Signs of Selenium Toxicity: Only Take THIS Much

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The list of warning signs and symptoms of selenium toxicity. Are you taking too much selenium? Here's how to find out:
Selenium is a very important micronutrient for your body. It is included in certain proteins, called selenoproteins, that enable your cells to function properly, reduce inflammation, and produce antioxidants.
Many people suffer from selenium deficiency which leads them to use selenium supplements.
That's all good but what happens when they take too much? They may end up with minor signs of selenium toxicity. True selenium toxicity is rare, but a slight amount of selenium toxicity isn't uncommon and can occur if you accidentally take too much selenium in your supplements!
This is often a problem for patients with thyroid disease because they know that using selenium can help reduce thyroid gland inflammation.
Minor symptoms of selenium toxicity include:
- Hair loss
- Brittle nails
- Fatigue
- GI problems
- Joint pain
- Nausea
These are more common than the serious symptoms but let's include the more serious symptoms as well:
- Neurological problems
- Paralysis
- Selenosis (selenium poisoning)
So, how much selenium should you take?
The RDA for selenium is around 40-55mcg per day.
My recommendation is 100-200mcg per day.
Some doctors recommend 400-600mcg per day (probably only good for a short period of time and to treat very specific conditions).
The best way to avoid selenium toxicity is to do 2 important things:
#1. Check your supplements for selenium!
See if you are accidentally taking too much using the guidelines above.
#2. Pay attention to how much selenium you are getting from food (organic versions have more nutrients)
Food sources high in selenium include: Brazil nuts, fish, ham, pork, beef, chicken, eggs, brown rice, oatmeal, spinach, bananas,
But note that nutrients vary based on where plants were grown/harvested and whether or not they are organic.
Do you have any of the signs of selenium toxicity? Let me know!
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@Viv8ldi 3 жыл бұрын

Memo: dont mix food sources (brazil nuts) with selenium supplementation, be careful

@kimjohnson3193 5 ай бұрын

What is best way to reverse selenium toxicity if you realize you have been taking too many brazil nuts daily?

@user-xu4rh8hg1n 2 ай бұрын

@@kimjohnson3193... I think 3 Brazil nuts daily.

@Khoelhutchinson 11 күн бұрын

I just ate 15, would love to know the answer to this lol.@@kimjohnson3193

@michaeldowdy9303 Жыл бұрын

Purchasing selenium in the right dose is difficult. What is on the market is too strong of a dose. The problem is the manufacturers. 50 micrograms should be plenty.

@kerino1 3 жыл бұрын

Really good info. Thank you Dr. Childs!!!

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@tessafrith Жыл бұрын

Hi Dr Childs, I love your videos thank you! However, I had Hurthle cell carcinoma and had to have a thyroidectomy and would be very grateful if you were to make videos about those of us who no longer have a thyroid. Tess

@KellyBell1 Жыл бұрын

I’ll be without a Thyroid soon too.

@keynadarling 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Dr. Childs!!! Dr. Childs, would you be willing to do a video on your Leptin Resistance and also a video on Metformin?

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

Sure, I will add it to the list of future topics.

@davidstearsraingutterclean6729 20 күн бұрын

Great information

@rcayers1700 Жыл бұрын

As with many vitamins & minerals, the factor that determines tolerance is based on the patint's weight & age & gender. There has to be a scientific research based table that shows safe tolerance, minimum & max recommended the 3 factors above.

@carolynjones2449 4 ай бұрын

Some Urogynaecological meshes/slings can also cause toxic levels of selenium and can cause severe neurological symptoms. I have been eating foods high in selenium and have the kind of mesh that has toxic levels of selenium and as a result II now suffer with neurological and gastro symptoms and other symptoms of toxicity, I thought I would mention this because many women with mesh and neurological symptoms also might have this and not know that this could be a possibility. I was told that most of the time, blood tests can't always pick up toxicity once it enters the brain.

@kesha2414 2 жыл бұрын

@Dr Child’s, I have been having joint pain in my fingers, I noticed that my muscles have been hurting in my thighs and stomach pain and upset. The first two are new and made me wonder what’s going on with me. My serum selenium level is 300 for lab results that indicates it’s high. Is there anything I need to do? I stopped supplementing with selenium a while before the lab yes. Thanks for your help.

@juliantreidiii 9 ай бұрын

My Ex had a faulty coffee pot and she got a selenium overdose. It was bad. She could not walk for a week. It had a selenium Solder.

@GinaR21212 Жыл бұрын

How would you know if a doctor never checks selenium? Doctors check vitamin D and calcium but I don't really see them checking much of anything else besides magnesium.

