Selenium — vegansk

Selenium is an essential trace mineral and is one of the strongest antioxidants in our body, due to its role in the glutathione perocidase enzyme (GSH-Px), which is pivotal in the protection of the cells against oxidative stress and free radicals.

Berthelsen Selenium is a vegan supplement with organic bound and easily absorbed mineral-based selenium yeast (LYNSIDE Forte SE+ 2000) with L-selenomethionine.

Our body cannot form its minerals on its own, so it is important that our balanced diet is rich in minerals. Unfortunately for the Scandinavian population, we have quite low natural occurrences of selenium in our soil, which means that our vegetables contain less selenium. This makes Scandinavians more subject to lack of selenium.

Our nails are often good at detecting a selenium deficiency. The selenium from our diet is predominantly used as antioxidants and to maintain the immune system. The "leftovers" of selenium are then used to maintain the nails, if there are any leftovers in the first place. Weak nails can therefore be a sign of selenium deficiency, due to lack of enough selenium in your daily diet.

Selenium maintains the following in our body:

• normal hair and nails
• normal sperm production (male only)
• normal immune system
• normal thyroid function
• protects the cells against oxidative stress

Selenium works well together with vitamins A , B6 , C , Zinc and vitamin E. For more info about oxidative stress, look under Berthelsen vitamin E.