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Selenium is a mineral that may support several aspects of human health. Most adults need around 55 micrograms (mcg) per day. Sources include nuts, eggs, and some fish. Selenium is a nutrient that ...

Selenium is a mineral that’s essential to health in numerous ways. Your body incorporates selenium into special types of proteins called selenoproteins. Selenoproteins are necessary for important ...

Selenium is one of the "essential" nutrients for humans, meaning that our bodies cannot make it, and so we have to get it from our diet. Without it the heart, joints, eyes, immune system and ...

You can obtain selenium through your diet by eating foods like Brazil nuts, bananas, and eggs. Some people with certain health conditions may have difficulty absorbing selenium. Selenium is an ...

Our modern, industrial diets can be full of calories but paradoxically low in some important minerals. Having enough of these minerals, such as magnesium, is vital to good physical and mental health.