Selenium: An Excellent Immune Builder

Selenium is very important in our life and proper use of this mineral or herbs rich in selenium such as astragalus, reishi, etc, can help us a long way.

Principal functions:

• A vital antioxidant, inhibiting oxidation of lipids (fat)
• Protects the immune system by preventing formation of free radicals that can damage the body
• Regulates the effects of thyroid hormone on fat metabolism
• Preventive against certain types of cancers. One experiment found that men who took 200 micrograms over a ten years had half of the risk to develop lung, colorectal, prostate cancers.
• Helps in production of antibodies and maintain a healthy heart and liver together with Vitamin E
• Needed for pancreatic function and tissue elasticity
• Helps relieve enlarged prostate
• Protects the liver with alcoholic cirrhosis
• May enhance survival of people with AIDS through increasing both red and white blood cell
• Prospect of helping treat arthritis, cardiovascular disease, male infertility, cataracts, AIDS and high blood pressure

Major Deficiency Syndromes:

• Cancer and heart disease
• Exhaustion,
• Growth impairment,
• High cholesterol levels
• Infections
• Liver impairment
• Pancreatic insufficiency
• Sterility

Excessive Use may result in:

• Arthritis
• Brittle nails
• Garlicky breath order
• Gastrointestinal disorders
• Hair loss
• Irritability
• Liver and kidney impairment
• Metallic taste in the mouth,
• Pallor,
• Skin eruptions
• Tooth loss
• Yellowish skin.

Upper Safety Level: 400 micrograms daily