Chromium Picolinate

Did you know how chromium, itself, was discovered?

If you watch Know the Cause every day, you probably know that my dad, Dr. Gary Evans, discovered the picolinated form of chromium. But did you know how chromium, itself, was discovered?

A German scientist was working with rats and discovered that if he fed rats yeast, they'd get diabetes. He went on to find that if he fed them a diet fortified with the mineral chromium, their diabetes went away. This is incredible news for folks with type 2 diabetes.

You may be surprised to know that 90 percent of the population is deficient in this inexpensive mineral. Is it any wonder, with the American diet so loaded with sugar, and the fact that we're so deficient in chromium, that diabetes is so widespread?

Type 2 diabetes occurs either when the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin, or the cells in the body ignore the insulin. Insulin is necessary so the body can use sugar and burn it for energy. If the sugar can't get into the cells, it just circulates in the blood. Not only do your cells become starved for energy, but over time, the high blood sugar may damage your eyes, kidneys, nerves, and heart.

When doctors treat type 2 diabetes, the standard of care is often to just give you more insulin. But is this really taking care of the problem itself? Why wouldn't you look to nutrition first?

Chromium does something extremely well: It helps the body utilize insulin. Of course this is important in diabetes, but it also helps us have more energy, and can even assist in weight loss.

Chromium is naturally found in things like liver and brewer's yeast. But you'd have to eat an awful lot of liver to get the amount you need, and since you watch Know the Cause, eating yeast probably doesn't sound like a great idea.

The easiest way to get the chromium we need is through supplements. But watch out! Regular elemental chromium is really tough for the body to absorb. And vitamin companies so often want to put cheap and ineffective forms of chromium in their pills, hoping you won't know the difference.

That's where my dad comes in. He discovered the most effective, most bioactive form of chromium in the world - chromium picolinate. Study after study has been done showing it to be the very best form of chromium, especially for diabetics.

Would you like to know more about supplementing with chromium picolinate? Just call my office or visit the Chromium Picolinate web page.

I'm Guy Evans, and now you know!