Supposedly Selenium mitigates thyroid antibodies. Was reading that you should take 200 mcg a day. Can you take more? Whats a safe level?

OK, got your email, looks interesting...had to follow your pensive post with my cheeky one

ah, you've reduced to crappy, bummer! OK, I am way too focused on the new mood things....and I am now talking to my self

I did notice my women's multi, which generally makes me feel better, has 20mcg of selenium in it. maybe it helps and maybe not?

Just in case I did 200 mcg selenium today. Still feel crappy

is this what you found about it Shelley?
http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/87/4/1687

and this about selenium dose/toxicity -
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/...ters_fm-3.html

wow, so i got some selenium supplements yesterday...that has to be the fowlest smelling thing i have ever attempted to eat. wow. way worse than fish oil. I got the jarrow brand 200mcg version.

has anyone else found something easier to take?

maybe i just need to get some brazil nuts.

whew.

Hello,

My wife is using selenium, and taking selenium supplements. I also know little about it.
It is a trace mineral that is essential to good health but required only in small amounts, Selenium is incorporated into proteins to make selenoproteins, which are important antioxidant enzymes. The antioxidant properties of selenoproteins help prevent cellular damage from free radicals. Free radicals are natural by-products of oxygen metabolism that may contribute to the development of chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease. Other selenoproteins help regulate thyroid function and play a role in the immune system.
Dietary intake in these areas is less than 19 micrograms per day for men and less than 13 micrograms per day for women,


Thanks!!


kevinbrad

Before taking supplements you should have a blood test for the level you already have in your body. .1 ppm could mean the difference between OK and Toxic. I have learned that so much of our food already has more than enough selenium. You could already be toxic from that.
I learned all this from my herd of pigs which went Chronically Toxic with just eating their regular ration made by a big company. The added selenium was within FDA law, but the grains themselves were toxically high. Nobody regulates the natural selenium level in grains or any other food, only the Addition of selenium.
Grains that are grown in high selenium soils and shipped everywhere, you never know what state your grains are coming from. South Dakota and Nebraska just to mention two with very high selenium levels in soil.
You know the meat is high because of the animals eating the high selenium grains. Also, what about the cows milk and soy milk? Both are high in selenium. Have your kids tested.
Symptoms vary by individual, symptoms mimic many other diseases. Symptoms often don't look related. If you die of liver failure you won't have to worry about prostate cancer. Doctors are so clueless. If you run your body at "High Normal" level, you easily run the risk of becoming Chronically Toxic at any given moment.
Agitation and agressive behavior, excessive salivation, constipation or diahreah, central nervous system problems, liver or kidney problems, brittle hair and nails, reproductive problems, muscle weakness ( including uterine muscles), numbness, garlic breath, If you can think of it, selenium can cause it. The list of symptoms is too long for me to list here. You may only have one of the symptoms.

This is a very dangerous mineral. Get tested first.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenium

I have read of accidental livestock poisonings by selenium, when an error was made in adding it to the feed. Because it is used in such small amounts, errors can occur at this step.
Just because the labels read correctly doesn't mean the feed was compounded according to the label.

I have seen errors in compounding TPN fluids for humans that were made the same way.