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Exercise can help to both maximize your odds of quitting smoking and minimize the weight gain that many quitters dread, according to a study of nearly 250 women smokers.

Half of the women attended weekly behavior modification sessions and got 30 to 50 minutes of aerobic exercise three times a week. The other half attended the sessions, but went to a series of health education lectures instead of the gym. After 10 weeks, nearly 18% of those in the exercise group were still abstinent, compared to 8% of those who didn’t exercise.

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Recent evidence suggests that glucose intolerance even in the absence of hyperglycemia is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis . Chromium supplementation may make an impact on this condition.

A randomized double-blind study of fasting insulin levels in healthy young adults (n = 26) found that 90 days of chromium (III)-nicotinate containing 220 mcg of chromium produced a significant decrease in immunoreactive insulin in those patients with initial fasting levels greater than 35 pmol/L . Improvements in insulin sensitivity were seen in another small double-blind trial .

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