ABSTRACT
In terms of nutrition, chromium received little attention prior to the last 40 years. In contrast, in the last 25 years, chromium supplements have grabbed considerable public attention for various perceived health benefits. Nutrition researchers and the medical community, though accepting that chromium is an essential nutrient, have been hesitant to accept the validity of supplement claims. Some of the hesitancy has been justified by gaps in available research data. One reason for the gaps has been the technical problems in studying this mineral. Nonetheless, research is slowly clarifying what chromium supplements can and can’t do.
