To me it makes much more sense to drink a couple of glasses of fresh squeezed orange juice than it does to buy and take Trimspa, especially when you consider what we know about what Vanadium can do for you.
Here’s a few excerpts from the PDR’s listing since my words can’t do justice in explaining just what Vanadium can do for you,
Vanadium salts have insulin-mimetic activity, and vanadium compounds are being studied as potentially orally active replacements for insulin. The doses of supplemental vanadium that may affect blood glucose levels are potentially toxic, and supplemental vanadium is not recommended for the management of diabetes, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia or insulin resistance.(My emphasis.)The absorption of dietary vanadium and supplemental vanadium (usually vanadyl sulfate) is poor, and most ingested vanadium is excreted in the feces. It is estimated that less than 5% of dietary vanadium is absorbed.
The use of supplemental vanadium is not indicated for any purpose at this time. Vanadium is showing promise in the treatment of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, but this work is still preliminary and utilizes pharmacological doses of vanadium with unknown long-term safety consequences. Claims that vanadium increases muscle mass have no research support.
Reports that vanadium promotes muscle-mass development are refuted by research.
The amount of vanadium in typical diets (less than 30 micrograms daily) appears to have low toxicity. In one study, 12 subjects were given 13.5 milligrams of vanadium daily for two weeks, followed by 22.5 milligrams daily for five months, Five subjects experienced gastrointestinal symptoms — nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cramps — and five subjects developed green tongues. In another study, six subjects receiving daily doses of 4.5 to 18 milligrams of vanadium for six to 10 weeks developed green tongues, diarrhea and cramps at the higher doses.
Chromium, ferrous ion, chloride, aluminum hydroxide and EDTA may decrease absorption of vanadium.
So why on earth is Vanadium included in this mix? Why would anyone willingly put this into his or her body? Especially, since there are no indications on the Trimspa X32 label as to how much of this stuff is in their product. And since chromium may decrease the absorption of Vanadium, why would these two ingredients be mixed in the same formula? How can this product be sold?
TrimspaX32 cannot be recommended for anyone under any circumstances. Come back next week for my breakdown of Trimspa’s other two product offerings.
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Article comments
1 - Elvira Black
Thanks for the caveat, Sal! Amazing how all these potentially dangerous products get sold without regulation in "health food" stores. At least on those ubiqitous drug commercials, someone intones in a low voice at warp speed about the possible side effects. Here we just get pictures of Anna Nicole to drool over and be jealous about.
Incidentally--I hear tell that a new pharmaceutical is about to be approved that supposedly helps people lose weight AND stop smoking. I don't think the FDA has released it yet, but I could be wrong. I can just see the mobs at the CVS pharmacy now.
Great, invaluable info.
2 - Staci McNeil
I don't think that Anna Nicole Smith should be taking TrimSpa/ Should HAVE been Taking TrimSpa. Its a disgrace and I can't balieve yoiu people woild sell it. You are just abbusing the privalige and could be killing thousands of people.
3 - valerie
very helpful article. the first one that went and broke down the product. even though i know most (all) diet pills are b/s...i still can't stop using them & hoping = and i just started experiencing the side effects today...i don't know, i took it a few years ago, and nothing like this. but i'm definitely going to stop. thanks!♥