Signs of Selenium Toxicity: Only Take THIS Much

Memo: dont mix food sources (brazil nuts) with selenium supplementation, be careful

Purchasing selenium in the right dose is difficult. What is on the market is too strong of a dose. The problem is the manufacturers. 50 micrograms should be plenty.

Some Urogynaecological meshes/slings can also cause toxic levels of selenium and can cause severe neurological symptoms. I have been eating foods high in selenium and have the kind of mesh that has toxic levels of selenium and as a result II now suffer with neurological and gastro symptoms and other symptoms of toxicity, I thought I would mention this because many women with mesh and neurological symptoms also might have this and not know that this could be a possibility. I was told that most of the time, blood tests can't always pick up toxicity once it enters the brain.

I just found out i have selenium toxicity, i thought i was having hypothyroidism symptoms but it was toxicity. I had nausea, hair loss, fatigue, brain fog, itchy skin and heart palpations. I was only taking 100mcg a day but was eating brazil nuts everyday as well.

Hi Dr Childs, I love your videos thank you! However, I had Hurthle cell carcinoma and had to have a thyroidectomy and would be very grateful if you were to make videos about those of us who no longer have a thyroid. Tess

I straight up poisoned myself with selenium. I did realize what I was doing! Being carnivore for over a year i was taking 5-6 times the amount and for two months I have had the ladder symptoms! Thank you for confirming this!!

Thanks for this video, very informative. I regularly eat lots of egg, brown rice, spinach, oatmeal, salmon, and shrimp. Coincidentally and unknowingly, I began eating 2 Brazil nuts and spirulina. Well, I think this was what drove my intake of selenium to excess. I began having thyroid ache, fatigue, and hair loss. In the past I had thyroid issues, even though the blood test said I was fine. By reading books on the subject, I decided to take iodine and I read that selenium protects the thyroid whenever you take iodine. Long story short, I became much better in the past, but now I messed up my thyroid again. Here is another information I found online, whether it is true or not I don’t know: “If there is a selenium deficiency and attempts are made to supplement with iodine, the iodine will exacerbate the selenium deficiency causing it to worsen as well. In fact, anytime one is high and the other is low, symptoms will occur and often times get worse. If there is a deficiency, both must be supplemented and kept low.”

Its so weired, the side effects of too much selenium kind of sound like the symptoms of iodine or selenium deficiency

How would you know if a doctor never checks selenium? Doctors check vitamin D and calcium but I don't really see them checking much of anything else besides magnesium.

Can you take iodine and selenium together?

My Ex had a faulty coffee pot and she got a selenium overdose. It was bad. She could not walk for a week. It had a selenium Solder.

Great video Dr. Childs!!! Dr. Childs, would you be willing to do a video on your Leptin Resistance and also a video on Metformin?

how long after taking selenium should you take iodine?(minutes/hours)?

Really good info. Thank you Dr. Childs!!!

As with many vitamins & minerals, the factor that determines tolerance is based on the patint's weight & age & gender. There has to be a scientific research based table that shows safe tolerance, minimum & max recommended the 3 factors above.

selenium lowers copper and iodine also needed for thyroid function. If you take iodine or copper without selenium it causes problems, if you have too much selenium it tanks your copper and iodine. Having too much iodine and too little selenium and copper can also cause goiter.

Damed if you do .. Damed if you don’t...

Had selenium supplement at 200mcg. Managed to avoid wheat bread for almost a week now. To have good health is a sacrifice we need to take so we can enjoy life as we grow to old age. Thanks to YouTube for providing people sharing dos and donts so we can overcome problems like Hashimotos' disease.😅

I got a package of Brazil nuts and I ate half the package. I’m scared now!!

Thank you for this video ! Turns out I have selenium in excess (134). I thought I probably had a deficiency since I have hypothyroidism, I had no idea I was getting intoxicated... The thing is : I don't even take supplements ! The lab "forgot" to make my analysis so I took 2 brazil nuts a day for a week waiting for the results because i had hypothyroidism symptoms... jeez... Now if cut the salmon, shrimps, eggs, oats... where do I get the good stuff and iodine (this is lacking...) from ? :( The human body is hard to deal with !