Weight loss supplement and DNA damage

You will do anything to lose weight, right? But would you consider taking a weight loss supplement that may damage your DNA?

Before you buy your next "miracle" weight loss product, check the label for chromium picolinate, a popular supplement for promoting weight loss and building muscle that may also cause mutations in your DNA.


A study conducted by researchers at the University of Alabama in America, has found that consumption of chromium picolinate by fruit flies led to sterility and lethal genetic mutations.

The study findings were published in the advance online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Four generations of fruit flies
It's not only "weight-conscious" fruit flies that are at risk. Past studies have also found that chromium picolinate might cause DNA damage in rats.

According to study co-author Dr John Vincent, researchers were unsure whether the DNA damage caused was mild enough to be repaired by the body itself or whether the mutations were serious enough to be passed onto offspring. Read more...

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