Selenium and levothyroxine

Can selenium supplements effect levo absorption?

[shaws Administrator]

Supplements should be taken about 4 hours apart from levothyroxine. These are a couple of links:-

chriskresser.com/selenium-t...

naturaldatabase.therapeutic...

[OldC in reply to shaws]

If you look at the FaceBook Thyroid Care Group run by Roderick Lane. In the files section there is a document that will give you the amounts needed to aid conversion of T4 into T3.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Selenium supplements can help reduce antibodies

Do you have Hashimoto's? High antibodies

Looking at you past posts you are likely under medicated. It's not typical to LOSE weight, but you are not alone, there are a few others that do so

Likely you have low vitamins. Ask GP to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Plus testing of thyroid antibodies is very important

If they are unhelpful then either see another GP or private testing is an option many of us here have been forced to do

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...

Medichecks Thyroid plus ultra vitamin or Blue Horizon Thyroid plus eleven are the most popular choice

DIY finger prick test or option to pay extra for private blood draw

All thyroid tests should be done as early as possible in morning and fasting and don't take Levo in the 24 hours prior to test, delay and take straight after

[Lindsayf]

I was told to take selenium after food but I've read you should take it on an empty stomach. Is there a better way to take it?

[HLAB35]

Selenium I've found in me has done a lot to reduce swelling and discomfort of the gland. Similar to iodine, the thyroid stores selenium and when you're selenium deficient my completely unscientific guess is that the thyroid could be swelling to capture as much of the mineral as it can OR it's anti-inflammatory properties will reverse the effects of antibodies. The price of Brazil nuts is soaring, so I'm taking a low dose supplement.

I take it with fatty food and oily supplements: It apparently works synergistically with Vitamin E, so I figured to have it with my omega 3-6-9 that contains vitamin E as well.

[Renatty]

Selenium regulates synthesis of Thyroid hormones.Supports the conversion of T4 to T3 . Doppellherz selenium DEPOT (two phases tablets) is useful.