@yuyanmalez6205 3 жыл бұрын

thank you! been wondering wether my selenium intake is appropriate

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@Libradebrief 2 жыл бұрын

This helped a ton. You answered so many questions I had.

@drwestinchilds 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@DDumbrille Жыл бұрын

@@drwestinchilds But you talk WAAAAAY too fast. I mean, how many triple lattes did you have before this shoot? And also, no mention of iodine? That typically why selenium causes a problem, because there's insufficient iodine in the first place.

@kimjohnson3193 5 ай бұрын

@@drwestinchildsHow do you reverse selenium toxicity after realizing you have been eating too many brazil nuts daily?

@Viv8ldi 3 жыл бұрын

Its so weired, the side effects of too much selenium kind of sound like the symptoms of iodine or selenium deficiency

@maxkang351 Жыл бұрын

how long after taking selenium should you take iodine?(minutes/hours)?

@mac-ju5ot Жыл бұрын

Thank u Dr I just bought Brazil nuts and found myself eating a lot today....didn't know u can get overdose.on a nut I'll use precautions and be warey

@user-rd9mb1kc8t Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, very informative. I regularly eat lots of egg, brown rice, spinach, oatmeal, salmon, and shrimp. Coincidentally and unknowingly, I began eating 2 Brazil nuts and spirulina. Well, I think this was what drove my intake of selenium to excess. I began having thyroid ache, fatigue, and hair loss. In the past I had thyroid issues, even though the blood test said I was fine. By reading books on the subject, I decided to take iodine and I read that selenium protects the thyroid whenever you take iodine. Long story short, I became much better in the past, but now I messed up my thyroid again. Here is another information I found online, whether it is true or not I don’t know: “If there is a selenium deficiency and attempts are made to supplement with iodine, the iodine will exacerbate the selenium deficiency causing it to worsen as well. In fact, anytime one is high and the other is low, symptoms will occur and often times get worse. If there is a deficiency, both must be supplemented and kept low.”

@adamslijderink3306 Жыл бұрын

Brazilian nut 350% daily intact per nut

@DDumbrille Жыл бұрын

Iodine must be supplemented first, for 2 weeks or so before starting selenium.

@rebeccaabi2400 Жыл бұрын

Yes it is true I took iodine for a month and got atrial fib and now I thought I may be deficient in selenium. I was in birth control for sometime so both depleted my selenium I guess. I am not able to sleep at night because of this heart issue. Just now started selenium supplement hope it resolves.

@Asa-wv1zb 11 ай бұрын

....my history is the same as yours withthe thyroid being a bit wonky, so I started supplementing with bothiodine and selenium,but too much selenium and now my thyroid feels swollen and "sore" and my hair is falling out. Started abput a week ago and half my hair is gone 😢 Did you have to go through some treatment to lower the selenium or was it about just excluding ot from the diet and waiting for the selenium to drop?

@user-rd9mb1kc8t 11 ай бұрын

@@Asa-wv1zb With regards to fallen hair, this happens to me a lot also, and over many years trying to figure out why, I more or less found the solution… Iron. My ferritin levels is within range. The range is 10-232 ng/ml, and I was 32, this taking 25mg of iron daily. I don’t understand why such a broad range in lab work numbers. In my opinion, lots of time lab results are wrong. For instance, when people check for thyroid problems, it comes back as they are fine when they are not.

@lollyb8808 2 жыл бұрын

I just found out i have selenium toxicity, i thought i was having hypothyroidism symptoms but it was toxicity. I had nausea, hair loss, fatigue, brain fog, itchy skin and heart palpations. I was only taking 100mcg a day but was eating brazil nuts everyday as well.

@kelsmo Жыл бұрын

How long did it take you to feel normal again after stopping supplementation?

@lollyb8808 Жыл бұрын

@@kelsmo i think it was a few weeks

@rebeccalopez1985 Жыл бұрын

I took three was itching all night the next day I didn’t know it was because of the nuts I was eating all day that day now three days later I’m still itching from head to toe. Did you have that problem?

@kelsmo Жыл бұрын

@@rebeccalopez1985 I personally had that problem. Lots of itchiness. Other symptoms are what Lolly B mentioned; fatigue, Brian fog, heart palpitations, hair loss.. and for me.. major disruption in my digestion/bowel movements. Have only stopped Brazil nuts for a few days now but already noticing less itichiness.. still dealing with other symptoms.. hopefully in a couple weeks they will resolve themselves.

@perad1895 Жыл бұрын

bruh u can just eat 1 brazil nut . thats more than enough for the day.

@jleight9544 3 жыл бұрын

I straight up poisoned myself with selenium. I did realize what I was doing! Being carnivore for over a year i was taking 5-6 times the amount and for two months I have had the ladder symptoms! Thank you for confirming this!!

