Guest guest Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 , I'm not sure how your child is getting the excess selenium, but red blood cell levels are a fairly accurate account of body burden (unlike plasma, serum or urine). I looked at Andy's Hair Test book and found some things: dandruff shampoo? I doubt you are using that on your child. All anti-oxidants offer protective effects in selenium toxicity. Copper actually aids in excretion of selenium; I know we are often told to avoid copper. Any chance your son's breath smells like garlic? As toxic levels increase, Andy's book mentions more selenium is actually excreted in the breath. White blotchy fingernails? Hair loss? I would check the multi-mineral to see if the form of selenium is selenomethionine or selenium yeast (you don't want selenite). Apparently, there is a narrow window between minimum required levels and toxicity. Do you know if your son's copper levels are high? Low? This info was all found on page 126-7 of Hair Test Interpretations. I wish I could help you more. Great news about lead, though. What other elements or minerals are out of whack? I ran across this: apparently a big cause of the (rare) cases of selenium toxicity are due to manufacturer error of too much selenium in a supplement. Been using the same bottle for a long time, by chance? Scary. Pam > > My son's red blood element came back with selenium off the charts. > This is the third time he has had such a high reading. Does anyone > know what could cause this? he never eats veggies, and only takes > mineral with a little selenium in it? But his lead has come way down > within the reference range for the first time. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 > My son's red blood element came back with selenium off the charts. > This is the third time he has had such a high reading. Does anyone > know what could cause this? he never eats veggies, Foods high is selenium are meats, nuts, breads, rise, not vegetables. I think RBC selenium shows long time exposure, so whatever causes this didn't happen over night. Are you in one of those regions with soils high in selenium? Valentina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 > > My son's red blood element came back with selenium off the charts. > This is the third time he has had such a high reading. Does anyone > know what could cause this? he never eats veggies, and only takes > mineral with a little selenium in it? But his lead has come way down > within the reference range for the first time. > What supplements are you using? Our son's RB elements also shows high selenium and I read on another list that a few people who were using MinerAll also had the same issue. We just dropped the Minerall, but are now having problems with total loss of focus. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 > > My son's red blood element came back with selenium off the charts. > This is the third time he has had such a high reading. Does anyone > know what could cause this? he never eats veggies, and only takes > mineral with a little selenium in it? This sounds like he is not absorbing the selenium that he does get, so it floats around in his blood. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Since Selenium bound to cysteine is how the liver extracts iodine for use by cells (Called deiodinase) and since mercury loves both selenium and cysteine I'm guessing mercury is crippling the cysteine that would normally be bound to selenium. Are you doing DMSA or some chelation protocol while measuring this? I've noticed for what it is worth, that in people with low body temp and fatique (lack of T3 iodine which requires selenium-cysteine) that often they respond by taking vitamin c with meals, then iodine after the meal, followed by a little selenium (as a supplement like coconut oil, which is high in selenium). _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of danasview Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 1:22 PM Subject: [ ] Re: selenium high > > My son's red blood element came back with selenium off the charts. > This is the third time he has had such a high reading. Does anyone > know what could cause this? he never eats veggies, and only takes > mineral with a little selenium in it? This sounds like he is not absorbing the selenium that he does get, so it floats around in his blood. Dana ======================================================= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Is he taking zinc? Zinc and selenium need to be in balance. S S <tt> <BR> ><BR> > My son's red blood element came back with selenium off the charts. <BR> > This is the third time he has had such a high reading. Does anyone <BR> > know what could cause this? he never eats veggies, and only takes <BR> > mineral with a little selenium in it?<BR> <BR> <BR> This sounds like he is not absorbing the selenium that he does get, so<BR> it floats around in his blood.<BR> <BR> Dana<BR> <BR> _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 What is the ratio? Thanks, -- Rima Regas Mom to Leah, age 8 (AS, DSI and APD) http://www.sensoryintegrationhelp.com On 1/21/06, Shepard Salzer <_Shepard@...> wrote: > > > Is he taking zinc? Zinc and selenium need to be in balance. > S S > > > > > <tt> > <BR> > ><BR> > > My son's red blood element came back with selenium off the charts. <BR> > > This is the third time he has had such a high reading. Does anyone <BR> > > know what could cause this? he never eats veggies, and only takes <BR> > > mineral with a little selenium in it?<BR> > <BR> > <BR> > This sounds like he is not absorbing the selenium that he does get, so<BR> > it floats around in his blood.<BR> > <BR> > Dana<BR> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 I don't know but here's a list of dietary sources of selenium. Does the individual eat lots of these? Most people with mercury issues need extra zinc anyway. Dietary selenium comes from cereals, meat, fish, and eggs. Brazil nuts are a particularly rich source of selenium. S S <BR> ><BR> ><BR> > Is he taking zinc? Zinc and selenium need to be in balance.<BR> > S S<BR> _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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