, you told me when I got all of this under control, we should talk about preventing complications of this diabetes. I've been putting it off, the business is picking up, but my wife told me I'd better come in or else. She didn't say what else, but I got the idea."
"You told me you have ... or had . . . older relatives with diabetes? Let's see ... |
| Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, individuals wishing to supplement with more than 200 meg of chromium per day should consult a practitioner who is trained in nutritional medicine.
Niacin
As a component of glucose-tolerance factor, niacin plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism. Many of the refined foods consumed by Americans are depleted of niacin. Grains and other foods that are "enriched" usually contain added niacinamide, but that form of vitamin B3 cannot be converted by the human body into niacin. Most vitamin supplements also contain niacinamide, rather than niacin. |
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