04.01.05
According to Nutrition 21, Inc., Purchase, NY, Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, has initiated the first double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial to study the effects of chromium picolinate supplementation in overweight pediatric patients with poorly-controlled type 1 diabetes. The seven-month trial will determine if adding 600 mcg of chromium as chromium picolinate to the daily diet of 30 male and female patients 12 to 18 years of age will improve blood glucose and body weight.