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so let’s talk about selenium it’s a

fascinating little mineral it’s a trace

mineral and it’s involved in some unique

things

okay so selenium is a coenzyme it’s a

helper enzyme in about 25 different

proteins it’s a very powerful

antioxidant that’s involved in

glutathione glutathione is like the

master antioxidant that helps to counter

oxidation so if there’s heavy metals or

chemicals or too much sugar glucose

that’s destroying the brain of the

nervous system as in diabetes

glutathione basically protects the

tissues from that damage and that’s why

it’s really good for diabetics and it

can improve insulin resistance so you

have less insulin resistance also it’s

good for the heart if you’re deficient

in selenium you have more problems with

the heart so it prevents oxidation it

also helps rid the hydrogen peroxide so

it’s it’s good for vitiligo for example

where you have the loss of pigment

because of the bleaching effect that’s

occurring in that condition so hydrogen

peroxide is actually made by your

mitochondria as a byproduct and when

purpose of this is to kill microbes so

our body does make oxidants to help wipe

out things that are not friendly but we

also have antioxidants to counter those

oxidants then we have the related

function to the thyroid gland selenium

is needed to convert t4 which is the

inactive form of the thyroid hormone to

t3 and then also to reverse t3 which is

another inactive form of the thyroid

hormone so it’s intimately involved in

the conversion to make the thyroid

hormones work every single cells of the

thyroid innervates you have selenium

that’s involved it’s also involved in

the detoxification of mercury so people

are concerned about consuming fish

that’s high in mercury for example like

in salmon but salmon also has selenium

and if you have enough selenium you can

make the enzymes to help detoxify or

bind mercury and make it in act

so it helps to protect you against the

damage from mercury

it also can decrease the susceptibility

to certain viruses it can act as an

anti-inflammatory most antioxidants are

anti-inflammatory it also can reduce the

risk of getting infertility in men and

one more point about the thyroid is that

when you have Hashimoto’s which is an

autoimmune condition relating to a hypo

thyroid condition and you take selenium

there’s been some studies to show that

you can decrease the antibodies to the

thyroid by 21 percent okay so that’s

interesting where do you get selenium

Brazil nuts have the most fish in

seafood like in tuna halibut sardines

salmon organ meats meat in general and

eggs it’s in other foods as well but

these are the highest the RDAs for

selenium are 55 micrograms

you don’t want to go over 400 micrograms

that seems to be the high limit that it

starts to become toxic so a deficiency

of selenium can create a lot of damage

and a toxicity of selenium could also

create a lot of damage so you just need

the right amount thanks for watching so

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