Re: For Arlyn---Selenium toxicity

[Guest guest]

Hi, Arlyn.

Thanks for mentioning the toxicity of selenium at too high doses. I

have found what looks to be a very informative site for selenium and

for many other things: http://www.acu-cell.com/ses.html

The writer at that site says 200 mcg per day is plenty, and that

people should work up to that dosage. I have been taking 400 mcg in

addition to anything I get with my food. So it very much appears I

need to cut back. Cataracts is just one possibility of chronically

taking too much selenium.

I'm glad you mentioned possible toxicity, as the information I found

will allow me to cut my intake by half, thereby saving me significant

money.

The author of that page also says naturally occuring selenium is

always preferable to synthetic selenium, so maybe I will start buying

Brazillian in-the-shell Brazil nuts again. The best way to break open

and extract the meat from these very tough nuts is to put them in the

freezer for 24 hours before attempting to crack them.

Best wishes,

Elliot