Selenium Supplements May Pose Heart Risk

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The study found that participants with BLOOD LEVELS of selenium higher than 1.20 mol/L (micromoles per liter) had higher cholesterol. It's beside the point how much selenium they were ingesting and from what source. Some at 1.20mol/L might live in a high selenium area and have higher cholesterol without taking any supplement. Still, this is one experiment. It's not science until this information is replicated in another experiment.

Sue Reynoldson of CA 2:42PM February 16, 2010

The biggest (and to me, one of the most important) things that this article leaves out is how much Selenium was used to give these results. Was it the RDA of 70 mcg, the therapeutic dose of 200 mcg, or much higher than that?
I've seen some of these articles reporting on studies with negative results that leave out important information like that... I thought reports of the news were supposed to be unbiased and give readers all the information (or at least enough of the basics) to make their own decisions on something.

David of ND 11:10AM November 18, 2009