A chromium deficiency can – increase sugar cravings, decrease muscle and decrease fat, increasing metabolism, increase blood pressure, decrease bone density, cause heart problems. Chromium is vital if you want to protect against AGEs (Advanced Glycation End-products). This is a major factor in the aging process, speeding up cell damage and cell death.
Continually high blood sugar levels will encourage more AGEs. Chromium will help reduce your craving for sugar, which will be the first step to stabilizing your blood sugar levels. Doing this will slow down aging and help you lose weight. The condition, adult onset type II non-insulin dependent diabetes benefits from chromium supplements as they reduce the need for as much diabetic medication.
Chromium protects the liver and protects all forms of antioxidant damage in the brain, arteries and eyes. Protects against insulin resistance and stimulates our cells to uptake glucose.
Molasses is a rich source of chromium, molasses is a waste by-product of the sugar refining industry. It is easy to be short of this mineral, it is removed in the refining process. Chromium shortage can set up sugar cravings, which in turn causes more serious chromium deficiencies, it’s a viscous circle.
Supplement with chromium daily will help – blood sugar problems, insulin utilization, sugar and carbohydrate cravings, obesity, hypoglycemia, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, Crohn’s disease, colitis, ulcers, MS, migraines, PMS, seizures, diabetes, aging. Refined sugar and carbohydrates can seriously deplete chromium encouraging a need for the very foods that are causing aging.