Guest guest Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Brazil nuts grow in a particular region of South America, there have been attempts to transplant them to other regions with similar climate but whether started from seeds or transplants the trees didn't survive..... If you saw something other than what I read... I'd like to know.... My reading said that the reason that brazil nuts were so high in selenium is that they soil in which they grow is not tainted by chemical fertilizers and other toxins that strip the soil, and the plants that grow in it, of minerals. I found a map of the world.. can't remember where it was.. I should have kept at least the link... that shows which parts of our planet are selenium poor... I remember many regions in the US are selenium poor because of commercialized agriculture, big areas of Italy and France.. because of their geology.... I can't remember the rest... Topper () On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:19:55 -0000 "Katy" writes: We were talking about Brazil nuts and selenium a few weeks ago, and I remember someone saying that Brazil nuts from a certain country contained no selenium because there was none in the soil there. I can't find this message in the archives - can anybody remind me which country this was?Katy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Brazil nuts grow in a particular region of South America, there have been attempts to transplant them to other regions with similar climate but whether started from seeds or transplants the trees didn't survive..... If you saw something other than what I read... I'd like to know.... My reading said that the reason that brazil nuts were so high in selenium is that they soil in which they grow is not tainted by chemical fertilizers and other toxins that strip the soil, and the plants that grow in it, of minerals. I found a map of the world.. can't remember where it was.. I should have kept at least the link... that shows which parts of our planet are selenium poor... I remember many regions in the US are selenium poor because of commercialized agriculture, big areas of Italy and France.. because of their geology.... I can't remember the rest... Topper () On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:19:55 -0000 "Katy" writes: We were talking about Brazil nuts and selenium a few weeks ago, and I remember someone saying that Brazil nuts from a certain country contained no selenium because there was none in the soil there. I can't find this message in the archives - can anybody remind me which country this was?Katy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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