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2002/10/04, 01:50 PM
Chromium picolinate helps to keep insulin levels within the normal range. Insulin, of course, regulates blood sugar and fat levels as well as stimulating protein synthesis in muscles (to a lesser degree). Insulin also boosts carbohydrate metabolism, causing the body to burn glucose rather than store it as body fat. There have been numerous studies done on the effect of chromium on burning fat and the research indicates that it does nothing to the fat you already have. However, from the reading I have done, it seems that it would help prevent against the 'storage' of carbs as fat. The reports on this can be read at these two sites:
www.webmd.com
www.discoveryhealth.com
I take Ripped Fuel mainly for the caffeine/ephedra, but it does contain chromium. If you take a fat burner now, it probably wouldn't hurt to switch to Ripped Fuel to see if it makes a difference. Chances are it won't do much (if anything) different, but everybody's body responds to things in their own way.
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--JBennett
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