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Dentalshop Home > Dental Vitamins and Supplements > Bio-Selenium + Zinc Tablets

Bio-Selenium + Zinc Tablets 90 Tabs
Bio-Selenium + Zinc is a powerful antioxidant which contributes to the bodies mechanism for neutralising free radicals. It is useful in the prevention and treatment of problems associated with mercury amalgam. 

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What is Selenium? Selenium is an essential trace element of fundamental importance to human health. The most abundant sources of selenium are Brazil nuts, seafood, meat and poultry People at risk of selenium deficiency include those with a restricted food intake (slimmers, vegetarians, the elderly), pregnant and lactating women, and those living in geographical regions with selenium depleted soils. It is recognized that soils in many areas of the world, including the UK, are deficient in selenium, often as a result of continual or intensive farming. This deficiency is manifest upwards through the food chain via plants and animals, culminating in man. A good example of this is Keshan disease, an endemic cardiomyopathy resulting from severely selenium depleted soil in the Keshan region of China-a problem that was eventually eliminated by the addition of a selenium supplement to dietary salt. In Scandinavian countries, selenium is added to agricultural fertilizers to increase depleted soil selenium levels, resulting in an increase in population average selenium intake from 30 to 90 microgm/day. Dietary selenium always occurs in an organic form (i.e. bound to an amino acid such as methionine or cysteine), whereas selenium in supplements may be organic or inorganic in form. The absorption of organic selenium (selenomethionine, selenocysteine) is generally more efficient than for inorganic selenium (e.g. sodium selenite), and the absorption of organic forms of selenium is not reduced by concurrent intake of vitamin C. Selenium levels are depleted by smoking, drinking alcohol and chronic illnesses (e.g. gastrointestinal disorders).
What does Selenium do? Selenium is an essential component of the key antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase, which acts in concert with other types of antioxidants (particularly vitamin E) to protect the body from the effects of damaging free radicals. Selenium promotes a healthy immune system, increasing resistance to infectious bacteria and viruses, as well as cancer cells. Selenium plays important roles in the control of thyroid hormone metabolism, and in fertility by promoting sperm motility. Selenium also protects the body from the toxic effects of heavy metals such as mercury.

How much Selenium should you take? The Government recommended intake for selenium is 55 microgm/day for women and 70 microgm/day for men. The average intake of selenium in the UK was estimated by MAFF in 1994 to be approximately 31 microgm/day. A reduction in selenium intake within the UK population resulted from decreased imports of selenium rich wheat from the USA and Canada. Most experts now agree that the optimum dosage for long term use of selenium supplements should be between 100 to 400 microgm/day, and up to 600 microgm/day for restricted periods (e.g. during infection). The effects of selenium are enhanced by also taking vitamin E supplements (400 IU/day). A selenium intake less than the recommended daily intake is associated with cancer, cardiovascular disease, immune problems and inflammatory conditions, especially of skin, and increased risk of birth defects in pregnant women. A selenium intake of less than 12 microgm/day results in Keshan disease.

Are there adverse effects from taking Selenium? Toxic effects due to excessive selenium intake occur at doses greater than 900 microgm/day, typically manifesting initially as loss of hair and nails There are no reported drug interactions with selenium.

About Pharma-Nord Bio-Selenium plus Zinc. Bio-Selenium plus Zinc is a multiple nutritional supplement designed by Pharma-Nord to meet the daily requirement for the basic antioxidants, which act synergistically with selenium when supplemented in combination. Each tablet contains (recommended daily allowance in parenthesis): 100microgm selenium (200%); 90mg vitamin C (150%); 15mg vitamin E (150%); 750microgm vitamin A (94%); 1.6 mg Vitamin B6 (80%); 15mg zinc (100%). The dosage recommended by Pharma-Nord is 1 tablet/day. This product is manufactured under Danish pharmaceutical control.
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