CHROMIUM
The role of chromium in the body is in glucose and lipid metabolism, and a dietary deficiency can cause impaired glucose tolerance, which is of great importance to diabetics. Oral supplementation with chromium corrects this problem in patients with Type 2 (maturity-onset) diabetes mellitus and in children with protein-energy malnutrition, but such supplements have no effect in people with normal chromium intakes or in those with normal glucose tolerance.⁴ A reasonable amount of supplemental chromium is 200 mcg/day.