Selenium: The Amazing Trace Mineral – Dr.Berg

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.

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
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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Disclaimer:
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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[abawitx]

Selenium and Iodine and glutathione literally saved my life. If it weren't for your channel, i never would have known how critical it is for hormonal cancers and killing them. Thank you for your channel

[greenflame]

It's amazing how you can pack so much information into just a few minutes. Thank you for the presentation.

[francesimagina]

I heard from a Cardiologist that Selenium kills Cancer cells. I eat Brazil nuts, sardines, salmon, organic eggs, and take a Selenium supplement. Thanks for the 400 mcg warning Dr. Berg. I don't think I have ever taken that much daily. 2 thumbs up for this video.

[JennyLynnMinistries]

Was diagnoses with Hashimotos and my naturalpath put me on selenium and zinc each day. It made a big difference on how I feel!

[yamasaa]

Just when I've been researching Selenium myself, Dr Berg uploads a video about it!

[PyonDude]

selenium is interesting to me. It softened my stool during constipation and reduced the amount of magnesium oxide to take.
another is taking selenium makes me warm in winter. it looks like mitochondria is working better.

[howtomedicate]

I never knew selenium was so amazing! Thank you dr. Berg 👍

[CatsRule]

I have been living a strict Keto life style since July 2018, and will continue as I feel healthier than ever. I also live with Hemochromatosis. So I had to make some slight adjustments regarding consuming red meat, organ meat, spinach, beet greens, shell fish, broccoli (all foods that I love). I take the following anti oxidant supplements: Selenium, Vitamin E, Turmeric, Magnesium, Calcium and Milk Thistle. I drink one glass of lemon water and one cup of buttered coffee in the am, otherwise green tea and plenty of plain water. I exercise on my water rower 3/day for 15 minutes each. I am 63 but feel 36, am 5'10" and weigh 135 lbs. I follow Dr. Eric Lewis regarding my blood condition, and I follow you, Dr. Berg, regarding all matters keto genic. Thank you, "Hemo Lewis" and thank you, "Keto Berg" for changing my life for the better.  My labs (iron, cholesterol and blood sugar) are normal. Greetings from Alberta, Canada. Love, cat

[jaimejulia]

Several studies concludes that men with low levels of selenium, are more prone to develop prostate cancer - another reason to be aware of this

[HarryPotter-gwee]

Like your new white board its awesome and easy to see! Thank you Dr. B

[groucrow]

The white board outlines are much better than slides for my learning style. I can skim info initially, follow linearly through your presented points, and refer back and forth to synthesize. Combined with your logical, concise, clear presentations, this is optimal! Thank you so very much for all of your work, and for the gifts of learning and tools for health and a productive, happy, long life🌹 💚johanna

[tova]

Just saw my bottle of selenium in the cabinet and wondered why I had it. Literally was going to look it up and BOOM, there's a video by Dr Berg about it. Very thankful for Dr Eric Berg videos on YouTube. 💖

[valleyviewing]

Another great video Dr Eric. Really informative. God bless you and the viewers!

[plantsarewonderful]

Raw sunflower seeds are a great source of selenium & magnisum as well.

[remcs]

I was tired every evening.
I ordered some bags of Brazil nuts and now eat two nuts a day. I feel much more focused, my memory has improved significantly and i don't feel fired anymore.
It feels like my pre-nut life was just a dream, because of the brain fog.

[cfantasticseeallgood]

I have been binge watching your videos one after the other. Very informative and useful information for a person like me who is uninformed. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[healthytunnel]

Important data on Selenium! Thank you Dr.Eric! 👍👍👍

[luvclean]

Thank you so very much for teaching us about how our body works.

[pazenmaz]

Love all your helping healthy videos - sharing with family and friends. I also read that maca root (powder supplement) is also highly loaded in selenium.

[kalkeikuu]

Can you do a video on food sensitivities, histamine intolerance and its connection increased hypertension?