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Hi ive been rooting around on the internet and found these articles on Selenium and improving the conversion from T4 to T3.now is that considered “natural treatment”? i know better than to believe everything on the internet,but can a supplement,if you are low on it balance out your thyroid function and thus eliminate a lot of symptoms?under a doctors care and with your regular thyroid medications of course.my oncologist read a study about 2 years ago,that said if your vitamin D levels are low your risk for the return of breast cancer is higher,so he tested me,less then half of what it should have been.now i take a vitamin D/calcium supplement every day.there are pros and cons for everything you put in your body,but this is the first time i heard about selenium.so does anybody know anything?as you can see from my recent posts,my neurological functions are improving,thank god.i am actually using big words again.three month ago i would not have been able to either read or write this post.there is nothing like knowing you should be able to understand things but are not able to.

[Kimberly]

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Hello – There is a lot of buzz about selenium in several areas; this is a link to a fairly recent review:

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23046013

It’s worth asking your doctor about, but I don’t see this as being an alternative to taking thyroid hormone replacement for someone who is hypothyroid. At our event in Boston last weekend, the presenters mentioned the concern cited in the above article about long-term selenium supplementation possibly increasing the risk of type II diabetes.

And definitely consult with a doc on dosing if you do decide to try supplementation, as as Selenuim can have negative side effects at excessive levels (gastrointestinal upset, fatigue, hair loss, and mild nerve damage).

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