The 8 Selenium Deficiency Symptoms
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 31 August 2021
⏱️ 4 minutes
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What are the top selenium deficiency symptoms, and what foods contain selenium? Here’s what you need to know.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminute Fasting Podcast. |
| 0:07.4 | Where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing |
| 0:11.3 | healthy weight. |
| 0:19.4 | You know, I realized I never did a video on a selenium deficiency. |
| 0:26.0 | So here it is. |
| 0:27.5 | Selenium is a trace mineral, which means you need very small amounts of it, but it's |
| 0:32.9 | very, very important. |
| 0:35.1 | One of the functions is it helps you convert T4, T3, the active form of the thyroid hormone. |
| 0:41.4 | So if you're deficient in selenium, you're going to have hypothyroid symptoms, which be |
| 0:47.2 | a whole series of things. |
| 0:48.6 | And I'll put a link down below if you're interested. |
| 0:51.0 | DNA synthesis, so your DNA needs selenium to be created. |
| 0:57.8 | If you're eating food tie in selenium, let's say you're doing some Brazil nuts, tuna, |
| 1:02.9 | shrimp, sardines, or sea cow, and you have some of these selenium deficiencies, it could |
| 1:09.4 | be because you have intestinal absorption problems or you had a gastric bypass or you're |
| 1:17.2 | older. |
| 1:18.8 | As you reach 90 years old, you really become deficient in selenium. |
| 1:23.7 | You just can't pull it in anymore. |
| 1:26.0 | Also if you're on statins, you will be deficient in selenium. |
| 1:30.3 | Selenium makes up a lot of different proteins. |
| 1:34.2 | And one big one is glutathione, which is like the master antioxidant. |
| 1:38.9 | And if you're deficient in glutathione, definitely going to have some heart problems. |
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