Vitamin B/Chromium Picolinate to Curb Junk Food Cravings

The headaches are from the sugar detox your body is going through and is perfectly normal and considered a "healing process", you will feel worse while you detox the sugar out of your system as your body is trying to get back to normal. Too bad your doctor does not know about this and would quickly recommend that you stop taking them (because that is the easy answer). If he cannot treat you with drugs then he cannot "control" what you are doing and have you come back to see him/her.

I am a Board Certified Naturopath and have recommended Chromium and Vit B to my clients to detox from sugar. It takes about a week or so with minor discomfort (headaches) as you detox. It is the same type of detox as when someone stops drinking coffee (caffeine). The body is used to the caffeine stimulant and when you stop drinking the "caffeine drug" your body craves, it starts with a headache as a natural detoxification process.

Sorry you had to spend money on MRI.

Interesting you resurrected a 2 year old thread for your first post? You're not related to Buddy, by any chance are you? Haven't seen him around lately.

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I have never tried this; however, I do know that it is true fact that they are like an alcohol addiction. I love the program I am on because it has taught me the right way to eat which does not include any of these foods, therefore, I no longer crave them. Love having them out of my life!

THIS. It's so true. Food addiction has to be treated the same as any addiction in my book. Pasta used to be a huge issue for me and cutting it out almost completely has made such a difference in me and how I feel.

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Dr oz is promoting a different diet pill/supplement every month.

Ask your regular doctor if this could help you.

Dr oz is the same fellow who tells people not to eat foods with ingredients they can't pronounce and then tells them to go buy a diet pill they definitely can't pronounce. I don't trust him for this reason. Anybody promoting that many different pills is getting money for it somewhere and doesn't have your best interest at heart.

I take a vitamin B complex but not a chromium. The B is for energy, and I can tell when I don't take them. Not like I'm buzzing around like bee, but at least I don't feel sluggish. I have heard that chromium also is sometimes used for diabetes, I don't know the whole story on that, but I have heard it has been given to some diabetes patients.

Yes, My endocrinologist recommended me taking Chromium supplement as I didn't want to take pharmaceutical drugs to merely control diabetes.

As part of the low carb plan the diabetes institute put me on I was taking B Complex vitamins, Chromium, Magnesium, GLA and ALA.

So there was a Dr. Oz segment on GMA last week where he talked about sugar/junk food actually being an addiction like a drug. I COMPLETELY feel like that is true for me, so I took a portion of his advice, which was to start taking Vitamin B Complex and Chromium Picolinate, which are supposed to help "detox" you and break the cravings. Just curious if anyone knows anything about this. The rest of his advice included things like replacing all grains with broccoli/cauliflower for a week, but not sure I can do that.....vitamins, I can take!! Here's a link to his segment if anyone's interested:

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/dr-mehmet-oz-beat-fat-sugar-addiction-detox/story?id=12823912

Lol at Dr wizard of Oz.

Hi Everyone,
Just checking back in as a follow up. I started taking Chromium Picolinate on June 10th and said I'd be back to let you all know if I feel any effects. I am pre-diabetic and trying to get my A1C down by October. Well I have to say that Chromium Picolinate is AMAZING. All this time i thought I had really weak willpower and that I was just addicted to sugar. Now it is like I just don't feel like that any more. I am not running off to pick up fast food because I am "Sooooo hungry" I am not jumping at the chance to get Ice cream, just because the word comes up in conversation and I just feel "In Control" Apart from that I will also say that I track my workouts and I have been a lot more consistent with those too. Like I have more energy to get myself out of bed and too the gym in the morning.

I would not have thought that there would have been such a strong effect from taking Chromium Picolinate, but I guess I did not realize how affected by sugar I really was.
Hope this helps someone else.
Sarah