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Life Link's Sodium Selenate 100mcg 100Caps
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Selenium is a chemical element that is essential, in small amounts, to humans and other living things. In the body it is found as part of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase, which helps to rid the body of destructive “superoxide” molecules.
Selenium deficiencies are common, since selenium concentrations depend strongly on locale and diet. Such deficiencies give rise to symptoms like those of aging: damaged tissues, increased arthritis, heart disease, and cancer. On the other hand, selenium is toxic when used to excess; the symptoms include hair loss, nail problems, accelerated tooth decay, and swelling of the fingers.
Supplementation with sodium selenate at doses between 50 and 500 micrograms (mcg) per day will keep the average person within the safe range of selenium intake. Doses of more than 800 mcg/day carry a risk of toxicity.
A number of different claims are often made for selenium supplementation:
it slows aging by protecting cells and tissues from damage wrought by free radicals; it can prevent progression of autoimmune thyroid disease; selenium and iodine taken simultaneously can reduce hyperthyroidism; selenium combines with metals such as cadmium and mercury to reduce their toxicity; it may help combat arthritis, inhibit heart disease and prevent cancer (an indirect effect); selenium stimulates the metabolism. (This seems unlikely.)
Selenium is a chemical element that is essential, in small amounts, to humans and other living things. In the body it is found as part of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase, which helps to rid the body of destructive “superoxide” molecules.
Selenium deficiencies are common, since selenium concentrations depend strongly on locale and diet. Such deficiencies give rise to symptoms like those of aging: damaged tissues, increased arthritis, heart disease, and cancer. On the other hand, selenium is toxic when used to excess; the symptoms include hair loss, nail problems, accelerated tooth decay, and swelling of the fingers.
Supplementation with sodium selenate at doses between 50 and 500 micrograms (mcg) per day will keep the average person within the safe range of selenium intake. Doses of more than 800 mcg/day carry a risk of toxicity.
A number of different claims are often made for selenium supplementation:
it slows aging by protecting cells and tissues from damage wrought by free radicals; it can prevent progression of autoimmune thyroid disease; selenium and iodine taken simultaneously can reduce hyperthyroidism; selenium combines with metals such as cadmium and mercury to reduce their toxicity; it may help combat arthritis, inhibit heart disease and prevent cancer (an indirect effect); selenium stimulates the metabolism. (This seems unlikely.)
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