Iceland Health® Chromax® Plus™ is a combination of two organic, highly absorbable forms of chromium –  an essential trace mineral that plays an important role in promoting healthy blood sugar, supporting cardiovascular health and helping increase energy. Sedentary lifestyles and overeating of highly processed foods can contribute to poor blood sugar and insulin health.  This is where chromium supplementation can help.  Iceland Health’s Chromax Plus is a dual action formula that combines two forms of chromium for quicker activation and long-lasting absorption: chromium histidinate and chromium picolinate.

Chromium histidinate – a highly absorbable form of chromium – dissolves fast to provide chromium to help maintain healthy blood sugar metabolism after eating.*

Chromium picolinate – the most clinically tested form of chromium – dissolves slowly over time for optimum, continual support.*

Over the past 15 years, Iceland Health’s Chromax® chromium picolinate has distinguished itself as the most widely researched form of chromium. Over 35 published clinical trials involving over 2,300 patients support the ingredient’s safety and efficacy. The chromium picolinate in Iceland Health’s Chromax Plus has demonstrated that is significantly more bioactive than other forms of chromium in insulin resistant populations. Additionally, the picolinate form of chromium is a unique molecule that combines chromium with picolinic acid, a compound found in breast milk, which helps the body better absorb and process minerals. The product is safe, easily incorporated into a wide range of functional food and supplement product forms, extremely stable and effective at minimal dosage levels.

The histidinate form of chromium possesses a unique activity that is complementary to chromium picolinate. The formulation is a complex of the mineral chromium and the amino acid histidine which is one of the essential amino acids found in foods containing protein. According to several prominent researchers, chromium histidinate is safe and highly absorbed into the bloodstream.1

Nutrition 21 currently has a license from the USDA for the chromium histidinate composition and has pending patents for uses of chromium histidinate alone and in combination with chromium picolinate. Nutrition 21 also has patent protection covering chromium for use in relieving symptoms of depression and premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in addition to other patents for chromium in combination with other ingredients.

1 Anderson, R.A., M.M. Polansky, and N.A. Bryden. 2004. Stability and absorption of chromium and absorption of chromium histidinate complexes by humans. Biological Trace Element Research 101(December):211-218.