Selenium: The Amazing Trace Mineral – Dr.Berg

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Selenium is a valuable trace mineral that is so important for your health!

Timestamps:
0:00 Why selenium is important for your health
1:25 You need selenium for your thyroid gland
2:52 These are good sources of selenium

Let’s talk about selenium, a truly fascinating trace mineral that’s so important for your health. It’s a coenzyme, a helper enzyme that’s involved in about 25 different proteins. It’s also a very powerful antioxidant that’s involved with glutathione, another powerful antioxidant. So if there are too many heavy metals, chemicals, or sugars destroying your brain or nervous system, as can happen with diabetes, glutathione protects those tissues.

Selenium is important for diabetics. It can improve insulin resistance. It’s also good for your heart. It prevents oxidation and helps rid your body of the hydrogen peroxide it makes.

You need selenium for your thyroid, to convert T4 (the inactive form of thyroid hormone) to T3 (the active form) and thus to what’s called reverse T3. It’s also involved in the detoxification of mercury. Salmon can contain mercury but it also contains selenium which will help alleviate it. It’s an anti-inflammatory and can reduce the risk of male infertility.

If you have the thyroid autoimmune condition called Hashimoto, selenium can help decrease the antibodies to your thyroid by about 21 percent.

Good sources of selenium include:

Brazil nuts has the most selenium
Tuna
Halibut
Sardines
Salmon
Organ meat
Meat
Eggs

You don’t want to go over 400 micrograms or you’ll become toxic with too much selenium. But too little selenium is also an issue so be sure to eat these foods to get enough.



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Dr. Berg, age 56, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

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Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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