ChromeMate

a100 capsules
$10.99 / Sug. retail: $19.99

Chromium helps:

• insulin metabolize fat
• turn protein into muscle
• convert sugar into energy
  

This unique form of niacin-bound chromium is designed to optimize energy output.  It accomplishes this by increasing the amount of glucose available for energy production nearly twenty-fold.  It also is the “master” nutrient for controlling blood sugar, which in turn, curbs sugar cravings.

Significant findings were reported by researchers at the University of Texas, who looked at the effect of chromium supplementation and exercise training on obese women. The study examined chromium supplementation, with or without exercise training, on 43 women.

Researchers examined both chromium picolinate and chromium polynicotinate.

They concluded that:

“…exercise and training combined with chromium polynicotinate supplementation resulted in significant weight loss and lowered the insulin response to an oral glucose load.”

In 1993, researchers at Auburn University showed that supplementation with 200 mcg of chromium (as ChromeMate) significantly lowered moderate levels of cholesterol by an average of 14% and improved total cholesterol HDL (“good”) cholesterol ratios by 7% in male athletes.

In a recent study, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center showed that a combination of ChromeMate and grape seed extract significantly lowered both total         cholesterol levels and LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels by 16.5% and 20%, respectively, in people with elevated blood cholesterol levels.

Chromium levels are known to decrease with age and chromium-rich foods such as organ meats and wheat germ are often NOT included in many Americans’ diets.  This may have an influence on possible chromium deficiency.

Unfortunately, chromium is not easily absorbed.  Decreasing intake levels coupled with Americans’ high intake of refined sugars can increase the loss of chromium through urination. Therefore, absorption is a key consideration.

There are two forms of chromium. The inexpensive version called picolinate and a high-quality niacin-bound form known as polynicotinate. Again, the difference is quality. ChromeMate’s patented oxygen-coordinated, chromium-niacin complex is over 18 times more potent than any other form of niacin-bound chromium.  ChromeMate is absorbed and retained by the body 300% more than picolinate.

a100 capsules
$10.99 / Sug. retail: $19.99