Selenium Deficiency
Cross-source consensus on Selenium Deficiency from 1 sources and 4 claims.
1 sources · 4 claims
How it works
Risks & contraindications
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Where it comes from
Highlighted claims
- The phosphorus component of conventional NPK fertilizers renders selenium unavailable to plants, preventing its accumulation up the food chain. — One Brazil Nut a Day for Selenium
- Selenium is distributed unevenly across the earth's crust, concentrating in coastal and iodine-rich soils; iodine-poor regions are likely selenium-poor as well. — One Brazil Nut a Day for Selenium
- An estimated 500 million to 1 billion people worldwide are overtly deficient in selenium. — One Brazil Nut a Day for Selenium
- Many people have subclinical selenium deficiencies that go undetected. — One Brazil Nut a Day for Selenium