GTF Chromium - What is it??

AnneJane

Hi,
My friend has recently started taking GTF Chromium tablets (Glucose Tolerance Factor). She didn't seem to know much about them but read in a magazine that they we good for weight loss.
Just wondering if anyone could tell me a bit more about them and if they are effective???
Cheers

EileenG

Chromium is an essential trace mineral. Low levels of chromium can inhibit weight loss. However, if you have enough chromium in your diet, adding more will not do anything to increase weight loss. What makes her think she needs more?

AnneJane

Yeah, I don't know why she is taking them... not sure she knows the exact reason that they were recommended, something about sugar cravings or something.

chin_grin

Relying on a "miracle tablet" for weight loss is absurd to be honest. It's all down to a healthy balanced diet and exercise. (Depending on the person of course).

AnneJane

She has a very sweet tooth and is trying her best to have a healthy diet and exercise but was just struggling so hard with the sugar cravings.

EileenG

Has she tried sucking a lemon occasionally, or drinking hot water with lemon juice in it? I find that tends to kill sugar cravings.

Gymnema Sylvestre is amazing. It kills your ability to taste sweetness for an hour or two after you take it. You have no idea how nasty a doughnut is if you can't taste the sweetness. And chocolate tastes like chewing crayons.

all_smilz

EileenG wrote: »

Has she tried sucking a lemon occasionally, or drinking hot water with lemon juice in it? I find that tends to kill sugar cravings.

Gymnema Sylvestre is amazing. It kills your ability to taste sweetness for an hour or two after you take it. You have no idea how nasty a doughnut is if you can't taste the sweetness. And chocolate tastes like chewing crayons.

EileenG can I ask... where do you get it? I have looked for the drops online as I understand that its the drops kill the taste, compared to the tablets which are reported to help balance blood sugars....
OP- cold turkeys her only man (apart from your good self).... I tried chromium for a while and found it made me jittery or nervy somehow (had no other reason to feel off at the time as was doing great with work, diet and exercising loads) thats just my experience!

EileenG

I got little sucky tablets of GS in France, in Charles de Gaulle airport. You can get the liquid form in health food shops.

alexsmith

chromium is for insulin levels. when you eat a meal high in carbs it helps to slowly release sugar instead of a rapid rise in sugar - leading to huge amounts of insulin to be pumped into the blood to get rid of the excess tissue

dont bother using it if your diet is ****e

eat more broccoli if you want chromium,eat more protein and fat to minimize insulin spikes