Posted by Larry Hoover on December 30, 2004, at 19:39:04
In reply to Re: Low Blood Sugar Anxiety, posted by Marley on December 30, 2004, at 18:38:39
> > Hi Marley,
> >
> > There is a thread on niacinimide above which you may find of interest. Kara S and others have had good results using niacinimide for anxiety. My mom has started using it (after my constant badgering), and she is feeling much more relaxed and is not worrying as much.
> >
> > Thanks for the warning about the chromium. I had heard that only chromium picolinate was problematic and had some safety concerns. I, however, have been using another form of chromium - GTF chromium. Nevertheless, I will do a little research to make sure I am not using something that may cause problems. Thanks for the tip.
> >
> > Tamara
> >
> Hi Tamara-
>
> Yes, I'd seen the posts on niacinimide above and found them very interesting. If your mom and people here are having good results with it reducing their anxiety, I'm definitely interested in checking it out!
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> Also, it turns out that the specific type of chromium supplement that the article I mentioned (above) warns about is chromium picolinate. But they also make some generalized statements that more needs to be learned about the safety of chromium supplements; it is hard to know from their wording if they are just referring to the chromium picolinate supplements or if they mean chromium supplements in general. So who knows! If you do find out more about it, I'd be interested in what you learn!
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> Thanks,
> MarleyIt's not chromium that is of concern, it's the picolinate. Picolinic acid causes DNA damage. Apparently, and rather coincidentally, chromium increases the adverse effects of picolinate. Chromium ions alone do nothing adverse.
There were earlier posts about this. I'll see if I can find them.
Lar
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