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Chromium

• FUNCTIONS:

  • Constituent of the "glucose tolerance factor" which binds and potentiates insulin

• DEFICIENCIES:
  • Impaired glucose tolerance
  • Deficiencies are quite rare

• DIETARY SOURCES - dietary sources which are rich in chromium:
  • Note: as a nutrient, chromium must be supplied in the trivalent form (hexavalent forms are toxic).