Safety · Supplement
Vanadium: side effects, safety & interactions
GI toxicity and possible organ effects at effective doses; avoid.
- Overall grade
- Grade D
- Last revised
- 0
- graded outcomes
- 0
- references listed
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The evidence in words
Safety profile
GI toxicity and possible organ effects at effective doses; avoid.
Interactions to respect
No major interactions are on record for Vanadium at typical doses, but tell your clinician about everything you take.
What Vanadium is
Vanadium is an ultra-trace element (as vanadyl sulfate) marketed for blood sugar and 'muscle pumps.'
The honest bottom line
Works for glucose only at doses too high to be safe. Not a practical or advisable supplement.
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