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

@Medinalegend Жыл бұрын

How much u was taking?

@Medinalegend Жыл бұрын

@ambermac77 Жыл бұрын

I’m taking 200mcg a day, just from a supplement (not taking into consideration my multivitamin). But I feel like I’m overdosing. I’m having fatigue, joint pain, hair loss, my nails keep chipping, and recently I’ve been dealing with constant nausea. 😢 Should I go get a blood test to confirm?

@DoctorKay221 2 ай бұрын

Make a video on Phytic Acid that lies in Brazil Nuts and effect of Phytic Acid.

@rosrrich 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dr Childs for these precious informations!! I definitely need to stop eating Brazil nuts every day, maybe will eat one per week since I also eat the other foods high in selenium, red meats excluded.

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

You can have them still, just make sure to do it in moderation :)

@Nardzz019 3 ай бұрын

Thank you good video. I think i got selenium deficiency from taking NACET without supplementing it. Would spreading your doses out throughout the dat make it safer as well, to give your body more time to process and expel unprocessed selenium? Say 100mcg 3 times a day?

@wendyvg1225 3 жыл бұрын

I love your talks! They are always super informative! However, please consider how the speed with which you talk tends to go up throughout the first couple of minutes and then stays up. The way you start out the talks in the beginning is great! But after a while you tend to go so fast that you' re almost making me a little nervous ;-). So maybe you want to try to pace a little more. But keep up the great talks!

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

You can slow down the video to 0.75 if that helps with the speed :)

@davetoms63 Жыл бұрын

get real, criticizing someone's speech?

@lindywheeler4192 3 ай бұрын

@@davetoms63I don't think they were doing that. He does talk fast! He has a lot of important things to say an we want to hear them.

@bbyng7316 24 күн бұрын

@@lindywheeler4192 only really quick-thinking people can follow at his pace. I totally agree it's too fast.

@Viv8ldi 3 жыл бұрын

Does every thyroid medication contain selenium? Here in Germany, I took L-thyroxine for my hypothyroidism for 14 years, 6 month ago I got my medication changed to prothyrid. In neither of the descriptions of the medication was selenium mentioned

@Stefan-vc2ef 2 жыл бұрын

Are you slow? he's talking about supplements not medications

@autoimmune8601 Жыл бұрын

I bought a 8oz container of brazil nuts and ate it in 2/3 days. That's roughly 8000mcg of selenium... I don't think I feel any ill effects right now. Is there anything I should watch our for or when I would be in the clear of toxicity?

@graveyardwanderer5931 3 жыл бұрын

What do you do if your selenium is high without supplementing? Seems to be an issue with MTHFR possibly?

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

Check your diet to see if you are consuming foods high in selenium.

@mariakeyvan4789 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information I am currently taking synthroid 0.75 Also have hashimoto’s Is ok to take selinium? And how much? Thank you!

@drwestinchilds Жыл бұрын

Yes, I usually recommend 75-150mcg/day.

@DaveOriginallyfromBrooklyn 7 ай бұрын

Can we take just 1 or 2 100-200 mags a week? Instead of daily?

@cardinal1740 2 жыл бұрын

My selenium, zinc and copper were all recently elevated on a serum blood test. What could this mean?

@drwestinchilds 2 жыл бұрын

Lab testing for nutrients isn't always accurate.

@michaelmelling9333 10 ай бұрын

Gosh, I'd been buying big quantities of Brazil nuts and eating handful after handful day after day.😢 Thanks for the heads up!👍

@Faithamberly 4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, all nuts can cause you to have problems if you eat them in excess. You really shouldn’t eat more than 1 handful of any nut a day.

@trogdortheburninator8149 3 ай бұрын

I have been eating 10-12 Brazil nuts a day in my smoothies time to cut back significantly I think

@fagiolli53 3 ай бұрын

OMG l did not know

@fagiolli53 3 ай бұрын

Got to stop eating brazil nuts

@kristiecichon3099 11 ай бұрын

I got a package of Brazil nuts and I ate half the package. I’m scared now!!

@AzreenAziz-nk4hw 3 ай бұрын

You are okay now?

@brucemaher7621 3 жыл бұрын

Damed if you do .. Damed if you don’t...

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

Sort of!

@retiremepls 3 жыл бұрын

I use your hypothyroid bundle and I eat two brazil nuts every day... 🤔 I am tired lol and I eat salmon, spinach, chicken, and bananas almost every day

@lafemmesanspseudo7840 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video ! Turns out I have selenium in excess (134). I thought I probably had a deficiency since I have hypothyroidism, I had no idea I was getting intoxicated... The thing is : I don't even take supplements ! The lab "forgot" to make my analysis so I took 2 brazil nuts a day for a week waiting for the results because i had hypothyroidism symptoms... jeez... Now if cut the salmon, shrimps, eggs, oats... where do I get the good stuff and iodine (this is lacking...) from ? :( The human body is hard to deal with !

