General Medicine

» Elaine Moore - Selenium

Hi Cybee,

I hope you were taking 200 mcg, not 200 mg of selenium. Studies in the last few years have found that selenium levels are often low in people with autoimmune thyroid disorders. Some of the major thyroid gurus like Dr. Wiersinga now list selenium deficiency as one of the triggers for autoimmune thyroid disease.
There are several types of selenium and ideally you'd be using a product that contains the 4 major forms of selenium. It could be the products that just have one form pose risk for diabetes although I haven't heard this. Check out http://www.lef.org/newshop/items/item005...
This is the perfect form of selenium.
And go to www.lef.org and do a search for selenium. You'll find several articles that explain how important selenium is. But since selenium is pretty inexpensive it pays to get the best product, and from my research this lef product is the best. Take care, Elaine