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so someone recently asked a question

about Brazil nuts could this be a good

source of selenium and we’re going to

create a video on this because it’s an

important topic selenium is really good

for people with Hashimoto’s because

selenium acts as an antioxidant and you

have a lot of oxidation going on

especially hydrogen peroxide and

selenium can counter that and it also

helps you convert the thyroid hormone t4

to t3 the active form but here’s the

problem out of all the nuts Brazil nuts

have the highest amounts of phytic acid

of any nuts and phytic acid binds

minerals including selenium so if you’re

consuming Brazil nuts you have to soak

them in water overnight to germinate the

nut to get rid of the phytic acid

because if you consume them raw you’re

gonna have too much phytic acid and

you’re gonna block not just selenium but

zinc iron magnesium calcium chromium

manganese and copper so you don’t get

the benefit of these minerals now you

could roast a nut but the problem with

that is that heat destroys these heat

sensitive vitamins like vitamin E and a

lot of the oils that that are very

beneficial

so either soak your nuts overnight or

get your selenium from seafood thanks

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