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Vanadium

Mineral: vanadium

Daily Value: N/A

Hazardous level: 10-60 mcg(5)

Average intake in US diet: 10 mcg

Function: may function in hormone, cholesterol and blood sugar metabolism

DOSAGE RATIONALE: given potential impact on diabetes, minimum average intake provided

KEY NOTES AND REFERENCES:

Brichard, SM, and Henquin, J, "The role of vanadium in the management of diabetes", TiPS 16:

265-70 (1995)

"in vivo [vanadium salts] induce a sustained fall in blood glucose levels... Recent

short-term clinical trials with vanadium salts also seem promising...pending

demonstration of their long-term innocuity." "the dietary intake varies between 10-60

mcg/day, and the total body pool is about 100-200 mcg" - 100 mg/day vanadyl sulfate or

125 mg/day sodium metavanadate for 2-3 weeks helped diabetics.