chromium picolinate

[anthrax]

We'd better take R-ALA....

The popular dietary supplement chromium picolinate, often taken to speed up weight loss, may cause severe DNA damage, finds a new study.

researchers report that the compound led to lethal genetic mutations and sterility in fruit flies. Previous studies have also suggested that chromium picolinate might cause DNA damage in rats, say authors of the study in an advance online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

 

[danielson]

how safe do you think it is to take r-ala? do you think it will have any long term effects, like altering the insulin secreting ability of pancreatic cells or any effects systemically?

 

[anthrax]

Alpha-lipoic acid has been used for years to treat diabetics in Europe (especially in Germany)

... used in hospitals (not in gym )

and there is a huge litterature on it

 

[danielson]

but in those cases its been used on non-healthy individuals...

im not saying its not safe, ive done very basic reading on it at best, but i'd be curious as to whether it had any effects on other organs. i have lttle understanding of its mechanism of action (other than increasing the insulin sensitivity of cells) so i'm just wondering whether it would be like taking something like metformin or glicazide (drugs given to diabetic which do the same), i believe metforimin can be harsh on the liver in high doses etc.....

 

[mojokid]

chromium polynicotinate

.. i heard that is what you should take instead of
chromium picolinate due to the 'alleged' DNA Mutation capabilities.

 

[anthrax]

very true

but I don't know if it is really effective ??

 

[HANSEL]

Yes, Polynicotinate is very effective. Great absobancy and much more safe than picolinate