18
Aug
Brazil nuts: healthy or harmful?
The Brazil nut is considered an excellent natural source of selenium. One often hears the recommendation to eat two Brazil nuts daily to be sufficiently supplied with selenium. Vegetarians and vegans in particular are said to be able to easily cover their selenium requirements with this - which can otherwise...
18
Aug
Brazil nuts: too much of the wrong selenium
Brazil nuts contain selenium in organic compounds, mainly in the form of selenomethionine. However, the body does not perceive this as a form of selenium, but confuses it with the protein building block methionine. Therefore, it incorporates selenomethionine non-specifically and unregulated into proteins that actually contain sulfur. It is true...
18
Aug
What is selenium?
Selenium is one of the so-called essential trace elements. This means that the body needs only very small amounts of it every day - but they are essential for life.
The importance of selenium for the organism has only crystallized in recent decades. At the beginning of the 20th century, the...
20
Dec
A selenium deficiency can impair the immune system
Our immune system is a highly complex system that can cope with a wide range of different threats to health. These include not only pathogens such as viruses and bacteria, but also, for example, altered endogenous cells.
To be able to perform all these tasks, the immune system has a whole...
24
Nov
Sodium selenite pentahydrate – the established active ingredient in selenium medicine
What is selenium?
Selenium is a vital trace element. As the term trace element suggests, our body requires only minor amounts of it. In most cases, the total amount of selenium in our body lies between 5 – 15 milligrams. Our daily requirement of selenium falls within the microgram range. At...
18
Nov
Do Brazil nuts radiate?
The Brazil nut is the largest known plant supplier of selenium. The range of the Brazil nut tree is in the tropical rain forests of South America.
It is interesting to note that the capsular fruits do not come from plantations, but exclusively from wild crop collections. During the rain period,...
