12 Amazing Benefits of Selenium
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 15 June 2020
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In this podcast, we’re going to talk about the health benefits of selenium.
What is selenium?
Selenium is a trace mineral that has extremely powerful antioxidant properties. It’s a co-factor enzyme, which means it’s involved in a lot of different enzymes as a helper mineral. Its main job as an antioxidant is to help protect against oxidative damage. Selenium may be beneficial for chronic health problems and conditions where there is inflammation.
Selenium benefits:
1. Helps make glutathione
2. Oxidative stress reduction
3. Required for the conversion of T4-T3
4. Reduced complications of certain diseases
5. Anticancer
6. Antitumor
7. It may be beneficial for those with alcohol-related liver disease
8. It may be beneficial for those with arsenic poisoning
9. It may be beneficial for those with autoimmune conditions
10. It may be beneficial for those with BPH
11. It may be beneficial for those with diabetes
12. It may help detox mercury
The RDAs for selenium are 55mcg. But, the therapeutic dosage you may want to consider taking if you have any of the above conditions would be 200mcg. Selenium can have toxic effects if you take too much.
Selenomethionine may be the most beneficial to take. Brazil nuts are one of the most selenium-rich foods. But, they are also very high in phytic acid. Phytic acid actually blocks selenium. If you want to consume Brazil nuts, be sure to soak them overnight and dry them out first to get rid of the phytic acid.
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| 0:00.0 | So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or intermittent fasting, whether you're starting |
| 0:05.3 | keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or you have a question about a product, |
| 0:10.6 | call one of our keto consultants. They'll be able to help you. Call 540-299-1557. That's 540-299-1557. |
| 0:21.6 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminute Fasting Podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. Let's talk about the benefits of selenium. We're going to talk about 12 |
| 0:47.4 | benefits. Selenium is a trace mineral, extremely, extremely powerful as an antioxidant. It's involved in a lot of different enzymes as a helper |
| 0:59.0 | mineral. That's called a co-factor. Its main job as an antioxidant is to protect against |
| 1:06.9 | oxidative damage. So it's really good for any type of chronic health problem, |
| 1:12.8 | reducing the complications of chronic issues |
| 1:16.3 | like diabetes, autoimmune, conditions where there's inflammation. |
| 1:22.1 | It helps to buffer that. |
| 1:23.9 | So number one, it actually helps make something |
| 1:26.7 | called glutathione, which is the most powerful |
| 1:28.9 | antioxidant in your body, especially in the liver. Number two, oxidative stress reduction. So it reduces |
| 1:37.3 | the free radicals in the body that create a lot of damage. And that's why it has some pretty powerful anti-cancer effects. |
| 1:48.8 | Because if you can protect the DNA damage in your mitochondria, in the nucleus of the cell, |
| 1:56.2 | you can actually counter the effects of carcinogens and their effect on different parts of your body. |
| 2:04.8 | Carcinogens are things that cause or trigger cancer. Number three, selenium is required for |
| 2:10.6 | the conversion of T4 to T3. So it's very important in getting your thyroid to work correctly, |
| 2:17.1 | especially in Hashimoto's, which is an autoimmune |
| 2:20.9 | hypothyroid condition. It's just as important for the thyroid as iodine, if not more important. |
| 2:27.5 | And by the way, 90% of hypothyroid conditions are autoimmune. All right, number four, it reduces |
| 2:32.5 | complications of certain diseases. For example, |
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