On Jun 13, 2004, at 1:56 pm, Ozzie wrote: > Hi everyone - this article is interesting (URL and extract below); > anyone know which paleo foods have high natural chromium levels? Ozzie > > http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/88/99817.htm > Chromium May Cut Carb Craving in Depression > > Could Also Cut Risk of Diabetes, Researchers Say From the article: > Docherty's study enrolled 113 people with atypical depression. Two > thirds took chromium picolinate supplements for eight weeks, and > one-third got a placebo. Overall, the supplement didn't reduce > depression any better than placebo. It did, however, cut carb craving. > And that's not all. Note the statement about the overall result... > Patients with atypical depression who reported carb craving at the > start of the study had significantly less depression after taking the > supplement than after taking placebo pills. ...but among people with carb cravings, depression went down. > "In that group with high carb craving -- a third of the patients -- we > had a very significant benefit from chromium picolinate," Docherty > says. "Compared with placebo, it had a 2-to-1 advantage in reducing > depression overall." Does this mean that in the group without high carb cravings, chromium increased depression? Something must balance the decrease in depression of carb-cravers if there was no overall improvement in the two groups combined. Have I misunderstood something? Ashley