@alexiswinter6948 Жыл бұрын

Yes. The human body is a horrible design. It's like the system was invented solely for pain and illness.

@monaalkoronfily8609 Жыл бұрын

I dont eat brazil nuts and I dont take selenium and my blood test is 157 I am scared. Any tips?

@lafemmesanspseudo7840 Жыл бұрын

@@monaalkoronfily8609 I'm afraid I don't. Try checking the selenium content of the food you eat the most. (after 6 months, mine is now too low..... I thought it took ages to get lower)

@Raquel_98 Жыл бұрын

What were your symptoms of selenium intoxication?

@lafemmesanspseudo7840 11 ай бұрын

@@Raquel_98 it's is hard to say what is directly related among the other symptoms. What I can say is that I reduced shrimps and stopped Brazil nuts and a few months later I didn't have enough selenium... getting balance in your nutrients, vitamins, minerals is a tricky thing ! In the meantime, I discovered "functional lab norms" (optimal norms) but as for selenium norms, I am still a bit confused.

@jtboehler3714 5 ай бұрын

Any minerals ,one should take with caution. Plus anything fat soluble. It builds up in system.

@Asa-wv1zb 11 ай бұрын

So, what is the treatment for the toxicity? If we are talking about hair loss type toxicity, what's the treatment? Or is the treatment to just exclude it from the diet?

@elvisedimo5694 5 ай бұрын

Yeah nobody is addressing that issue as yet. We need to know how and what to do to detox selenium from the body.

@mamamoore3474 4 күн бұрын

I ate Brazil nuts and more than two a day. For over a month and my nails were splitting and hair was falling also bumps are forming in my face. Stop eating them now for over a month, but my hair and nails and face are still the same. What can I do to stop it for om happening

@adelinekeys6582 3 ай бұрын

I eat a handful of brazilnuts twice a week. Is that too much?

@katiedoherty2329 Жыл бұрын

Ive been taking selenium 200 mcgs for only a month. My thyroid medication gives me anxiety and i had a drs appointment coming up thinking selenium and vitamin d would fix the problem. Well it didn't and my thick hair was coming out and i had horrible heartburn, not to mention i was going to sleep at 5pm!!! Im now going to take my thyroid meds religiously bc my bloodwork was horrible and my dr upped my dose and i have more bloobwork in 3 mos

@joshbeyer9757 5 ай бұрын

Take iodine, but don’t take it when you’re on that meds

@davetoms63 Жыл бұрын

on the carnivore diet, should we supplement selenium ? I've started taked 3 drops of 2% iodine and my hands get cold all the time

@CC-kk8fb 2 ай бұрын

Try taking only 1 drop

@LadyZombieKiller 4 ай бұрын

Funny. I have all those symptoms on only 25 mcg in my multivitamin but aren’t those symptoms of Hashimoto’s?

@Kuwthetwins Жыл бұрын

I have been taking selenium for a couple months and recently took colloidal silver.. i didn’t know these two were toxic with each other.. now i’m experiencing a metallic taste in my mouth.. idk if it’s from the colloidal silver or the selenium.. please help.. i need to get this taste out now :(

@stevencorrea8032 10 ай бұрын

I hope you're feeling fine? I hope the doctor respond I think heavy metal chelation will work but I don't know. Better yet please check with your doctor

@rosanalicong7249 Жыл бұрын

Had selenium supplement at 200mcg. Managed to avoid wheat bread for almost a week now. To have good health is a sacrifice we need to take so we can enjoy life as we grow to old age. Thanks to KZfaq for providing people sharing dos and donts so we can overcome problems like Hashimotos' disease.😅

@PEDSTacoBueno 6 ай бұрын

I have been eating eggs and chicken everyday. Around 70 mcg of selenium. Is this too much? I have hair loss and diahreah

@alstroemeria227again4 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve had a doctor say that our bodies only absorb about half of any supplement we take. Is this true?

@shujajanshujajan7505 5 ай бұрын

selenium is use in hypothyroidism?

@reikihealer6176 2 жыл бұрын

I’m vegetarian I take selenium daily 200mcg I don’t eat nuts or seeds as I have to watch my potassium levels . I don’t eat processed food either . My nails get quite bad and my hair falls out I’m currently on topical steroid treatment for the hair loss . Do you think I’m taking too much selenium Dr Child’s ??

@chevybabe1999 Жыл бұрын

Are you supplementing with Iodine to balance out selenium?

