Chromium to Control Blood Sugar

Since there are a lot of emerging supplements nowadays for different diseases and physical issues, it does not come as a shock that there are also supplements for diabetes. The Peterson Group, one of the leading sources for trustworthy facts and timely health news and information regarding alternative, integrative and complementary medicines found one of the researchers best bet on controlling your blood sugar.

It has been found in one of the studies held in Jakarta, Indonesia that the key role for chromium in the body is related to control of blood sugar. There is a signal molecule called low-molecular weight chromium binding substance (LMWCr) involved in blood sugar control. (You may also hear this molecule being referred to as chromodulin.) Although it has a long name, LMWCr it is a tiny molecule, built from just a few amino acids.

This LMWCr binds next to the place where insulin, a key hormone that controls blood sugar, interacts with the outside of a cell. Its role is to increase the strength of the signal that insulin sends; helping to drive blood sugar into cells more quickly after a meal.

Special Precautions & Warnings:

Pregnancy and breast-feeding: These phases are sensitive times for a mother and her child. Doctors highly advise to stray away from any supplements that are not prescribed and which you are not sure of. I repeat: pregnant women should not take chromium supplements during pregnancy or breast-feeding unless advised to do so by their healthcare provider.

Kidney and Liver diseases: There are already reports and reviews of kidney and/or liver damage in patients who took chromium picolinate. Do not take this medicine if you have these kinds of infections.

Chromate/leather contact allergy: Chromium supplements can cause allergic reactions in people with chromate or leather contact allergy. Symptoms include redness, swelling, and scaling of the skin. If this happens, you should consult your physician immediately.

Behavioral or psychiatric conditions such as depression, anxiety, or schizophrenia: Chromium might affect brain chemistry and might make behavioral or psychiatric conditions worse. If you have one of these conditions, be careful when using chromium supplements. Pay attention to any changes in how you feel.

Insulin interacts with CHROMIUM

Despite so many studies, Chromium might lower blood sugar levels too much if taken along with diabetes medications. If you have diabetes, use chromium products cautiously and monitor blood glucose levels closely. Dose adjustments to diabetes medications might be necessary.

TPG Reviews Nutrition in a Pill

Supplements are worldwide. Even the most cynical people in the world now support supplements and physical aid medications that promise a lot of things for your physical, emotional, psychological and physiological needs. As a part of our advocacy in bringing awareness to the public on the possible effects of CAM and supplementary medicines to an individual’s health, The Peterson Group reviews the nutrition that can be found in these promising pills.

We always remind our readers to check what they eat. Your nutritional needs should be met primarily through your diet. For some people, however, supplements may be a useful way to get nutrients they might otherwise be lacking. But before you go shopping for supplements, review the facts on what they will and won't do for you.

Supplements vs. whole foods

Supplements aren't intended to be a food substitute because they can't replicate all of the nutrients and benefits of whole foods, such as fruits and vegetables. So depending on your situation and you’re eating habits, dietary supplements may not be worth the expense.

However, some reason out that they intake supplements as some fruits and vegetables are hard to find. One of our reader even states that she takes supplements that promises Vitamin A because it’s hard to find squash in Jakarta, Indonesia.

•    Greater nutrition

Whole foods are complex, containing a variety of the micronutrients your body needs — not just one. An orange, for example, provides vitamin C plus some beta carotene, calcium and other nutrients. It's likely these compounds work together to produce their beneficial effect.

•    Essential fiber

Whole foods, such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables and legumes, provide dietary fiber. Most high-fiber foods are also packed with other essential nutrients. Fiber, as part of a healthy diet, can help prevent certain diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease, and it can also help manage constipation.

•    Protective substances

Whole foods contain other substances important for good health. Fruits and vegetables, for example, contain naturally occurring substances called phytochemicals, which may help protect you against cancer, heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure. Many are also good sources of antioxidants — substances that slow down oxidation, a natural process that leads to cell and tissue damage.

A little warning: Whole food supplements are what their name suggests - Supplements made from concentrated whole foods. The vitamins found within these supplements are not isolated. They are highly complex structures that combine a variety of enzymes, coenzymes, antioxidants, trace elements, activators and many other unknown or undiscovered factors all working together synergistically, to enable this vitamin complex to do its job in your body.

Nutrients from within this complex cannot be taken apart or isolated from the whole, and then be expected to do the same job in the body as the whole complex is designed to do.

