Noticeable Beneficial Effects ..............

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Hi folks:

There is only one nutritional supplement I have ever taken that I

believe produces noticeable beneficial effects. I have been taking

it for years and still take it weekly. It is chromium picolinate. A

diabetic friend mentioned to me years ago that chromium was critical

in enabling insulin to release energy.

I take one capsule a week (200 mcg chromium). Other chromium

compounds do not seem to have any effects. The benefit I think I see

is better brain function. I am better organized, and it seems I am

better able to solve detail-type problems.

To give an example, I normally take the capsule on the weekend. If

on Tuesday or Wednesday I am working on, say, some complicated

computer programming problem and I just can't seem to get my brain in

gear to solve it, I am now in the habit of asking myself " did I take

my chromium this week? " Often the answer turns out to be " No " . I

don't seem to have those problems if I take this small quantity of

chromium on the weekend. This has happened often enough now that I

am persuaded it is real. And I am also persuaded that it is not

psycho-somatic because no other supplement (not even other chromium

supplements) have the same (or for that matter any) effects.

It is easy to rationalize that some people need more chromium from

their diet than others. And also that farmland that has been in use

for hundreds of years may now be rather depleted in some trace

nutrients.

The following article, although it reads a bit like a sales pitch,

especially at the end, does provide some useful information on the

topic. The article mentions quite a few other apparently beneficial

effects, beyond those I believe I notice.

FWIW. Caveat swallowor.

http://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/newsmaker_article.asp?

idNewsMaker=5954 & fSite=AO545

http://snipurl.com/79ar

Rodney.

> I believe it was Ames' research that led to Dr. Walford's

recommendation of

> ALC and ALA: ....................

> I've not noticed anyting I could attribute to either supplement,

but then

> again, rarely have I ever noticed any effect from any supplement

(excepting

> caffeine!)