@Asa-wv1zb 11 ай бұрын

How has it been for you the last year? I'm vegetarian too and have been takimg 180 micrograms selenium daily PLUS a lot of nuts and now my hair is falling out. I have just realized it was the seleniumcausing it and stopped it

@1sr0 2 жыл бұрын

I just got my blood test results back and I have excessive amounts of selenium in my blood. Struggling with hair loss, brittle nails and upper stomach pain with anything I eat and I did not know what was causing it. I am so scared now. I hope it will go down soon since I will not eat anymore brazil nuts or take selenium supplements for a while now.

@chevezharris5750 2 жыл бұрын

Hey are you feeling now..are you still experiencing those symptoms?

@incorectulpolitic 2 жыл бұрын

how many brazil nuts you were eating for how long and what type/how much selenium supplement per day were you taking?

@Medinalegend Жыл бұрын

How much u take?

@Asa-wv1zb 11 ай бұрын

...was there any treatment you had to go through?

@maryagendron 8 ай бұрын

selenium lowers copper and iodine also needed for thyroid function. If you take iodine or copper without selenium it causes problems, if you have too much selenium it tanks your copper and iodine. Having too much iodine and too little selenium and copper can also cause goiter.

@terri4337 8 ай бұрын

I was taking lugol’s iodine and it elevated my TSH

@elvisedimo5694 5 ай бұрын

Your comment is just heaven sent! This is the very connection I needed. I have been having issues with my copper and been wondering what could have been the culprit. I had taken some medications containing selenium in the past. And I started developing some very odd nerve and chest pains. It was only after researching I got to know that selenium was the troublesome child. So I stopped. Now just yesterday, I bought a pack of Eye Capsule and unfortunately, there is 50mcg of selenium in it. This morning I woke up with some severe heart pain. Over here in Nigeria, it is very difficult to buy copper supplement as a stand alone medication. As for iodine I do use kelp and some iodize salt.

@GinaR21212 Жыл бұрын

That's funny My nails were brittle and my hair was falling out when I was diagnosed with low thyroid and I was never taking selenium. Anemia will also cause GI problems, I had pernicious anemia and when I started taking B12 liquid vitamins, because I've noticed I do best on liquid vitamins, I no longer needed medication for heartburn.

@Dudemeister777 Жыл бұрын

Selenium deficiency also causes these symptoms. It's one of the issues that is practically the same both ways, so it's hard to tell if your toxic or deficient. If you have hashimotos, then it's deficiency most likely

@neerajkerkar Жыл бұрын

I am getting 100mcg of selenium (as L-Selenomethionine) from my multivitamin. I analyzed my diet and I don’t think I am getting more than 100mcg from diet, so overall I might be getting no more than 200mcg/day. However, my blood work has shown high selenium level. Do I need to stop taking the multivitamin a few days/weeks before blood work for the test to be accurate?

@elvisedimo5694 5 ай бұрын

yes ASAP! My wife ,my sister and myself got poisoned via our Multivitamin! Funny thing is, at least in my case even if it is a little as 50mcg cause me pains in the chest (heart region).

@mamajo005 2 жыл бұрын

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, the doctor said that everything is fine with my blood work, my levels were good. Just that thyroid was overactive. What does mean?

@elvisedimo5694 5 ай бұрын

You cannot have hypothyroidism and an over active thyroid at same time. They are two different situations. An overactive thyroid is hyperthyroidism.

@kelsmo Жыл бұрын

About how long after stopping supplementation (I was eating a handful of Brazil nuts a day for a month or two) until toxicity symptoms disappear? I have the fatigue, stomach upset, hair loss… I just now realized that the Brazil nuts were causing these symptoms that I have been trying to figure out for weeks now. What can I do to counteract the selenium?

@rebeccalopez1985 Жыл бұрын

Did you have itchiness all over body?

@SlackHoffman Ай бұрын

@@rebeccalopez1985only in his ball 🎱 hair 🥴🥜👋

@dolarrius 6 ай бұрын

Can you take iodine and selenium together?

@akailah 4 ай бұрын

Yes! They are safe to take together and actually compliment each other!

@frankschaeffer8153 5 ай бұрын

What about testing?

@aretik9871 3 жыл бұрын

What about those of us without thyroid gland. I was told selenium is important for the t4 to t3 conversion.

@rnkim2564 3 жыл бұрын

you need specialized management with tests to make sure you don't make your life a biochemical misery as you tinker and titrate doses of supplements up or down in smaller amounts... that would be safest for someone without a thyroid and likely taking synthetics

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

It still has value for those without a thyroid.

