Re: Selenium - in brazil nuts ?

[Guest guest]

--- At 02:08 PM 12/9/2007, Cheri wrote:

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>[...] Also, since eating the brazil nuts the selenium seems

>to be helping my conversion too but I still need more.

I've read that most brazil nuts contain little selenium. If the

soil they are grown in has very little selenium, so will they.

But they will look and taste like the ones rich in selenium.

There's no good way to know if brazil nuts contain selenium.

It's cheaper to grow brazil nuts in low-selenium soil areas,

and these cheaper brazil nuts are now the most common.

Does anyone know of any specific brands of brazil nuts that

are advertised -- and certified -- to contain selenium ?

Bill

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[Guest guest]

--- At 06:25 PM 12/9/2007, Cheri wrote:

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>Are you sure you info isn't for another type of nut? I haven't heard of anyone

growing brazil nuts cheaply in low-selenium areas. I have only heard of them

grown in the forests of South America.

I read that in recent years, more and more brazil nuts are

being grown in Central America, on selenium-poor soils.

For example, from:

<http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2007/03/16/inflammation-nation-gist>

" ...selenium is only found in Brazil nuts from Brazil, which has selenium in the

soil. Brazil nuts grown in Central America, which has no selenium in the soil,

have no selenium concentration. "

So, if you get nuts grown-in Brazil, they should be high in

selenium. But if you buy them from a retail reseller, there's

no telling where they were actually grown, unless the packaging,

or shipping container actually says: " Product of Brazil " .

Bill

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