Question:
I'd like information about the new study done in China showing effectiveness of
chromium therapy.
Answer:
There was an abstract presented last week at the ADA meeting in San
Francisco by Richard Anderson from the Beltsville Human Nutrition
Resesarch Center in Beltsville, Maryland and his co-workers from
Beijing reporting the results of a study of chromium supplementation in
180 adult type II diabetic subjects. They were divided into 3 groups.
One group received placebo, another group received 100 mcg of chromium
as chromium picolinate twice daily, and the third group received 500
mcg of chromium twice daily. They reported improvement in fasting
glucose, postprandial glucose, glycated hemoglobin, and cholesterol in
subjects treated with chromium. The improvements were greater in the
group receiving the higher dose of chromium.
TGL
Original posting 20 Jun 96