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I take chromium picolinate a very high dosage. I also count calories. It is the only thing that has consistently regulated my blood sugar levels while dieting to lose weight. Before that diet and exercise alone weren't enough to change my body. Now I don't need to work out I just count calories and supplement accordingly. I've lost 50+ lbs in 7 months.
I bought chromium yesterday, I felt hunger in the morning and decided to try chromium. It turned off my hunger for many hours and gave me energy to do work at home.
I have been taking Chromium for just a week now. The first couple of days my cravings were there, I was quite disappointed. But on day 3 or 4 the magic happens for me, I could not believe it. Yesterday I had to stop eating mid meal. I kept the rest for dinner. So basically so far my appetite seems cut in half. Also I can eat carbs with moderation, without the urge to grab some more. It's only a week so I'm not sure how it will go in the long run. So far so good.
@@ThetrurthI take it about half an hour before a meal. If I eat 3 meals a day I take it 3 times, if I eat two meals a day I take it twice, if I only eat one meal that day I just take it before that meal. It's 500 mg a tablet.
thank you! great message. This is me right now. I have had great success with IF keto and beating my insulin resistance. Suddenly I am gaining weight, I am eating less....working out more, fasting longer. Beating my head against a wall with frustration.Decided to get my allergies checked and I have a chromium defiency. Makes so mcuh sense!!!!!! Have started on chromium today. Instantly, like 10 mins in, I felt metabolically better 🙂
@sunbeam9222 it's a revolving door that's for sure. I'm taking a couple of times a week.but ive also developed histamine issues deep into keto that I'm tweaking with atm. I had a party to go to last weekend and the chromium def warded off a hypoglycemic attack I usually have from wine.
@@goldstar846 thank you. I think I will also keep it for " special occasions" wishing you all the best with the allergies. I struggled with that big time last year it' can really take a toll on you.
@@sunbeam9222 thank you xx good idea I think its a great little helper for times we need and want to 'indulge' out of our norm. Working on gut microbiome now. Have you had yours tested? that balance is key to beating allergies! how did you beat it? keto? fasting?
@@goldstar846 yes exactly. I actually just started experimenting with it a week ago. I had been keto for weeks and a bit apprehensive about eating carbs again but of course I also wanted to enjoy it haha . First two days of taking Chromium I felt nothing different but on day 3 it kicked in so day 4 I indulged ( within moderation but definitely had way more carbs than usual) and two beautiful things happened well 3 actually 1/ I didn't feel this urge to reach out for more. 2/ I didn't feel bloated. 3/ No change on the scale next morning. I struggled for over 2 months with histamines, to the point I felt so short of breath I couldn't sleep. Saw many doctors but not helpful, nor the drugs they gave. I eventually found relief through an inhaler 🤷 and as soon as ai was able to stand again did keto and exercise. And started researching supplements because doctors give me drugs full of stuff I do not want to absorb and don't work for me anyway. I guess we have to find this out for ourselves.
The coffee I drink has chromium, I drinking this coffee because I have gastritis and I don’t have stomach pain, I’m glad I see your video, good information, thanks 😊
@@zee-aaliyah this coffee is a product from Mexico 🇲🇽, the company that sell it it’s called Omnilife, I had to sign up ir order to be able to buy it, is something similar to Herbalife.
Blood sugar was 113 when i got up this morning. Then I took 200 mg chromium picolinate and 1 table spoon of mct oil and ate 2 Loves fat bars, a pint of blueberries, and pound of chicken wings and two tablespoons of sunflower butter and an hour later my blood sugar was 88! I have not had a blood sugar that low in a few years and have been under 100 only a few times in the last year or so let alone an hour after eating! I also take berberine.
@@xXzombeistXx I really don't, as long as I am not overdoing the carbs from sugar and breads. My A1C is currently normal, but I could mess that up fast by dropping the ball and eating badly. My morning glucose is still elevated but since I eat well, the average over the day still remains in check.
