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===Medical===

===Medical===

Along with [[vanadium]], chromium is one of the minerals which is believed to help control blood sugar.  It is sometimes used for [[diabetes]] in place of animal insulin injections. <ref>http://www.whale.to/a/diabetes_shame.html</ref>  However, there has been no official study to discover how much vanadium is required by the human body, so many conventional doctors avoid suggesting this supplementation. <ref>http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/supplement/vanadium</ref> Chromium picolinate or chromium oxide are usually used for supplementation--the former being considered more effective.

Along with [[vanadium]], chromium is one of the minerals which is believed to help control blood sugar.  It is sometimes used for [[diabetes]] in place of animal insulin injections.<ref>http://www.whale.to/a/diabetes_shame.html</ref>  However, there has been no official study to discover how much vanadium is required by the human body, so many conventional doctors avoid suggesting this supplementation.<ref>http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/supplement/vanadium</ref> Chromium picolinate or chromium oxide are usually used for supplementation—the former being considered more effective.

==References==

==References==

*[http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=13096 OSHA.gov regulation on hexavalent chromium]

*[http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=13096 OSHA.gov regulation on hexavalent chromium]

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