Does anyone know or have any experience in using selenium supplement 200mcg to reduce thyroid antibodies? I have been taking these to see if they make a difference but only started a week ago. Any experiences?
Hashimotos and Selenium Supplement: Does anyone... - Thyroid UK
Hashimotos and Selenium Supplement
Yes - although i cannot say which one helped how much as I did all of these at the same time - went gluten free, started selenium and Vit D3 and switched to ndt.
Antibodies down by over 2/3 in the first year
Have been taking 100ug of Selenium (Bio Care brand) for 6 months but it has not helped my TPO antibodies as yet...
I don't have hashis but I take 200 mcgs of selenium each day because selenium is very, very protective of the thyroid gland and helps in protecting the thyroid from damage.
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If supplementing with selenium (no more than 200 mcgs - 400 mcgs per day) makes you nervous, a natural food source for selenium is brazil nuts. They contain approx. 50 - 75mcgs of selenium per nut so a few per day should suffice. The amt of selenium varies by growth conditions and the freshness of the brazil nuts.