Newest Documentaries's video: Health Benefits of Selenium and Brazil Nuts

Let's talk about the health benefits of Selenium and Brazil Nuts. Selenium is an essential trace mineral, meaning it must be obtained through your diet. It's involved in a lot of different enzyme reactions, and works as a co-factor. Here are health benefits of selenium. . Selenium is an extremely powerful antioxidant, that protects against oxidative damage or cell damage caused by free radicals. So it's really good for any type of chronic health problem, and reduces the complications of chronic issues like diabetes, autoimmune disease, cardiovascular, cancer, asthma and conditions where there is inflammation involved. Selenium helps make something called glutathione, which is the most powerful antioxidant in your body especially in the liver. Glutathione reduces inflammation and oxidative stress. Selenium has Anti-Cancer/Anti-Tumor Properties As a powerful anti-oxidant, Selenium has pretty powerful anti-cancer and anti-tumor properties. If you can protect the DNA damage in your mitochondria in the nucleus of the cell, you can actually counter the effects of carcinogens and their effect on different parts of your body. Carcinogens are things that cause or trigger cancer. Selenium boosts the immune system and destroys cancer cells. Selenium is important for Thyroid health Selenium is required for the production of thyroid hormone T3, as well as proteins that protect the thyroid from damage. So Selenium is very important for your thyroid to work correctly especially in Hashimotos, which is an autoimmune hypothyroidism. Selenium is just as important for the thyroid as iodine if not more important. And by the way 90% of hypothyroid conditions are autoimmune. Research shows that people with thyroid disease have low levels of selenium. Selenium Reduces complications of certain diseases, for example diabetes and peripheral neuropathy. It counteracts anything that's producing a lot of free radical damage. Low levels of selenium are associated with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Alcohol Related Liver Disease Selenium helps if you have cirrhosis in the liver or a fatty liver and you have a lot of oxidation. Selenium boosts immune system Selenium is crucial for proper functioning of the immune system. Selenium protects from auto-immune disease. Selenium can significantly reduce something called thyroid peroxidase antibodies, as well as hydrogen peroxide which generates a lot of free radicals. Selenium reduces ASTHMA symptoms Research shows that asthma patients have lower levels of selenium in blood.Supplementing with selenium improves lung function and asthma symptoms. Daily recommended dose of Selenium for adults is 55 micro grams daily. Brazil nuts are rich in selenium. Just one nut contains 96mcg, that is 175% of daily recommended dose. So brazil nuts are a highly effective way to maintain or increase your selenium intake. Eating just two brazil nuts daily is as effective as selenium supplements to raise selenium levels. Additionally, Brazil nuts contain other important minerals such as magnesium, copper, zinc, fiber and polyunsaturated fats, that lower the risk of heart disease. Eating about 50 average sized Brazil nuts can provide you 5000 mcg of selenium, and that is a toxic dose. And it can cause breathing problems, heart attack and kidney failure. So it is important to limit your daily intake of Brazil nuts. Daily intake of selenium must not exceed 400 mcg for adults. This is it guys for today's video. Give it thumbs up, and share with others. Thanks in advance.