Shrimp And Selenium

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Eating shimp I must to get more selenium. More shrimp, more selenium.
Why, then, if I usually am eating shrimp [in a weekly basis], my selenium is falling down?
What is the metabolic explanation for that logic contradiction? In what circunstances that phenomenon may happens?
 

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Try getting selenium from plant sources and see if it makes a difference. Brazil nuts, nuts in general , and maybe from a plant based supplement? Perhaps your selenium transcription factor is effected, like those who suffer from anemia. Is there a way to get your selenium levels checked?
 

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The selenium content of foods can be unreliable. Check this out:
- Mega Dosing Iodine = Bad, Destroys Thyroid Tissue Permanently (what a coincidence!)

Regarding shrimps, what's the highest content that you've ever come across? Let's say 400 mcg/100 g* (but can be quite low such as 15-40 mcg/100 g), giving you about 55 mcg/d. Other foods are providing some, however I assume this is your major source, yet a reasonable amount during stress is 100 mcg or more. Depending on the form, you can go much higher than this without problems (such as selenocysteine from animal foods).

*Distribution of trace elements in tissues of shrimp species Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) from Bahia, Brazil (ignoring dry weight, and apparently they're more watery than ourselves: 75% of body weight)​

Why not trying a supplement to know if it was missing? It's safe, cheap, and no need to keep taking it.
 
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Dave Clark

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Dr. Marc Sircus talks a lot about a product called Tung Oil, which is a lipid based seleniumAir, Water, Food & Cancer. Scroll down on the link to his video where he talks about it. I have never tried it, but he claims to have taken mega doses of it without toxicity. If I recall, it is a similar type that was used medically by injection, or IV. Has anyone here tried it, probably not, he says it is about $100/bottle.
 

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Wouldn't selenium potentially lower estrogen too much? I've heard you should take more than a few hundred mcg
 
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Try getting selenium from plant sources and see if it makes a difference. Brazil nuts, nuts in general , and maybe from a plant based supplement? Perhaps your selenium transcription factor is effected, like those who suffer from anemia. Is there a way to get your selenium levels checked?
Selenium levels: blood tests. Normal range is 63-160 mcg/L. My status is 63. Brazil nuts, nuts in general are rich on PUFAS; I want to avoid PUFAs. I´m using now a supplement. But I would like to know why shrimp does n´t give me selenium, that´s the point.
 
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The selenium content of foods can be unreliable.
OK, and it is ok that selenium on shrimp may be variable. But the point is: why I eat shrimp [that must have someone, like 40 mcg or more/100 g] and my selenium goes down?? What is the logic of to eat shrimp and selenium fall down??? Still the question...
 

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Interesting, I just heard a podcast with Dr.Peat, or maybe I read it, not sure, but he said 'there is no such thing as too low of estrogen because a stressed cell will produce estrogen'. Notice I didn't put it in quotes because I do not remember his exact words, but that is pretty much what he was saying. If I can find it I will post it, but maybe someone could verify it with Dr. Peat.
 

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