THE BASICS: Chromium is a trace mineral required in minute amounts. The element comes in many flavors but the common non-toxic ones we want are either chromium picolinate or GTF form. Don't bother looking this up on Wikipedia -the article is surprisingly negatively skewed.
Though still not fully understood, we do know that chromium has a crucial role in blood glucose homeostasis -that means it helps intensifies the effects of insulin to absorb glucose into cells -which then use it for energy...
Most folks think of the blood-sugar altering properties, but there's a bit of substantiation for its use in the management of atypical depression....
This is cheap stuff and the dosage runs around 200 mcg/day (note US RDI around 30 mcg for adults)
I'm going to add a link to a folder of mood-related papers.... and here are some fun videos!
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