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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SELENIUM
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Selenium Fact Sheet: The National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements |
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Selenium is a trace mineral that is essential to good health but required only in small amounts. Selenium deficiency can make the body more susceptible to illnesses. People with acute severe illness who develop inflammation and widespread infection often have decreased levels of selenium. Selenium deficiency may worsen the effects of iodine deficiency on thyroid function. Selenium supplements may be protective against goiter. Selenium may prevent or slow tumor growth.
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Selenium Mimics Insulin |
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Researchers have discovered that selenium is an insulin-like trace mineral that transports glucose into tissue for conversion into energy. Researchers discovered that persons with diabetes benefit from supplemental and dietary selenium.
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Selenium on Diagnose-Me.com |
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Selenium is an essential mineral which works closely with vitamin E. Selenium is naturally found in foods high in protein. There are many ongoing research projects investigating selenium, as well as other antioxidants, for the ability to slow the growth of various cancers. |
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Selenium Cellular Nutrition |
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Selenium is synergistic with sulfer. Both selenium and sulfur bind to a number of heavy, or toxic metals, with selenium being protective against cadmium, lead, mercury, and arsenic, while sulfur (being to a lesser degree protective of the same), is also helpful to lower aluminum (or aluminium) levels. Lou Gehrig's disease, or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) presents with above-normal sulfur and selenium levels. Alzheimer's disease is affected by sulfur (and selenium) intake as well. |
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Selenium Pills May Combat HIV |
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Selenium deficiencies have been recorded in HIV patients, and evidence suggests the mineral can improve the function of the immune system. Taking daily selenium supplements may block the build up of HIV in a patient's blood, research suggests. |
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Prevention of Bacterial Colonization of Contact Lenses With Covalently Attached Selenium |
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The data from this pilot study suggest that a selenium coating on contact lenses might reduce acute red eye and bacterial ulceration because of an inhibition of bacterial colonization.
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New Anti-Bacterial Coating May Prolong Contact Lens Life |
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Selenium, which is essential to our diet and immune system, kills bacteria by forming something called superoxide radicals. |
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Supplementing With Selenium May Help Thyroiditis |
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Supplementing with selenium may help to slow down the progression of autoimmune thyroid disease -- and may be particulary effective during the onset of thyroiditis. Researchers believe that a deficiency in selenium may contribute in part to development of autoimmune thyroid problems. |
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Low Selenium Associated With Prostate Cancer Risk |
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Investigators found that prostate cancer risk was significantly higher in the group of men with the lowest selenium blood levels, compared with the groups with higher levels.
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Selenium, AIDS and Africa |
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Selenium is needed for the proper functioning of the immune system, and appears to be a key nutrient in counteracting the development of virulence and inhibiting HIV progression to AIDS. Ten studies showed declining levels of the micronutrient selenium in blood plasma or serum of persons with HIV or AIDS. Areas of Africa with high concentrations of Selenium in the soil also have the lowest HIV rates.
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Low Selenium Intake May Raise Risk of Liver Cancer |
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Low blood levels of the element selenium may be linked to the increased risk of liver cancer in patients infected with hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses. Selenium levels were significantly lower in those who developed liver cancer compared with those who did not. A previous study has suggested that vitamin E and selenium supplements taken in combination resulted in a 13% reduction in cancer mortality in a population with high rates of esophageal and stomach cancer. |
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