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General description	Essential element important in glucose metabolism.
Found	- brewers yeast - black pepper - liver - cereals - broccoli - cheese - legumes - mushrooms
Anti-aging role	- improve glucose sensitivity and glucose uptake - fat loss - promote weight loss - boost muscle mass - lower total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, trigyceride level - increase HDL cholesterol - lower risk of developing heart disease
Deficiency symptoms	- diabetic - like state - abnormal glucose uptake and increased need for inuslin - impaired growth - elevated blood lipids - increased aortic plaque formation - decreased fertility and longevity
Therapeutic doses	200 - 400 mcg of GTF (Glucose tolerance factor chromium) taken with other minerals European RDA: 25 mcg / day
Maximum safe level	Not established because of low absorption.
Side effects	Some chromium supplements contain yeast witch can interfere with certain prescription medicines.
Contraindications	- pregnancy - nursing women - people with epilepsy
Interactions	- simultaneously vitamin C supplementation elevate plasmatic chromium level - high intake of simple sugars increase urine excretion of chromium
High risk groups	- sporters - pregnant women, especially the ones with gestational diabetes - lactating women - people with type 2 diabetes
Composition formulas	- pycolinate, chloride, nicotinate
Other remarks	- for therapeutic purposes is used trivalent chromium

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