What can a diabetic do to turn “Blood Testing” into just plain Fun every day. What if you were making “new lows” with this same old meter? What if you only needed to test every several days.
There are programs and supplements that might make blood testing good news for you.
Chicago, Illinois, March 6, 2008. “I hate to test my blood” is a loudly voiced complaint from many and fellow Type 2 sufferers.
Pricking your finger, several times a day. Seeing your blood sugar levels spike in the wrong direction, even though you’ve have eaten healthy, exercised and took your meds is a depressing sight.
A leading longevity expert offers help to people who are seeking blood sugar control and diabetic weight loss.
Dr. Nicholas Perricone, a leading longevity expert and best-selling author of the Perricone Prescription has identified the supplement chromium for “significant health benefits to those with diabetes and with metabolic syndrome.
In his recently released book “7 Secrets to Beauty, Health and Longevity”, Dr. Perricone noted that “Scientists have repeatedly demonstrated that diabetes represents a premature form of aging, because of the damage caused by the excessively perturbed glucose-insulin system.”
To help combat that, Dr. Perricone recommends a clinically tested mineral, niacin-bound chromium (NBC) to address diabetic conditions.
“Chromium is a very important trace mineral”, Dr. Perricone notes. “…that promotes normal insulin function and is essential for proper protein, fat and carbohydrate metabolism. As any anti-aging scientist well knows, elevated levels of insulin and blood sugar significantly accelerate cellular aging.
Benefits from niacin-bound chromium supplement were noted to be:
Research shows that the type of chromium known as NBC has a superior anti-aging profile.
“My friend and colleague, Dr. Harry Preuss…recently examined a number of chromium compounds and found NBC to be among the most efficacious.
In a placebo-controlled crossover study, Dr. Preuss and a team of researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center showed that overweight African-American women consuming 600 micrograms of chromium as NBC (the ChromeMate brand) for 8 weeks had a significant loss of body fat and sparing muscle (lean body mass) compared with a prior placebo period of the same duration.
Increased fat loss was also observed among women who were randomized to consume chromium first, followed by a placebo, suggesting a carryover effect of the supplementation on fat loss.”
Dr. Perricone recommends that “diabetics take one 200-microgram ChromeMate capsule daily, preferably with meals.”
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