Weight Loss Nutrition

Chromium picolinate is a patented version of the trace mineral chromium. Studies show that this dietary supplement may provide benefits including weight loss, lowered serum cholesterol and glucose, burned fat, and build muscle. Picolinic acid is produced in the human body, apparently for the purpose of improving the cellular uptake of trace metal ions. Scientists have demonstrated that several minerals in the picolinate form are many times better assimilated than other forms of the same mineral.

Chromium Picolinate is involved in the metabolism or processing of glucose and the synthesis of cholesterol, fats and protein. Chromium Picolinate is essential to maintain stable blood sugar levels by helping insulin do its work (improve insulin sensitivity), and so can be helpful for people with diabetes and hypoglycemia.

Chromium picolinate is an equally effective assimilated form of chromium which some researchers suggest may have more benefits for certain conditions than does the picolinate form. A recent study on antidepressant pharmacotherapy for dysthymic disorder (depression) in 5 patients showed that chromium picolinate supplementation led to remission of dysthymic symptoms and concluded that preliminary observations suggest that chromium may potentate antidepressant pharmacotherapy for dysthymic disorder. Another study on chromium picolinate in rats prevented the sucrose-induced elevation of systolic blood pressure and decreased measures of lipid peroxidation which may help in preventing cholesterol buildup on the arterial walls of our body’s blood vessels.

To recap, studies have show that this dietary supplement may provide benefits including weight loss, lowered serum cholesterol and glucose, burned fat, and build muscle. Picolinic acid is produced in the human body, apparently for the purpose of improving the cellular uptake of trace metal ions. Scientists have demonstrated that several minerals in the picolinate form are many times better assimilated than other forms of the same mineral.