(HealthDay News) – While selenium is necessary for good health, levels that are too high can be harmful, and people whose serum selenium levels are already at least 122µ/L should not take supplements, ...

Adding the nutrient selenium to diets protects against obesity and provides metabolic benefits to mice, according to a new study. Adding the nutrient selenium to diets protects against obesity and ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers hope that the healthspan benefits of selenium supplementation in mice will translate into humans. Basak Gurbuz Derman/Getty Images Researchers have shown that methionine ...

Though selenium is considered a trace mineral—meaning our bodies don’t need a ton of it—it still has an important role to play in our overall health (more on this below). And yes, eating foods rich in ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Background and Aims We characterized the relationship between soil and leaf concentrations of selenium in a hyperaccumulator and a ...

CHICAGO, Jan 22 (Reuters) - AIDS patients who took selenium suppressed the deadly virus in their bodies and boosted their fragile immune systems, adding to evidence that the mineral has healing powers ...

Personalized medicine -- health care tailored to the individual patient -- not only involves the use of prescription medications but vitamins and supplements as well. Determining who could benefit ...

Adding a specific nutrient to a breast cancer-fighting nutrient could be the answer to a more effective treatment. Julian Spallholz, professor in the department of nutritional sciences for Texas Tech, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking extra selenium supplements offers no protection against heart disease - at least among people who already get enough of the mineral in their diets, according to a ...

It’s rich in essential nutrients like B vitamins, selenium, and phosphorus that support brain health, energy, and immunity.