@TheRatzor 2 жыл бұрын

I've been taking 1 Brazil nut daily for 6 weeks now i have a bit of a flaky rash on my throat where the thyroid is, but no other symptoms , you think this is related , should i cut back to a nut every second day they have about 115MCG in them

@taylorlockie5481 2 жыл бұрын

Omg there is the place where my rash is. I noticed it almost 2 weeks after starting a protein powder with selenium. Also I have constant muscle cramping too

@mystrength5640 2 жыл бұрын

Hi there … Good Morning.. I read Selenium supplement and Niacin supplement don’t work well together… Please could you give an explanation on this? Thank you Jenny from country South Africa.. 🇿🇦🙏🏻

@terri4337 8 ай бұрын

Probable why the carnivore diet reverses Hashimoto’s

@mikorin2788 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@divya4605 3 жыл бұрын

@Dr. Childs......Always grateful for the info you share doc, but this is still confusing coz minor overdosing symptoms seem to coincide with hypothyroid symtoms.

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

They certainly do overlap.

@lemercenairedelespace4199 9 ай бұрын

400 mcg of selemethione gave me headache while i can go with 800 mcg of selenite easily without toxicity .

@m.d5886 Жыл бұрын

I just consumed 200g of Brazil nuts. I did not know about selenium before I consumed the nuts

@Z_Pavel Ай бұрын

are you ok?

@doreenryan7325 Ай бұрын

I’ve been eating lots while watching tv every night and ended up recently with fluttering / palpitations and stomach pain with nausea, fatigue and headache along with hair loss. I’ve t stopped eating them a day ago so hope I can lower the level now and start to feel better.

@jleight9544 3 жыл бұрын

How do you detox from it? I stopped taking the supplements a month ago but recently been eating a lot of bananas 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I had the scariest thing happen to me and I’m afraid to eat anything now because these neurological events happen almost every day… sometimes really bad (like i don’t know who I am, severe anxiety, mental disassociation) to just feeling a little weird. Honestly I haven’t felt normal in a long time

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

From selenium? Your body will take care of it on its own, typically.

@chevezharris5750 2 жыл бұрын

Hey J. Are you feeling better ??

@patricijabalina Жыл бұрын

Literally my symptoms, my dumb ass has been eating 6 brazil nuts a day for more than a week 🤐 Did you recover?

@LJK2159 Жыл бұрын

@@drwestinchilds SLOOOOOOOWWWW DOWN. . Your info is great but your not at an auction Wow !!! Replay your video please and listen . Unreal

@benmax6740 Жыл бұрын

Copper and iodine will 'detox' or use up selenium

@nextlevel5265 3 жыл бұрын

I bought a new liquid selenium supplement today I took more than three times the recommended dose accidentally and about 45 minutes later started feeling nauseous. I feel like vomiting but I’m drinking water and starting to feel a little better. Never again 😩

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you definitely want to be careful with selenium.

@Medinalegend Жыл бұрын

How much u take?

@Medinalegend Жыл бұрын

@hoodybaker8249 3 жыл бұрын

I was taking too much iodine ...ya I thought more would be better , But it started to make me feel sick. I was taking a high dose for awhile but I am wondering do I stop taking the iodine altogether to combat the high dose I was taking or just lower the intake. ...the source is sea kelp tablets 150 mcg per tablet .

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

You may want to take a break for a while to let your body use some of it.

@hoodybaker8249 3 жыл бұрын

@@drwestinchilds ok thanks for the advice

@Medinalegend Жыл бұрын

@@hoodybaker8249 How much u taking? Iodine I take 72mg and don’t feel big change

@user-le7zh4zd5e Жыл бұрын

does 100 mcg tablet per day do toxicity ? i took 200 mcg per day one day and next day I got swelling and itching and redness under hand and on one side of face . and I am taking 100 mcg and my hair is thining , so should I take 40 mcg per day ?

@Faithamberly 4 ай бұрын

Maybe your body has a sensitivity to selenium. Or perhaps you aren’t deficient in Selenium & therefore shouldn’t be taking it.

@smitashinde6263 3 жыл бұрын

I am taking .ultivitamin for hairs , selenium is 40mcg is it ok, taking this from last six mo ths but was dwficient in zinc and copper from last 2 months, is it ok if i take multivitin

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

40mcg is ok if not on the low side.

@mem1701movies 2 жыл бұрын

@@drwestinchilds what about 110mcg once a week? Will that hurt a woman in a day? (Acutely)

@yedabocaletto95 9 ай бұрын

My blood exams showed me that I have more selenium that I should. I don’t know why. Never supplemented it and I don’t eat lots of Brazil nuts. It baffles my doctor.

