An overall intake (foods and supplements) in the range of 200-300ug daily should be the goal for general health and well being with an emphasis on anti-carcinogenic properties.
Selenium
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The Human Effect Matrix summarizes human studies to tell you what effects Selenium has on your body, how much evidence there is, and how strong these effects are.
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
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Level of Evidence
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The amount of high quality evidence. The more
evidence, the more we can trust the results.
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Outcome |
Magnitude of effect
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The direction and size of the supplement's impact on
each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
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Consistency of research results
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Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or
VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
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Notable
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Very High See all 3 studies |
Supplementation with selenium significantly reduces the incidence of pre-eclampsia.
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Minor
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A small decrease in prostate cancer risk is seen when comparing areas with high soil selenium (indicative of dietary intake of selenium) against areas with low soil selenium.
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Minor
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There seems to be a notable decrease in the total number of lesion counts after nearly two months of selenium supplementation in those suffering from acne vulgaris.
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