New help for diabetes: Chromium picolinate plus biotin
January 10, 2007 10:39

Chromium picolinate /biotin supplementation may represent an effective nutritional therapy to people with poorly controlled diabetes with the potential for improving lipid metabolism.

Chromium is an essential trace mineral that occurs naturally in small amounts in some foods, including brewer's yeast, lean meat, cheese, pork kidney, and whole grain bread and cereals. It is poorly absorbed by the human body but is known to play an important role in the metabolism of carbohydrate, fat, and protein.

A study presented at a meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in San Diego indicated that chromium picolinate is better absorbed by humans than other forms of the mineral.