Selenium supplements may raise diabetes risk !!

[thirtysomething]

I found this on CNN.com few minutes ago!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/07/09/diabetes.selenium.reut/index.html

Now do I have to think twice before taking Selenium? I take 50 mcg everyday (apart from 55 mcg which is in Centrum multi-vitamin)

[DanielMark]

A timely post Thirtysomething,

My ex Ken gave me an article the other day claiming that Selenium was beneficial to us HIV positive folks, then I ran across another article saying basically the same cautionary things your CNN link does.

I’m already getting 10 mcg (micrograms) in my daily multivitamin. Maybe I’ll just leave it at that until somebody can make a decision.

Most discombobulating!

Daniel

[ndrew]

There is something flawed in the logic that if something is good for you you should bombard your body with it.  I am sure our bodies have evolved to a certain level of variation in our diet.

ACK.
Drew

[Central79]

Interesting post - thanks.

I'm going to continue taking my selenium supplements. There are tons of studies that show
levels of selenium are lower in HIV+ people than in neggies. So I think there's room for us to take them, without increasing the levels of selenium in our bodies to levels that might raise the risk of diabetes in HIV - ves.

[whizzer]

Perhaps this explains the recent appearance of glucose in my urine.

I stopped taking it last week since it was the only thing different I've done since my previous non-glucose urinalysis.  Hopefully the problem will resolve.  If not, well, that'll learn me to believe things in the mainstream press.

-Sweet Pee