chromium deficiency

Those at risk for chromium deficiency include people with diabetes and the elderly.

More than 50 percent of the population has a marginal or worse chromium deficiency."

It is difficult to test reliably for chromium deficiency, as most laboratories are not equipped to perform accurate tests.

Dr. Anderson maintains that a chromium deficiency can also cause a rise in blood cholesterol, an even more important cardiac risk factor.

In some people, a serious chromium deficiency has been shown to precipitate adult-onset diabetes and an insensitivity to insulin.

Chromium deficiency during total parenteral nutrition.

Chromium deficiency is a proposed disorder that results from an insufficient dietary intake of chromium.

Preventing chromium deficiency.

Although chromium deficiency causes impaired glucose tolerance, no human enzyme that uses this metal as a cofactor has been identified.

Both chromium deficiency and a disturbance of trace element metabolism as a result of liming could be contributing to the moose deaths, he said.

The symptoms of chromium deficiency caused by long-term total parenteral nutrition are severely impaired glucose tolerance, a loss of weight, and confusion.

The F.D.A. and Dr. Blackburn said that chromium deficiency among Americans has not been proved.

Chromium(III) picolinate is a chemical compound sold as a nutritional supplement to prevent or treat chromium deficiency.

The Eadeses also sell chromium supplements because, a flier sent to callers with information about chromium supplements says, "chromium deficiency is a serious problem for 90 percent of Americans."

Chromium deficiency has been attributed to only three people on long-term parenteral nutrition, which is when a patient is fed a liquid diet through intravenous drips for long periods of time.

Chromium deficiency, involving a lack of Cr(III) in the body, or perhaps some complex of it, such as glucose tolerance factor is controversial, or is at least extremely rare.

This patented proprietary formulation is purported to correct imbalances in glucose metabolism due to chromium deficiency, even though the occurrence of such a deficiency is extremely rare in countries where the supplement is sold.