@elvisedimo5694 5 ай бұрын

It should not baffle the doctor if he knows what he is doing i mean you can also get selenium from your food sources as well. Jeez!

@SageKwan 2 жыл бұрын

Do you know the long term effects of taking too much selenium like 500 micrograms a day? I did it by accident for 2 years

@Medinalegend Жыл бұрын

2 years 500 mcg and don’t have side effects?

@Medinalegend Жыл бұрын

@patypaez4039 3 жыл бұрын

Is like dr Westin Child is talking about me , but I find out because my heart was going crazy, blood pressure when up and down like 138/90 and in one hour down to 106/65 without taking medicine but first was only low like 85/50 but happens every time I got check up by one of my care providers my blood pressure was normal they not even order a Ekg to check my heart until one of them order a selenium blood test it is like 3 time over the normal range but I was for about two years with very low blood pressure, none of my providers care about so I started taking a cup of cinnamon tea every morning to bust my blood pressure and now I’m dealing with the selenium tocxyn

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

@user-vj9qz3br6l Жыл бұрын

Is the hair loss permanent? I started taking 200mg/day and have not experienced hair loss, but have experienced the garlic breath. I am now reducing my dose to taking it every other day.

@drwestinchilds Жыл бұрын

No.

@Kuwthetwins Жыл бұрын

Have your garlic breath subsided? I have a metallic taste in my mouth & idk what to do

@cherylbentley5490 3 жыл бұрын

I’m thinking of getting my thyroid removed ,would that fix my thyroid

@marindacoetzee6760 3 жыл бұрын

NOOO, do not remove!! Go to a functional Dr and FIX it!!

@DarkAngel-cj6sx 3 жыл бұрын

Do not remove please. People still have the same symptoms

@theperfectautumn8781 Жыл бұрын

(((Has this video been sped up? Voice and mouth not lining up.)))

@soiboughtabus9563 Жыл бұрын

I effed up. I consumed over 5lbs of brazil nuts this year. I have stopped, looking back, I had 2 days, different times where I slept 30 hrs. Diarrhea/not a solid stool for about a month, and pain extremely similar to an anal fisher minus blood. How do I fix this?

@soiboughtabus9563 11 ай бұрын

Update, anal fisher started bleeding. Cut out dairy 100% pain is gone, external fisher healed up, pain gone, my stools are still loose, formed, but loose.

@Eternalfight87 Жыл бұрын

When I take selenium I am quicker to get angry and confrontational, is that a sign of toxicity or could that just be like a testosterone boost?

@ArgonNoble Жыл бұрын

No. It is working as intended. If the land, air, and water are saturated with selenium, people will be much less likely to participate in social cooperation with each other, thus reducing the risk of an usurpation.

@ArgonNoble Жыл бұрын

@Eternalfight87 Жыл бұрын

@@ArgonNoble so what is your opinion? Should I stop taking it? Lower dose? Or keep on and learn to control anger?

@Lauren-vd4qe Жыл бұрын

@@Eternalfight87 i think your posting name is indicative of a pre existing condition...

@DarkAngel-cj6sx 3 жыл бұрын

I really don't like animals foods, if I could eat it once a month then take trace minerals I would be really happy

@hvvijuka 2 жыл бұрын

Does it cause boils in underarms

@Lauren-vd4qe 2 жыл бұрын

no; sugar causes boils

@yesikanarvaez5027 4 ай бұрын

You forgot Breathing Problems man

@helkomelko2373 7 ай бұрын

i get hotfleshes from 200mcg

@bartb1014 4 ай бұрын

If you don’t have thyroid issues it seems selenium might be detrimental for longevity if you take it for years under the age of 70

@JavierBonillaC Жыл бұрын

9 minutes?, I’ll ask chat GPT…. Just kidding. It was very much to the point. Thank you.

@MaxHarden Жыл бұрын

Why would Centrum Mens One-a-Day put 100mcg (182% DV) in a single dose? I've been taking too much my entire life!

@drwestinchilds Жыл бұрын

If 100mcg is your only source then that's fine.

@MaxHarden Жыл бұрын

@@drwestinchilds I worried my hair will fall out because of a multi-vitamin. Thanks for alleviating my fear, and I'll keep taking the vitamin I suppose.

@healingsounds4u860 2 жыл бұрын

My level is 217 I’m shocked that my level is so high

@monaalkoronfily8609 Жыл бұрын

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO TREAT IT?

@tonygarforth539 6 ай бұрын

i have been eating hand fulls of brazil nuts say at least 10 nuts every day for years im 72 full head of hair my yearly check up says im like a 20 year old never feel ill i put it down to eating brazil nuts i told a neighbour who is a nutritionist and a retired dr she said have you been watching youtube i said yes she said i will say no more but you keep taking your nuts

@vitanilange6926 9 ай бұрын

But defiency also cause hairloss brittle nails?

