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Selenium is a mineral that helps defend against damage from oxidation. Selenium complements vitamin E to act as an efficient anti-oxidant. Promotes normal growth and development. Functions as anti-oxidant itself.
Possible Selenium Benefits:
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Stimulates immune system to resist cancer & arthritis
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Protects against hypothesized aging mechanisms
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Protects against cardiovascular disease, strokes and heart attacks
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Decreases platelet clumping in bloodstream, and prevents clots at site of
blood-vessel damage in heart and brain.
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Increases elasticity and youthfulness of skin.
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Helps control dandruff (selenium sulfide) when applied to scalp. Used this way
it possesses anti-fungal and anti-bacterial effects.
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Removes age spots when rubbed on skin.
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Protects against damage caused by tobacco smoking.
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Who Needs Additional Selenium ?
Anyone with inadequate caloric or nutritional dietary intake or increased nutritional requirements.
People who live in areas where soil is selenium-deficient, such as China, New Zealand and central and eastern United States. In the United States check with your local county agricultural agent.
Proven Deficiency Symptoms:
Selenium deficiency in the soil and water has resulted in cardiomyopathy and myocardial deaths in humans
Possible Selenium Deficiency Symptoms:
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Keshan's disease, a fatal heart disease found in children living in certain sections of China
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What this mineral does: Selenium is a mineral that helps defend against damage from oxidation.
Miscellaneous Selenium Information:
Selenium should be part of a well-balanced vitamin-mineral regimen. Protection from human degenerative disorders has yet to be proved. Experimental studies are trying to prove selenium plays a big part as an "anti-oxidant nutrient" to help protect against damaging "free radicals." Organic forms (from foods or brewer's yeast) are less toxic than inorganic sodium selenite. No one can be sure of correct amount of selenium to be ingested each day. People who eat a balanced diet of food grown in the western United States probably get enough selenium from food.
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