Researchers at the University of Texas, Austin, found that young obese women consuming 400 mcg of chromium as chromium nicotinate (ChromeMate®) per day in combination with exercise experienced significant weight loss over an eight week study period, while exercise plus chromium picolinate did not. Insulin response to an oral glucose load was also lowered in subjects who consumed ChromeMate® and exercised.

Source: Grant KE, Chandler RM, Castle AL, Ivy JL, Chromium and Exercise Training: Effect on Obese Women, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 29:992-998, 1997.