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'''Chromium''' (Cr) is a hard, silvery metal which is a naturally occurring element.<ref name="rsc" /> Chromium is an essential ''trace element'' in human nutrition because it enables [[glucose]] to be used. In large quantities it is toxic.<ref name="rsc">{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/24/chromium | title = Chromium - Element information, properties and uses {{!}} Periodic Table | website = rsc.org|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> ==ME/CFS == No clinical trials have been carried out using chromium supplements for [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] or ME.<ref name="Sierpina">{{Cite journal | last = Carter | first = Ramona | authorlink = | last2 = Sierpina | first2 = Victor | author-link2 = | date = Dec 2002 | title = Alternative and integrative treatment of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome | url =https://researchexperts.utmb.edu/en/publications/alternative-and-integrative-treatment-of-fibromyalgia-and-chronic | journal = Clinics in Family Practice | volume = 4 | issue = 4 | pages = 853β872|doi=10.1016/S1522-5720(02)00046-6|issn=1522-5720|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=Numerous other supplements are recommended to patients by alternative medicine practitioners, in books, literature, and on the Internet. Most of these have not had adequate clinical studies to recommend them on an evidence-based level; however, some seem to have potential beneficial effect. We mention them here so that practitioners may become more familiar with what their patients may be using outside of traditionally prescribed therapies, and to expose them to what supplements may need to be further studied and reviewed in the future.|via= }}</ref> In 2002, Sierpina et al. suggested that 200 mcg of ''chromium picolinate'' (taken with meals) may have the potential to reduce any reactive hypoglycemia that may aggravate symptoms, though they did not make a recommendation for its use in clinical practice.<ref name="Sierpina" /> ==Learn more== *[http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/minerals/chromium Linus Pauling Institute Micronutrient Information Center - Chromium] *29 Oct 2014, [https://www.prohealth.com/library/how-i-recovered-from-me-cfs-33753 How I Recovered From ME/CFS], by John Bochenek in [[ProHealth]].com (author writes of supplements he used in his recovery, including chromium) ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Nutrients]] [[Category:Minerals]] [[Category:Chemical elements]]
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