Re: Selenium warning Steph

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I ran this by a doctor friend of mine. He said that there have been studies that have shown both sides of this issue (good and bad) so his personal stance is that he is comfortable with 100 - 200 mcg being safe and effective. I am going to ask another doctor friend his thoughts if I see him this week. But from what I have read in the studies there are too many variable that come into play in determining a cause / effect. We have also added another protective mechanism in the Iodine supplementation.

Here are some solutions for topical remedies - one being iodine. So if it were me I would feel comfortable using selenium with the iodine.

http://www.topicalinfo.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=200

Selenium warning Steph

Hello:

On my bottle of Selenium there is a warning, something I had never heard of before.

Risk information: Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you have a history of non-melanoma skin cancer.

That’s me, so should this be taken seriously?

Thanks,

Bonnie

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Bonnie,

Because my husband has a history of non-melonoma skin cancer also, I did a

Google search of selenium + skin cancer, and I came to the same conclusion that

's medical consultant did -- ie, that there is no clearn concensus on

this. Therefore, I've decided that he's probably better off to take selenium

with his iodine than he would be to discontinue it.

If you are still in doubt about it, you can do a similar Google search for

yourself. The more of these kinds of searches you do (about this or any other

similar matters, the more you will come to realize that it is often the case

that there is no real consensus on such matters. One study will point in one

direction, and another group perhaps with a vested interest of its own will then

publish a contradictory study. Unless the evidence is really compelling, I tend

to tune it out as being just extraneous noise.

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> I ran this by a doctor friend of mine. He said that there have been studies

that have shown both sides of this issue (good and bad) so his personal stance

is that he is comfortable with 100 - 200 mcg being safe and effective. I am

going to ask another doctor friend his thoughts if I see him this week. But

from what I have read in the studies there are too many variable that come into

play in determining a cause / effect. We have also added another protective

mechanism in the Iodine supplementation.

>

> Here are some solutions for topical remedies - one being iodine. So if it

were me I would feel comfortable using selenium with the iodine.

> http://www.topicalinfo.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=200

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> Selenium warning Steph

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> Hello:

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> On my bottle of Selenium there is a warning, something I had never heard of

before.

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> Risk information: Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you

have a history of non-melanoma skin cancer.

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> That's me, so should this be taken seriously?

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> Thanks,

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> Bonnie

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[Guest guest]

Steph:

So if this 100 –

200 mcg. Daily is OKAY to take then the New Member’s Document that I have

(the original one) says 200 to 400 mcg. Daily, should be amended?

Until I saw

this label warning, I was aware there was any problem with Selenium.

So this means

that Selenium encourages or causes skin cancer? What are your thoughts on

that?

Thanks,

Bonnie

From: iodine [mailto:iodine ] On Behalf Of Buist, ND HC

Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012

2:53 PM

iodine

Subject: Re: Selenium

warning Steph

I ran

this by a doctor friend of mine. He said that there have been studies

that have shown both sides of this issue (good and bad) so his personal stance

is that he is comfortable with 100 - 200 mcg being safe and effective. I

am going to ask another doctor friend his thoughts if I see him this

week. But from what I have read in the studies there are too many

variable that come into play in determining a cause / effect. We have

also added another protective mechanism in the Iodine supplementation.

Here

are some solutions for topical remedies - one being iodine. So if it were

me I would feel comfortable using selenium with the iodine.

http://www.topicalinfo.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=200

Selenium

warning Steph

Hello:

On

my bottle of Selenium there is a warning, something I had never heard of before.

Risk

information: Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you have

a history of non-melanoma skin cancer.

That’s

me, so should this be taken seriously?

Thanks,

Bonnie

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[Guest guest]

No it does not encourage skin cancer. There is some concern that in those that have had non-melanoma forms of skin cancer it makes them more at risk for a recurrence. But there are research articles on both sides of this with some saying it is an issue and others saying it is not. I am sure that the mfgr of the supplement is erring on the side of caution with lawsuits being so prevalent. The doctor I spoke to said the conservative approach is 100 - 200 mcg / day in cases such as yours but this is never that simple. Each person is different and that's why you need to give a holistic approach. The document is still correct - 200 - 400 mcg for the iodine protocol.

As stated before I cannot address every possible other type of scenario. It is not meant to be a definitive treatment guide for all people. If I start adding caveats to everything, the document is going to get very confusing.

Selenium warning Steph

Hello:

On my bottle of Selenium there is a warning, something I had never heard of before.

Risk information: Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you have a history of non-melanoma skin cancer.

That’s me, so should this be taken seriously?

Thanks,

Bonnie

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Not Steph, but I've done a ton of research regarding alternative cancer

treatment and I've never seen anything regarding selenium issues with skin

cancer. Even mainstream medicine acknowledges that selenium can have a huge

impact on cancer, in particular lung, prostate and colorectal cancers. The only

warnings I have ever heard about are large doses over an extended time can be

toxic. However I can tell you that we had a member on here years ago who cured

himself of cancer using selenium, I can't remember what type he used but I do

remember it was a vetinary form of the supplement.

Linn

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> Steph:

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> So if this 100 - 200 mcg. Daily is OKAY to take then the New Member's

> Document that I have (the original one) says 200 to 400 mcg. Daily, should

> be amended?

>

>

>

> Until I saw this label warning, I was aware there was any problem with

> Selenium.

>

>

>

> So this means that Selenium encourages or causes skin cancer? What are your

> thoughts on that?

>

>

>

> Thanks,

>

> Bonnie

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> From: iodine [mailto:iodine ] On Behalf Of

> Buist, ND HC

> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 2:53 PM

> iodine

> Subject: Re: Selenium warning Steph

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> I ran this by a doctor friend of mine. He said that there have been studies

> that have shown both sides of this issue (good and bad) so his personal

> stance is that he is comfortable with 100 - 200 mcg being safe and

> effective. I am going to ask another doctor friend his thoughts if I see

> him this week. But from what I have read in the studies there are too many

> variable that come into play in determining a cause / effect. We have also

> added another protective mechanism in the Iodine supplementation.

>

>

>

> Here are some solutions for topical remedies - one being iodine. So if it

> were me I would feel comfortable using selenium with the iodine.

>

> <http://www.topicalinfo.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=200>

> http://www.topicalinfo.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=200

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> Selenium warning Steph

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> Hello:

>

> On my bottle of Selenium there is a warning, something I had never heard of

> before.

>

> Risk information: Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you

> have a history of non-melanoma skin cancer.

>

> That's me, so should this be taken seriously?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Bonnie

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