Antioxidant: Selenium is an antioxidant, which can help reduce the harm of free radicals to the body and protect cells from oxidative damage. In addition, selenium can also enhance the antioxidant capacity of vitamin C and vitamin E.
Immunoregulation: Selenium helps to improve the function of human immune system, enhance the activity and quantity of immune cells, and promote the body to produce antibodies, thus resisting the invasion of pathogens such as bacteria and viruses.
Promote thyroid function: Selenium can promote the synthesis and metabolism of thyroxine, which is very important for maintaining normal thyroid function. Thyroxine is an important hormone in human body, which regulates many physiological processes such as metabolism, growth and development.
Prevention of cardiovascular diseases: Studies have shown that selenium can reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases, including coronary heart disease and stroke. Selenium can reduce cholesterol and triglyceride in blood, reduce inflammation and oxidative damage of vascular endothelium, and thus improve blood circulation.
Cancer prevention: Selenium helps to prevent some cancers, such as prostate cancer, colon cancer and lung cancer. Selenium can reduce the risk of cancer through antioxidation and immunomodulation.
Protect the liver: Appropriate selenium supplementation can eventually eliminate about 90% of hepatitis B virus. Selenium is the patron saint of alcoholics. Proper selenium supplementation can accelerate alcohol catabolism and protect the liver.
Prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: Selenium supplementation can reduce the levels of blood viscosity, blood lipid, cholesterol, triglyceride and low-density lipoprotein, while significantly increasing the level of high-density lipoprotein and reducing thrombosis. Hundreds of hospitals in China have used selenium to treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and myocarditis, and all of them have achieved satisfactory results.
Generally speaking, selenium plays an important role in maintaining human health. Appropriate selenium supplementation can enhance human immunity, prevent diseases and protect the liver.