It is safest to supplement selenium with food

 Without selenium, your body will definitely "rebellion": Increase the risk of diseases in skeletal muscle and heart muscle, increase complications in cardiovascular diseases, decrease immunity thereby increasing the risk or increase the infection process, increase the risk of male infertility, and reducing the ability to conceive in women, disrupt hormone metabolism affecting the growth and completion of the body, make hair and nails lose shiny, brittle…

WHERE IS SELEN?

Selenium is present in foods such as mackerel, tuna, anchovies, herring, snapper, salmon, sardines (sea fish have the most selenium), shellfish (oysters, scallops). , lobster), in mushrooms, egg yolks, whole grains, sunflower seeds, nuts, yeast, rice germ…. However, it should be noted that selenium is easily destroyed when foods are refined or processed through many stages. So, eating a variety of raw, unprocessed foods is also a good way to get selenium in your diet.

Therefore, you should eat foods rich in selenium to provide the necessary source of selenium for the body, help the body develop normally and reduce the risk of diseases caused by selenium deficiency. Supplement with drugs only when prescribed by a doctor for the following cases: people who smoke, drink alcohol, use birth control pills, people with ulcerative colitis, people who have just had surgery...

SELEN SIDE EFFECTS

When taking selenium with medicine, there may be some side effects such as diarrhea, garlic breath, and sweat, hair loss, irritability, itchy skin, nausea, vomiting... The body's needs will cause chronic intoxication with manifestations such as hair loss, skin lesions, and central nervous system disorders. Therefore, without a doctor's prescription, you should not supplement with selenium by medicine, but should use natural foods with selenium sources for safety.