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| From: | Christopher Paulin (70.166.150.15)
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| Subject: | Re: assumptions |
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Date: | August 29, 2012 at 8:53 pm PST |
In Reply to: Re: assumptions posted by gary on August 29, 2012 at 6:27 pm:
Good points.
>running 34 miles and having insomnia does not implicate chromium.
I wonder how you can run that far and not feel tired.
>chromium intake has been reported to CAUSE insomnia
Maybe it depends on the dose.
>and also insufficient chromium can cause diabetes
did he have diabetes?
He does not have diabetes.
>conflicting information methinks.
Yes, the results are strange. This is what Andrew Perlot thought:
"Why Does Chromium Improve Sleep Quality?"
"I want to be clear that I'm aware of no studies showing a correlation between sleep quality and chromium intake."
"However, I see two possible interactions which informed my decision to try chromium picolinate supplementation in the first place."
"First, a study on rats found that chromium supplementation increased the uptake of tryptophan in the brain (8) and therefore likely increases the production of serotonin and melatonin, which regulate the sleep/wake cycle."
"Second, carbohydrate-rich meals are known to increase the levels of tryptophan in the blood, which increases the amount available for uptake into the brain (10). But I wonder if this mechanism is impaired by a chromium deficiency, which seems to impair carbohydrate metabolism."
"This also makes me wonder about the fact that an extra meal consisting of more calories than I required for weight maintenance consumed when I was suffering with insomnia could sometimes cause me to fall asleep. Perhaps because the process was impaired by a lack of chromium I needed more carbohydrates to trigger the same tryptophan response."
>of course, he is doing what he thinks is best, which is all that matters
Yes. Also he wrote, "After experimenting a bit with chromium, I began suggesting supplementation to three of my coaching clients who had similar sleep problems, and all have reported back to me that they saw a very quick improvement."
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