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Selenium Chelate

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Trace Mineral Support for Your Body

A high-potency, single-nutrient selenium supplement providing L-selenomethionine. It supports optimal thyroid hormone production, helps convert T4 to the active T3 hormone, and serves as an essential cofactor for the body's foundational glutathione peroxidase antioxidant system.

Suggested use: Take one capsule daily with food, as directed by Dr. Hirt.

May help with

Thyroid HealthHashimoto's ThyroiditisAntioxidant ProtectionAutoimmune ThyroiditisThyroid Hormone Conversion

Key ingredients

  • L-selenomethionine
  • Selenium

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Selenium Chelate

Trace Mineral Support for Your Body

WHAT IT IS:

  • A single-nutrient, high-potency selenium supplement providing L-selenomethionine – the organic, food-identical form the body absorbs and retains most efficiently

WHY YOU NEED IT:

  • Targets patients wanting to optimize thyroid hormone production and metabolism
  • Important for patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and elevated anti-thyroid antibodies
  • Great for patients concerned about glutathione levels and anti-oxidant protection
  • Selenium is the required cofactor for glutathione peroxidase, one of the body’s foundational antioxidant enzyme systems
  • Selenium is equally essential to the deiodinase enzymes that convert T4, the storage form of thyroid hormone, into the metabolically active thyroid hormone: T3
  • Controlled trials in autoimmune thyroiditis using selenomethionine have reported meaningful reductions in anti-thyroid peroxidase (TPO) antibody levels
  • Clean formula with no artificial colors or flavors

HOW IT HELPS:

Selenium is not itself an antioxidant. It is a structural component of the enzymes that perform antioxidant work – a distinction that explains why the body is so particular about it. Approximately 25 selenoproteins have been identified in humans, and two families do the heaviest lifting. The glutathione peroxidases neutralize peroxides before they can damage cell membranes and DNA. The thioredoxin reductases support cellular repair and redox balance.

The thyroid connection is direct and often underappreciated. The thyroid gland concentrates more selenium per gram of tissue than any other organ, and for good reason. Producing thyroid hormone requires generating hydrogen peroxide – a corrosive byproduct the gland must immediately neutralize, a job that falls to selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase. Selenium is also required by the iodothyronine deiodinase enzymes that convert inactive T4 into metabolically active T3, the form your cells actually use. A patient can have adequate iodine, a normal TSH, and still convert poorly if selenium status is inadequate.

So, your blood tests can look ‘normal’ while you do not.

This is why selenium appears throughout the autoimmune thyroid literature. A frequently cited randomized trial in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis administered 200 mcg of selenomethionine daily for three months and observed reduced thyroid antibody levels, and multiple subsequent studies have reported reductions in anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies in the range of 25 to 40 percent.

Form matters. L-selenomethionine is the form found in food – in Brazil nuts, seafood and grains grown in selenium-rich soil – and it is incorporated into body proteins and retained in tissue, giving a more stable selenium status than most OTC selenium supplements sold online and in the BigBox stores.

Dosage:

Take one capsule daily with food, as directed by Dr. Hirt.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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