Thanks Dr. Yeung. Great accurate tips. I will start adding this as a supplement because I'm interested in not relying on metformin or insulin shots. I refuse to get them, so I take 500-1000 milligrams of metformin. I also exercise every two three days per week but need to increase it.
Mistakenly taking 200mg of chromium would seem difficult since capsules are typically 200mcg or so. You'd have to take 1000 capsules, which most people would notice, I'd think. Are there capsules on the market that are 200mg? If so, what are they for??? I'm hoping chromium picolinate supplementation will help reduce the insulin resistance and Cushing's syndrome that has resulted from taking high doses of prednisone for an autoimmune disease. This has caused me to gain fat and lose muscle mass over the last several months, and avoiding carbs, increasing protein and exercising has done nothing to stop this rapid muscle-to-fat conversion that has happened while I have been on prednisone. I haven't measured fasting insulin, but my blood glucose has been sky high, and my HbA1c has gone up from 5.0 before starting the prednisone to 5.7 two months later, and presumably it will be over 6.0 after I have been on the drug for 3 months. No help from the doctor on mitigating the side effects of the drug so far. I don't have a problem with weight -- it's just a problem of body composition, which again, must be the result of insulin resistance and gluconeogeneis and catabolism.
I hope it is helping. I just bought some 'Bio-Chromium' by 'Pharma Nord' which is supposed to be even more bioavailable. I was on hydrocortisone for a year myself and it wrecked my body. Luckily that is behind me now.
@karlint39: Your body doesn’t convert “muscle-to-fat” EVER. That’s just not possible. Muscle cells & fat cells are completely different structures of cells. There’s absolutely no process in the human body that would allow that. Prednisone raises your blood glucose level and that’s probably the reason you developed insulin resistance. If used for a long period of time, it leads to what’s called steroids-induced diabetes which’s what you most likely have unless you were already diabetic/prediabetic before starting prednisone!
@@freeurmind2871 The body converts muscle to blood glucose, that's called "gluconeogenesis." If there is excess blood glucose, the body stores this as fat, a process called "lipogenesis". So you are correct, that there is no one process, these two processes work to achieve the same result as what I was saying. Thank you for correcting me. Think about it, if a caveman is on a hunting expedition and goes without catching something for several days, it would be useful to convert body tissue to fuel, so having this ability is a survival advantage in that scenario. BTW I did not have insulin resistance before starting prednisone! BTW now that I am off the prednisone, my insulin resistance and HbA1c have come back down. I don't need the chromium picolinate
I've been taking it for 4 days now, and it has definitely suppressed my appetite. I have the 1000mcg pills, but I do cut it in half as that may be too much for me, and I always eat something before I take (if not a meal, then a piece of wheat bread or a banana works for me too.)
I have seen of your videos. In each video you mention that none of the supplements have any effect on weight loss. Why were they promoted? For example the Keto diet doesn’t help everyone even though they said that it’s scientifically proven to lose weight. Caloric restriction seems to be the only path according to scientific evidence. Is that true though?
I've just begun taking Chromium Piconolate 200 mcg today ... not for weight loss but for help in efficiently processing carbohydrates for my Type 2 Diabetes. I only eat OMAD, and I need as much help as I can get. Even if it's just a little.
@diablovalley - It might not make sense, but oddly enough, it hasn't even been that hard. I think maybe it's a self-discipline thing - you just have to decide to do it, I guess. It's been a month already, and it has become more or less a normal routine. If I'm exerting a lot of energy throughout the day, I might have a heaping tablespoon of peanut butter, but not usually. By mid-afternoon, I am certainly aware that I am hungry, and by about 4:00 or 4:30, I've begun preparing dinner ... which usually has us eating by about 5:00 or 5:15. I drink lots of water throughout the day, and that keeps me hydrated. I've heard it said that often people think they're hungry when they're actually just thirsty ... I think that might be true. In fairness, however, I am retired and not a lot is required of me - if I was still in the working world, this might be much harder to do.
