This Selenium Story is Missing Key Facts, but Maybe Still Worth Reading

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Idaho woman, 55, died 'tremendously painful' death - weighing just 70 pounds and without hair or fingernails - after receiving dietary supplement Selenium from her doctor husband

They don't say how much Selenium the wife was taking, and not trying to scare anybody (I take about 100 mcg of Selenium a day), but seemed worth sharing as a caution: dailymail.co.uk/news/articl...

[Smittybear7]

Thanks for sharing

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From the article:

He is alleged to have administered toxic amounts of the dietary supplement Selenium

An autopsy determined that she died from an overdose of the dietary supplement

Harris took the supplements on the advice of her husband, ignoring her doctors

While Selenium is considered safe in small doses, it can cause a variety of health issues from hair loss to kidney failure to 'in rare cases death'