Selenium - Bioactive forms

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Any thoughts about type of selenium? Mark Konlee of Keep Hope Alive feels

that food sources of Selenium (Activated Selenium by Jarrow - Broccoli) are

better utilized, more effective and less toxic than the lab manufactured

seleniums.

My doctor recommended Jarrow's Activated Selenium (I couldn't find Solaray's

Bio-Active Selenium - possibly discontinued).

http://www.keephopealive.org/j20031.html (Selenium info about 1/3 of the way

down the page)

" With this month's report, we are no longer recommending L seleno-methionine

(laboratory made) as a source of selenium, because of reported side effects and

the absence of any noticeable benefits. Yes, we have changed our mind about this

manufactured source of selenium. L-selenomethionine (SeM), as an amino acid

chelate, is the most widely sold source of selenium available in health food

stores, the other being sodium selenite. SeM is made in a laboratory under

methods that try to bond selenium to the amino acid L-methionine.

Albion is a manufacturer of L-selenomethionine and other amino acid chelates,

and wholesales its products to dietary supplement manufacturers. With daily

usage of L-selenomethionine as high as 1800 mcg over a period of several weeks

and months, there is no evidence that fungal and staph infections are

decreasing, no evidence that white blood cell counts or CD4 counts are

increasing, and no evidence of other tangible benefits, except for a few

published studies that indicate a small decline in mercury levels for a dose as

low as 100 mcg daily.

In contrast, the use of Brazil Nuts, the world's richest natural source of

selenium, or supplements made from high selenium mustard greens (Ecological

Formulas or Bio-Active Selenium by Solaray) or broccoli as in " Activated

Selenium " by Jarrow Formulas, we are getting reports of increasing WBC and CD4

counts, the disappearance of fungal and staph infections, greater energy and

well being. "