Retired OB nurse here. No, don’t take this or any other supplements without speaking with your OB/Gyn. Everyone is different, so just because someone you may know who has the same or similar experiences with their pregnancy doesn’t mean it’s safe for you or your baby. For example, family history/genetics from 50 years ago still plays a major role in your health. Hope this helps and congratulations on your pregnancy! Happy New Year! 🎆🎊🎈
You are confusing insulin sensitivity with insulin resistant. What you described is insulin resistant, not insulin insensitivity. Insulin insensitivity is actually the goal
Insulin resistance and insulin INsensitivity are the same thing, they both mean your body insulin is unable to regulate your blood sugar because your cells are not responding to its effect! Insulin SENSITIVITY is the goal which means your cells are sensitive to the effect of insulin leading to lower blood sugar.
Curious about more BENEFITS of chromium? We have an EXCLUSIVE summary of researched health benefits on our KoFi page: ko-fi.com/album/Supplement-Spotlights-W7W7P7VNM
I take chromium picolinate a very high dosage. I also count calories. It is the only thing that has consistently regulated my blood sugar levels while dieting to lose weight. Before that diet and exercise alone weren't enough to change my body. Now I don't need to work out I just count calories and supplement accordingly. I've lost 50+ lbs in 7 months.
Which dosage do you take? Congrats on your weight loss.
@@tamiwilliams9845 1000mcg daily
@B A very nice 🌺
I barely lose weight though am working hard, what did help you please?
You could loose more weight if you would simply walk for weight loss
I bought chromium yesterday, I felt hunger in the morning and decided to try chromium. It turned off my hunger for many hours and gave me energy to do work at home.
Picolinate? Which dosage? I just bought some Bio Chromium by Pharma Nord, hope it works for me too!!
I had good appetite and weight loss on Metformin but have had to stop due to digestive side effects even on slow release.
Trying Chronium now.
My hunger has increased
Placebo... chromium doesnt lower appetite
@@richardlawson6787well, it did for me
Thank you Dr. This is the best presentation i have seen so far
I have been taking Chromium for just a week now. The first couple of days my cravings were there, I was quite disappointed. But on day 3 or 4 the magic happens for me, I could not believe it. Yesterday I had to stop eating mid meal. I kept the rest for dinner. So basically so far my appetite seems cut in half. Also I can eat carbs with moderation, without the urge to grab some more. It's only a week so I'm not sure how it will go in the long run. So far so good.
What time you take it through the day ?
@@ThetrurthI take it about half an hour before a meal. If I eat 3 meals a day I take it 3 times, if I eat two meals a day I take it twice, if I only eat one meal that day I just take it before that meal. It's 500 mg a tablet.
thank you! great message.
This is me right now. I have had great success with IF keto and beating my insulin resistance. Suddenly I am gaining weight, I am eating less....working out more, fasting longer. Beating my head against a wall with frustration.Decided to get my allergies checked and I have a chromium defiency. Makes so mcuh sense!!!!!!
Have started on chromium today. Instantly, like 10 mins in, I felt metabolically better 🙂
Wonderful. How is it going now?
@sunbeam9222 it's a revolving door that's for sure. I'm taking a couple of times a week.but ive also developed histamine issues deep into keto that I'm tweaking with atm. I had a party to go to last weekend and the chromium def warded off a hypoglycemic attack I usually have from wine.
@@goldstar846 thank you. I think I will also keep it for " special occasions" wishing you all the best with the allergies. I struggled with that big time last year it' can really take a toll on you.
@@sunbeam9222 thank you xx
good idea I think its a great little helper for times we need and want to 'indulge' out of our norm. Working on gut microbiome now. Have you had yours tested? that balance is key to beating allergies! how did you beat it? keto? fasting?
@@goldstar846 yes exactly. I actually just started experimenting with it a week ago. I had been keto for weeks and a bit apprehensive about eating carbs again but of course I also wanted to enjoy it haha . First two days of taking Chromium I felt nothing different but on day 3 it kicked in so day 4 I indulged ( within moderation but definitely had way more carbs than usual) and two beautiful things happened well 3 actually 1/ I didn't feel this urge to reach out for more. 2/ I didn't feel bloated. 3/ No change on the scale next morning.