@vitanilange6926 9 ай бұрын

How long to normally take it if deficient..

@vitanilange6926 9 ай бұрын

My supplement contains 150 ug started on it recently(started eating 1-2 Brazil nuts a day..will do this till the bag is empty..)..

@ducksoup80 2 жыл бұрын

Been taking over 2000mcg for 4 years with none of the side effects of too much selenium since I been battling with Bueckers muscular dystrophy a selenium deficiency caused disease an article which state that kids with any form of muscular dystrophy from 12 to 15 years of age can take up to 1500mcg selenium selenomethionine With no toxic effect The article retracted from taking a level of 3500mcgs of selenium yeast a less absorbent form of selenium. But this would be a toxic level for a normal person and people should consult a naturopath doctor about taking these levels of selenium for diseases such as muscular dystrophy. Been watching carefully for any of the side effects such as garlic breath curving nails or hair loss.

@incorectulpolitic 2 жыл бұрын

What type of selenium do you take?

@ducksoup80 2 жыл бұрын

@@incorectulpolitic 2/3 of the Selenium I take is I-selenomethionine and the other third is selenium glycinate complex optimum absorption blend. Both of them vitacost brand. And have been evaluated by a natural path doctor they reminded me to be on the lookout for any side effects

@Medinalegend Жыл бұрын

Are you here?

@rebeccalopez1985 Жыл бұрын

883 Brazil nuts started itching all night the next day I ate three Brazil nuts I was itching all over again. That was three days later still itching has anybody had these symptoms

@Asa-wv1zb 11 ай бұрын

Yes, even got itchy hives

@O_Observer 9 ай бұрын

It contains nickel. Check with your doctor.if you are allergic to nickel. I also cannot eat brazil nuts. Anyway it.contains lots.of aflotoxins so supplements are better

@maryb6269 Жыл бұрын

Can’t I just eat 4-5 Brazil nuts a day instead of taking a pill?

@drwestinchilds Жыл бұрын

I don't recommend that as a source but you can if you'd like.

@flimpeenflarmpoon1353 Жыл бұрын

@@drwestinchilds why not?

@Buttapcan2 3 жыл бұрын

Could Fish Supplements put a person ova ❓

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

Only if the supplement contains selenium.

@annajanette6866 2 жыл бұрын

Read up on environment selenium contamination of farms and water. No need to supplement. And increased risk of ALS which is predicted to rise.

@lafemmesanspseudo7840 2 жыл бұрын

freaking out now...

@ArgonNoble Жыл бұрын

It is the direct fault of international interests conspiring to harm the world and its inhabitants. This is a fairly recent development, not beginning in earnest until late 1997/early 1998.

@BrokennessAndBeauty Жыл бұрын

@@ArgonNobleI don’t understand. So we don’t need selenium at all?

@sranney1 11 ай бұрын

200 mcg over here

@Viv8ldi 3 жыл бұрын

Memo: RDA=40-50mg of Selenium (always on the lower range) Dr. Childs recommandation: 100-200mg

@birdlynn417 3 жыл бұрын

I can't handle that much. My body is sensitive.

@1flybyguy 2 жыл бұрын

The dosage for selenium is in micrograms (mcg), not milligrams (mg).

@julieg7560 3 жыл бұрын

The minor symptoms of selenium toxicity are the same as when you have thyroid issues (hashimotos) 🙄

@brucemaher7621 3 жыл бұрын

Yes... I have found these doctors say one thing then next day something else ... so confusing...

@rnkim2564 3 жыл бұрын

@@brucemaher7621 becuz the body and most chemical reactions are extremely complicated and inter -related and then there are individual differences.

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is 100% correct. The symptoms of selenium toxicity also mimic those of selenium deficiency.

@DaveOriginallyfromBrooklyn 7 ай бұрын

Moral Of story is probably Not To supplement

@Viv8ldi 3 жыл бұрын

Memo: A lot of selenium proteins live in your thyroid gland

@Buttapcan2 3 жыл бұрын

... Really, so a Supplement is not needed ❓

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

Correct!

@drwestinchilds 3 жыл бұрын

Not exactly, it depends on how much is in there.

@jillphilips3788 2 жыл бұрын

🕊❤️🙏🏻

@DJSTOEK Жыл бұрын

🖤😷

@LJK2159 Жыл бұрын

Great info but your talking waaaaaayyyyy toooo fast Slow down Your throwing a ton of information in there in such a fast matter is difficult to follow I’m not sure why so many video presenters do this but it’s not ideal for the listener

@sranney1 11 ай бұрын

RDA is BS