Chromium Piccolinate and Weight Loss

I have not heard of this before. Sounds interesting.

I've never used it, but as I approach the 50 mark I find my once capable metabolism becoming sluggish. I looked up the side effects and it's a bit of mixed bag with a lot science left to be done, but after tonight's dinner I might be tempted to give it a shot. I also would be interested in hearing other first hand stories.

Howdoes it interact with other meds. Im interested . Of course I dont believe that it is all about the Cr++.
Somebody had given some tips about varying your food intake so that your body doesnt start to conserve itself over "starvation diets"

My exercise is high and I cannot seem to get rid of these pounds that Ive amassed over the last few years.

Very interesting, Phoenix.
I will have to try that myself to see if it works with my sluggish metabolism,
due to hypothyroid conditions.

I tried it about a decade ago, and it didn't help a bit. Not to say it is without value for everyone, but I saw no benefit.

It might be like some herbal remedies. It can depend on an individuals chemistry as to how effective it is. In some cases it might be useless or even harmful. For others it's a cure.

http://www.personalhealthzone.com/vitamins_supplements/chromium_side_effects.html

http://altmedicine.about.com/od/herbsupplementguide/a/chromiumsideeff.htm


http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0066b.htm

Very true. Any herbal or prescription that were effective for 80% of the people taking it would be the new wonder drug. Vitamin C is a miracle drug - for people with scurvy. None of them are going to be effective if you don't have the right condition for whatever you are taking.

It's funny. I have heard that echinacea and zinc don't do much for colds. When I think I am getting a cold, I take both a zinc and echancia tablet, and swab my nose with a zinc swab. After about a half hour, the cold symptoms abate.So how come???

I'm a firm believer in zinc lozgenges, vitamin c not so much, and echinacea not at all. Again, that's just me. I only swab my nose when colds are going around, and the nose is really dry. Then, I use Bag Balm. It may not do anything, but it's better than dry nostrils.

beta glucan. the new immune boosting wonder supplement. I swear by it.

I have found over the years the only thing that works for me i.e. weight loss and control is dedication to the gym and my diet.

Just bear in mind that the trace minerals like chromium become toxic when the dietary requirement is significantly exceeded.

Too bad we don't know what is already in our diets before taking this stuff, isn't it?

I try (more or less) to eat well. I can't afford the pills that might rescue me in some way. Last one I was interested in was Pycnogenol, and that one set me back financially. As it happens, I'm a scalywag at pill taking. I'll take the drops or major pills prescribed by mds, given they seem to work, but I can't even get going on the routine glucosamine chondritin stuff, which some friends swear by. My rheumatologist-internist told me they help about 10%.

As an ex scientific type person, I'm chary re pulses of this or that chemical compound, though I can see some indicators for use of those once in a while, given data.

Plus, I've met you, Phoenix. You're nice and shapely and are not in some kind of wonder zone, that I can tell.