Common names: Brewer's yeast, chromium chloride, chromium
nicotinate, chromium picolinate Ò...Little or no evidence of
efficacy. Safety rating:●...Little exposure or very minor
concerns. What is Chromium? Chromium is a steel-gray lustrous
metal that is important as an additive in the manufacture of
steel alloys (chrome steel, chrome-nickel steel, stainless
steel) and greatly increases the durability and resistance of
these metals; hence its use in metal prosthetic implants.
Synthetically-produced 51Cr is used as a tracer in various
hematologic disorders and in the determination of blood volume.
As chromium is considered to be important for normal glucose
metabolism, a number of over-the-counter products promote the
use of chromium, alone or in combination with glucose tolerance
factor, to improve carbohydrate utilization. The effectiveness
of these products has not been established, although they
represent nutritionally sound sources of chromium. The organic
form of chromium exists in a dinicotino-glutathioni