Posted by Larry Hoover on June 20, 2003, at 13:27:39
In reply to VegetarianDiets--B12 Healty Vegetarian Eating..., posted by Simcha on June 20, 2003, at 12:01:54
> Anyway, thanks for the advice, Larry Hoover. Actually Selenium comes from the soil where our veggies are grown. It does not come from meat. My supplement gives me an extra 100mcg of Selenium per day. Also, the soil in America is not Selenium deficient, according to Quackwatch anyway.It is true that the soil is the ultimate source of the selenium in our diets, but the same is true of our meat-providing animals. Meat is indeed an excellent source of selenium, particularly the liver. Whole grain is a good source of selenium, and meat animals are grain-fed.
Given that I could not know that you are American, and the worldwide scope of membership in this discussion group, I did not see any reason to restrict my recommendation by geographical parameters. If, by chance, you were a resident of certain Scandinavian countries, Great Britain, or New Zealand, it would be virtually a foregone conclusion that you were selenium deficient.
Even the highly conservative American medical community has no objections to supplemental selenium at 200 mcg/day.
Lar
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