Twinlab Chromium Piclolinate

[GalaxyMan]

Hello all
Today I bought Twinlab's Chromium Picolinate
CHROMIC FUEL

I was reading the ingredients other than Chromium
I found : Potato Starch, Cellulose, Gelatin, Purified Water, Magnesium Stearate, MCT
First 3 ingredients scared me.. so I didn't take any capsules
According to atkins diet, am I allowed to take this supplement ?

I bought also multivitamin, I found in excipients :
Microcrystalline cellulsoe, HPMC, kollidon, maize starch, magnesuim sterate, silicon dioxide , talc, orange yellow, glycerol
This one is also scary.. so is it ok to take it :)

Regards

[black57]

My chromium has nothing like that I can tell except for the cellulose which is similar to gelatin ( I think ) which is protein. Potato starch? Why is that in there I wonder?

[black57]

Now it has just occured to me that cellulose is from wood pulp and it is put in some wheat breads for fiber content.

[GalaxyMan]

Hello,

Black57, I'ma also wondering why it contains potato starch, also, the multivitamin contains maize starch ..

So, my question, is this acceptable in atkins diet or not?
I read in atkins.com that potato starch has no impact in blood sugar..

Regards

[Zuleikaa]

You want to try to get supplements with no starches or sugars. Cellulose is fine.

[cs_carver]

YMMV.

How "pure" are you working the program? I don't count what's in my vitamins, for the record. It's just baseline. (That said, I do pay attention to side effects and cravings; some meds mess with blood sugar and I can't take them any more.)

Best answer is to learn to read the label before you buy. They put a lot of that stuff in there to "bulk up" the pill for some things--it'd be so small you'd have trouble handling it elsewise.

Cellulose is an indigestable carb, unless you're a cow in which case it works just fine (and probably causes an insulin release).

[GalaxyMan]

Hello,

there are some points the pharmacist told me about :
1- potato strach has no impact in blood sugar level (that is also said in Atkins.com glossary - click here (http://atkins.com/global/glossary/glossary.r.html) -quote: "Resistant starch does not impact Blood sugar levels"
2- he says that these straches are used to help in dissolving the pill
3- he also mentioned that this strach ratio is very small, it doesn't reach 1g and it wouldn't affect at all

[black57]

Thanks Galaxyman for htis info.