chromium & vanadyl

A powerful intervention to controlling your blood sugar is to take 400 to 1,000 mcg of chromium picolinate daily with 25 to 100 mg of vanadyl sulfate, ideally at the same time you eat carbohydrates. These minerals lower the blood sugar spike that occurs after meals, even if you have healthy blood sugar levels. In diabetic animals, vanadyl sulfate lowers blood glucose, cholesterol, and triglyceride levels.10 And chromium reduces glucose levels and insulin resistance to help prevent type 2 diabetes. These supplements are quite affordable, but evidence suggests taking higher doses than the government recommends.

• Patrick Poucheret et al., “Vanadium and Diabetes,” Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 188, no. 1–2 (November 1998): 73–80, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006820522587.

• Henry C. Lukaski, “Lessons from Micronutrient Studies in Patients with Glucose Intolerance and Diabetes Mellitus: Chromium and Vanadium,” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, November 8, 2000, https://ods.od.nih.gov/pubs/conferences/lukaski_abstract.html.)