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WHAT
IS CHROMIUM?
The mineral no body can afford to lose.
Chromium, like iron, copper and zinc, is
one of 16 essential trace minerals your
body needs to keep healthy and fit.
For people who are overweight and out of
shape, chromium may be the most precious
mineral of all.
IS
CHROMIUM IMPORTANT FOR GOOD HEALTH?
Like all of the other vitamins, mineral
and trace elements, optimal amounts of Biologically
Active Chromium (BAC) are absolutely essential
for good health. BAC's physiological role
is to ensure that the hormone insulin works
efficiently. Without at least minimal amounts
of BAC, insulin doesn't work at all.
Insulin's primary functions are to regulate
the metabolism of blood sugar, lipids (fat
and fat-like substances such as cholesterol),
and protein. Insulin is also involved in
neuro-transmister synthesis and in the efficient
functioning of the body's disease-fighting
mechanism, the immune systems.
Many scientist believe that BAC is essential
for all for insulin's many important functions,
BAC is a cofactor for insulin and is thus
critically important to good health.
In its biologically active form, chromium
helps insulin metabolize fat, turn protein
into muscle and convert sugar into energy.
In fact, chromium-activated insulin increases
the amount of glucose available for energy
production nearly twentyfold. In other words,
it helps optimize energy output so you feel
healthy and alive.
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