I struggled for over 2 months with histamines, to the point I felt so short of breath I couldn't sleep. Saw many doctors but not helpful, nor the drugs they gave. I eventually found relief through an inhaler 🤷 and as soon as ai was able to stand again did keto and exercise. And started researching supplements because doctors give me drugs full of stuff I do not want to absorb and don't work for me anyway. I guess we have to find this out for ourselves.
The coffee I drink has chromium, I drinking this coffee because I have gastritis and I don’t have stomach pain, I’m glad I see your video, good information, thanks 😊
What coffee is that?
WAIT OMG IS THIS REAL WHAG COFFEE
@@zee-aaliyah this coffee is a product from Mexico 🇲🇽, the company that sell it it’s called Omnilife, I had to sign up ir order to be able to buy it, is something similar to Herbalife.
Blood sugar was 113 when i got up this morning. Then I took 200 mg chromium picolinate and 1 table spoon of mct oil and ate 2 Loves fat bars, a pint of blueberries, and pound of chicken wings and two tablespoons of sunflower butter and an hour later my blood sugar was 88! I have not had a blood sugar that low in a few years and have been under 100 only a few times in the last year or so let alone an hour after eating! I also take berberine.
Do you have any symptoms from your blood sugar issues?
@@xXzombeistXx I really don't, as long as I am not overdoing the carbs from sugar and breads. My A1C is currently normal, but I could mess that up fast by dropping the ball and eating badly. My morning glucose is still elevated but since I eat well, the average over the day still remains in check.
@@hotpocket5501 what symptoms did you experience when you did over do it?
@@xXzombeistXx When I over do carbs, initially I get heart palpitations. The next day I am lethargic and have trouble getting myself moving.
@@hotpocket5501 have the heart palpitations been so bad you thought you were having a heart attack?
Very informative video!
Thanks Dr. Yeung. Great accurate tips. I will start adding this as a supplement because I'm interested in not relying on metformin or insulin shots. I refuse to get them, so I take 500-1000 milligrams of metformin. I also exercise every two three days per week but need to increase it.
U mean u take 500-1000mg of chromium?
Mistakenly taking 200mg of chromium would seem difficult since capsules are typically 200mcg or so. You'd have to take 1000 capsules, which most people would notice, I'd think. Are there capsules on the market that are 200mg? If so, what are they for???
I'm hoping chromium picolinate supplementation will help reduce the insulin resistance and Cushing's syndrome that has resulted from taking high doses of prednisone for an autoimmune disease. This has caused me to gain fat and lose muscle mass over the last several months, and avoiding carbs, increasing protein and exercising has done nothing to stop this rapid muscle-to-fat conversion that has happened while I have been on prednisone. I haven't measured fasting insulin, but my blood glucose has been sky high, and my HbA1c has gone up from 5.0 before starting the prednisone to 5.7 two months later, and presumably it will be over 6.0 after I have been on the drug for 3 months. No help from the doctor on mitigating the side effects of the drug so far. I don't have a problem with weight -- it's just a problem of body composition, which again, must be the result of insulin resistance and gluconeogeneis and catabolism.
I hope it is helping. I just bought some 'Bio-Chromium' by 'Pharma Nord' which is supposed to be even more bioavailable. I was on hydrocortisone for a year myself and it wrecked my body. Luckily that is behind me now.
@@The_New_Abnormal_World_Order I guess this company is paying you since you’re in every comment promoting it & it’s getting really annoying
@karlint39: Your body doesn’t convert “muscle-to-fat” EVER. That’s just not possible. Muscle cells & fat cells are completely different structures of cells. There’s absolutely no process in the human body that would allow that. Prednisone raises your blood glucose level and that’s probably the reason you developed insulin resistance. If used for a long period of time, it leads to what’s called steroids-induced diabetes which’s what you most likely have unless you were already diabetic/prediabetic before starting prednisone!
