{"id":9,"date":"2025-04-26T08:42:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T08:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.sciencepicker.com\/?p=9"},"modified":"2025-04-26T08:42:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T08:42:56","slug":"benefits-of-selenium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.science-pickers.com\/benefits-of-selenium\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of selenium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Selenium has many positive health benefits and if you are a health & fitness freak, then this information is for you. Selenium is a natural mineral that appears in the water, soil and some food products. Based on research, it is proved that it has multiple positive effects on our health. Selenium can boost immunity and even can stave off cancer. Selenium may help to prevent cardiovascular diseases and even thyroid.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This <\/strong>mineral can also be helpful to prevent infertility and asthma. Let\u2019s\nexplore this mineral and get to know about more health benefits of Selenium<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dietary allowance of selenium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Selenium is highly\nimportant for immune health and you can get this mineral easily from a dietary supplement\nor certain foods. Recommendations for the daily dietary allowances for Selenium\nare defined as below-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • 20  micrograms daily for children with the age range of 1-3 year<\/li>
  • 30 micrograms daily for the children with the age range of 4 \u2013 8 year<\/li>
  • 55 micrograms for the children and adults above the age range of 14 years<\/li>
  • 60 micrograms for the pregnant women<\/li>
  • 70 micrograms for a breastfeeding woman<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    Source: Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Natural sources of selenium<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Consuming selenium via supplements can lead to an overdosage. There are many natural sources available to consume this mineral naturally. This mineral is present in nuts and seafood.  These sources are very rich with selenium and provide adequate quality to our bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Some nuts like- Brazil and Walnuts\nare a great source of selenium<\/li>
    • Fishes like- Tuna and Red\nsnapper are enriched with this mineral <\/li>
    • Some of the whole grains like-\nBrown rice are the major sources of selenium<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Source: Shutterstock.com\/Yulia Furman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

      Effect on the\ntestosterone<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Based on the <\/strong>published study in the British Journal of Urology, biological trace\nelement research, and journal of veterinary research testosterone levels may\nincrease in males if they are taking selenium supplements<\/strong>. This can also\nenhance male fertility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Brazil nuts and testosterone<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      This is proved that one 28 grams of brazil nut<\/strong> serving can provide 988% of the daily recommended dietary allowance of selenium mineral<\/strong> as these nuts are enriched with selenium naturally. They have many other positive health benefits like it can boost antioxidants in your body and they also support thyroid function. These nuts contain polyunsaturated fats which are helpful in heart health. Brazil nuts<\/strong> may also help to decrease the blood sugar levels which can improve insulin sensitivity in the human body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Source: Shutterstock.com\/Africa Studio<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

      Though this mineral carries many health benefits, consuming it within the advised range is highly important. Selenium toxicity<\/strong> can lead to many problems like neurological problems, tooth decay, fatigue, skin rashes, & hair loss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Taking selenium\nwithin the advised range will surely give you many positive results but always\nkeep in mind that selenium may not work well if you are consuming any medicines\nor supplements already. Be careful about those things if you are planning to\nintroduce this magic mineral in your diet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Selenium has many positive health benefits and if you are a health & fitness freak, then this information is for you. Selenium is a natural mineral that appears in the water, soil and some food products. Based on research, it is proved that it has multiple positive effects on our health. Selenium can boost immunity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-and-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.science-pickers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.science-pickers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.science-pickers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.science-pickers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.science-pickers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.science-pickers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411,"href":"https:\/\/www.science-pickers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.science-pickers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.science-pickers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.science-pickers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.science-pickers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}