Re: High Selenium Levels Linked To Diabetes Risk

Jefferson wrote:
Wes Groleau wrote:
Nicky wrote:

Selenium is also a catalyst in the conversion of T4->T3. I make sure
to eat a brazil nut or two a day, to keep my thyroid happy.


Wow, I didn't know that. I eat plenty of Brazil nuts, though,
and I still seem to be fairly unsuccessful making that conversion.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.diabetes/msg/c06d08d1ad3d4cbf

Quentin said this back in Oct 2005 in a thread involving you (Wes) and Annette:
> Brazil nuts are weirdly out of whack with regard to selenium compared
> to anything else. On top of this they are an exceeding variable
> source. One every two days might be enough with some Brazil nuts.

So we don't usually know the quality of Brazil nuts in terms of selenium content. ;)

Oh, I remember _that_. What I didn't know was the notion
of the T4->T3 connection requiring selenium. If you notice,
in the conversation you just mentioned, I said that I eat
so much of them I might have to watch out for selenium toxicity.

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Wes Groleau

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