@@freeurmind2871 The body converts muscle to blood glucose, that's called "gluconeogenesis." If there is excess blood glucose, the body stores this as fat, a process called "lipogenesis". So you are correct, that there is no one process, these two processes work to achieve the same result as what I was saying. Thank you for correcting me. Think about it, if a caveman is on a hunting expedition and goes without catching something for several days, it would be useful to convert body tissue to fuel, so having this ability is a survival advantage in that scenario. BTW I did not have insulin resistance before starting prednisone! BTW now that I am off the prednisone, my insulin resistance and HbA1c have come back down. I don't need the chromium picolinate
So, basically it’s useless for someone trying to lose weight! There was no mention of whether or not it helps with appetite suppression! Anyone knows?
I've been taking it for 4 days now, and it has definitely suppressed my appetite. I have the 1000mcg pills, but I do cut it in half as that may be too much for me, and I always eat something before I take (if not a meal, then a piece of wheat bread or a banana works for me too.)
I have seen of your videos. In each video you mention that none of the supplements have any effect on weight loss. Why were they promoted? For example the Keto diet doesn’t help everyone even though they said that it’s scientifically proven to lose weight. Caloric restriction seems to be the only path according to scientific evidence. Is that true though?
I've just begun taking Chromium Piconolate 200 mcg today ... not for weight loss but for help in efficiently processing carbohydrates for my Type 2 Diabetes. I only eat OMAD, and I need as much help as I can get. Even if it's just a little.
How do you survive on just 1 meal?
@diablovalley - It might not make sense, but oddly enough, it hasn't even been that hard. I think maybe it's a self-discipline thing - you just have to decide to do it, I guess. It's been a month already, and it has become more or less a normal routine. If I'm exerting a lot of energy throughout the day, I might have a heaping tablespoon of peanut butter, but not usually. By mid-afternoon, I am certainly aware that I am hungry, and by about 4:00 or 4:30, I've begun preparing dinner ... which usually has us eating by about 5:00 or 5:15. I drink lots of water throughout the day, and that keeps me hydrated. I've heard it said that often people think they're hungry when they're actually just thirsty ... I think that might be true. In fairness, however, I am retired and not a lot is required of me - if I was still in the working world, this might be much harder to do.
@@lily-annmacdonald7664 thanks for the detailed reply, I wish you the very best in your battle against diabetes!
Thanks Dr Brian
Does it cause heart palpitation?
So how much can I take? Should I take it before or after eating?
Take before lunch time
I am taking 500 mcg
Chormium help lower my blood sugar with cinnamon. I dont know about weightlost.
thanks for your useful information 👍 😀 I've been taking 200 mcg of chromium picolinate for 1 year, however without any effect on weight loss !
5x to small dose
Can it be taken during pregnancy as i have gasternal diabetes???
Retired OB nurse here. No, don’t take this or any other supplements without speaking with your OB/Gyn. Everyone is different, so just because someone you may know who has the same or similar experiences with their pregnancy doesn’t mean it’s safe for you or your baby. For example, family history/genetics from 50 years ago still plays a major role in your health. Hope this helps and congratulations on your pregnancy! Happy New Year! 🎆🎊🎈
It's fine in low doses
thank u doc, this video help me to studied a fungsional chromium!!!
does chromium picolinate cause hair loss
No
no effect on weight loss
You are confusing insulin sensitivity with insulin resistant. What you described is insulin resistant, not insulin insensitivity. Insulin insensitivity is actually the goal
Right! I noticed that too 🤔
You seem to be confusing insulin SENSITIVITY with insulin INSENSITIVITY.
Insulin resistance and insulin INsensitivity are the same thing, they both mean your body insulin is unable to regulate your blood sugar because your cells are not responding to its effect! Insulin SENSITIVITY is the goal which means your cells are sensitive to the effect of insulin leading to lower blood sugar.
@@BrianYeungND 😆🤣Good one Doctor 👍
Sensitivity asshole 😂
you did not go to the main point in easy way to How and when to take chromium !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!= please be to the : point !!! Thanx