Study: Chromium reversed Encephalopathy ?

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This is just a case study, but quite interesting, considering many of us may

have blood

sugar issues and certainly brain-fog (and in some cases weight loss).

From the Journal of the American Medical Association:

Chromium deficiency during total parenteral nutrition

H. Freund, S. Atamian and J. E. Fischer

Chromium is required for maintenance of normal glucose tolerance. After complete

bowel

resection and five months of total parenteral nutrition, severe glucose

intolerance, weight

loss, and a metabolic encephalopathy-like confusional state developed in a

patient.

Serum chromium levels were at the lowest normal level. Supplementation of 150

microgram of chromium per day reversed the glucose intolerance, reduced insulin

requirements, and resulted in weight gain and the disappearance of

encephalopathy.

The low levels of chromium and response to chromium supplementation suggest that

chromium deficiency can arise in long-term total parenteral nutrition.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/241/5/496