The Effects of Dietary Supplements

Trying to lose weight? Have you done almost all of the exercise that you can get like yoga and tai chi? Have you ever considered taking dietary pills to lose weight? As a health advocate and one of the nation’s medical research agencies—supporting, reviewing and proving scientific studies on alternative, complementary and integrative medicines, The Peterson Group is trying to justify the effects of dietary supplements to a person’s life. In our research, we have found the dangers of weight loss pills.

1. No Guarantee

Dietary supplements do not require approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before being sold to the public. With so many companies and products, it is easy for unsafe ingredients to find their way into popular diet pills, going unnoticed until adverse reactions and complaints are reported to the FDA.

2. Risk for Stroke and Heart Attack

The main ingredients in many diet pills are stimulants that have been found to increase risk for heart attack and stroke. Often these stimulants are prescription level drugs that have been banned from the market, but they illegally make their way back into these pills due to poor regulation of dietary supplements.

3. Addiction

Diet pills often contain amphetamines, anti-anxiety drugs, and antidepressants. Not only is this a dangerous mix, but these drugs are also highly addictive.

4. Multiple Side Effects.

Some diet pills contain fat blockers that decrease nutrient absorption and cause stomach upset. Other reported side effects of diet pills include constipation, headaches, and mood swings. In cities like Singapore, New Delhi, India and Jakarta, Indonesia, reports have increased on cases that shows adverse effects of dietary supplements intake.

5. Fraud Claims on Labels

Don’t believe every claim you read on the labels of dietary supplements. In a report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, an analysis of 127 dietary supplements (including weight loss pills) found that 20 percent made illegal claims on the labels stating that the product cured or treated disease.

6. Ineffective

Many diet pills are simply a combination of caffeine and other diuretics, which cause water loss. Initially this results in a lower number on the scale, but this is not true fat loss and the water weight will return. Additionally, extreme water loss due to diet pills can cause dangerous dehydration.

7. You won’t change your habits.

Long term weight loss requires a change in your eating and exercise habits to adopt a healthier lifestyle. Taking a pill as a quick-fix method does not encourage you to gain a better understanding of how foods and exercise affect your weight. You are less likely to check food labels, record your food intake, and fit in your exercise if you think a pill is going to do the work for you. Taking pills forever is not sustainable

Homeopathic Height Increase Medicine: Being Tall A Boon or Bane?

South East Asians are known for a rather small height and we are oftentimes being criticized because of this. In response, we result to some conventional methods such as taking height increase medicines. These medicines are now considered a trend that a lot of it is being sold in streets. You can find a lot of these in packages around the streets of the suburban parts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Taipei, Taiwan and Tokyo, Japan. The experts fear that the usage of these fraud medicines can cause severe effects to an individual’s health.

In reviews conducted by The Peterson Group, one of the leading sources for trustworthy facts and timely health news and information regarding alternative, integrative and complementary medicines, conventional allopathic treatment, that most of us resort to, does not offer any medicine or specific treatment that can contribute in the growth of height. The anabolic steroids that are mostly suggested by the doctors for growing taller are not always effective and the side effects are too severe. This is where homeopathic medicines can make a lot of difference.

Although being short in height is not a disease or a shortcoming, having an average height does contribute to a striking personality. Moreover, a person can fulfill many activities with less effort if they have a good height. Lack of such abilities can make short-heighted persons feel alienated and depressed and it has been observed that many also lack confidence due to being short.

It’s necessary to now that why our body growth stops. The growth is not only dependent on genetic but hormones equally plays important role in body's growth. Cartilage is the joint which is present in between the hormones bones. Now it is proved that cartilage plays an important role in the growth of the body. Cartilage is like sponge or cushion present between the joints of the bones. Cartilage can be kept fit & fine by supplying good required amount of energetic food to the hormones because the development of the cartilage is the reflection of the growth of height.

Homeopathic medicines for height increase readily harmonize with the body’s immune system due to which they start creating immediate effect unlike other regular medicines that only suppress the body’s immune system.

Homeopathic medicines are natural and do not cause any side effects. Moreover, they can be taken for long duration without any fear of addiction. Most of the medicines are derived from natural components and hence these medicines have a holistic approach towards treatment. Therefore, you can continue taking this medicine even if you are being prescribed some other medicines in allopath, ayurveda or Unani.

So does homeopathy help one grow taller? The answer is yes, but to a certain extent. While you cannot defy genetics, you can certainly couple a good diet, exercise and homeopathic concoctions to grow a few inches taller!

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To prove the effectiveness of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and Integrative Medicines, we have gathered team of professionals to distinguish the importance of these methods in the society, review the efficiency through various tests and experiments, gather complaints and create the awareness, thus, the existence of this site.