Selenium Can Be Used Instead Of Coq10 ?

[johnwester130]

I know curezone is a joke but this was interesting

http://www.curezone.org/forums/am.asp?i=1547804

"There are many reasons. First, CoQ10 is produced in the body from selenium. Second, selenium is relatively inexpensive and CoQ10 is one of the more expensive products on the market. Plus the superior, whole food varieties of CoQ10 are rare and hard to find, and even much more expensive than the commonly available varieties. It is a matter of common sense and dollars and cents – as well as scientific sense – to concentrate more on selenium supplementation than on CoQ10 supplementation."

 

[Agent207]

OK from foods. Easy on artificial crappy products from supplement/antioxidant industry


- Taking vitamin E alone boosted the risk of developing high-grade prostate cancer, but only in men who started the study with low selenium levels.
- Taking selenium, either alone or in combination with vitamin E, increased the risk of high-grade prostate cancer in men who started the study with high selenium levels, but not in those with low selenium levels.
- Among men who didn’t take either vitamin E or selenium, those who started the study with high selenium levels were no more likely to have developed prostate cancer than men who started it with low selenium levels. (This means the culprit is added selenium from supplements, not selenium from food.)
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/...se-decrease-prostate-cancer-risk-201402287059



"The trial was designed to last 12 years, but was stopped early in 2008 after finding no protective benefit for selenium and an increased risk of prostate cancer among men taking vitamin E."
Vitamin E, Selenium Supplements Tied to Cancer Risk

 

[TreasureVibe]

Bump!

 

[DaveFoster]

CoQ10 has a lot of overlapping effects with vitamin K2.

 

[TreasureVibe]

CoQ10 has a lot of overlapping effects with vitamin K2.

Is sodium selenite harmful?

 

[Obi-wan]

OK from foods. Easy on artificial crappy products from supplement/antioxidant industry


- Taking vitamin E alone boosted the risk of developing high-grade prostate cancer, but only in men who started the study with low selenium levels.
- Taking selenium, either alone or in combination with vitamin E, increased the risk of high-grade prostate cancer in men who started the study with high selenium levels, but not in those with low selenium levels.
- Among men who didn’t take either vitamin E or selenium, those who started the study with high selenium levels were no more likely to have developed prostate cancer than men who started it with low selenium levels. (This means the culprit is added selenium from supplements, not selenium from food.)
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/...se-decrease-prostate-cancer-risk-201402287059



"The trial was designed to last 12 years, but was stopped early in 2008 after finding no protective benefit for selenium and an increased risk of prostate cancer among men taking vitamin E."
Vitamin E, Selenium Supplements Tied to Cancer Risk

Both the selenium and Vit E were synthetic. Follow my post on Vit E and Travis on selenium

 

[DaveFoster]

Is sodium selenite harmful?

Sodium selenite more strongly opposes estrogen's effects than selenomethionine.

 

[TreasureVibe]

Sodium selenite more strongly opposes estrogen's effects than selenomethionine.

But it's a pro-oxidant right? Wouldn't that be bad for the body?