Chromium & Copper also contribute to healthy bones and are effective nutritional remedies that reduce the risk for osteoporosis, however since copper levels are invariably much higher than chromium levels, the high copper low chromium ratio in practice actually encourages osteoporosis by resulting in a weaker trabecular bone, and frequently arthritis and other inflammatory diseases as well. The same applies when chromium is abnormally low in ratio to potassium, selenium, and or rarely, vanadium. Chromium is required for proper parathyroid functions, so any chromium antagonists can contribute to, or encourage bone loss if they are supplemented needlessly, or if their levels remain too high for any other medical or dietary reasons... Full Text