Posted on 04/12/2023 9:39:39 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a widespread clinical entity that has become almost a global epidemic. Selenium plays an important role in metabolic homeostasis. It has been suggested that it may also affect the expression and activity of PPAR-γ—an important mediator in energy balance and cell differentiation. In this new study, researchers aimed to analyze the relationships between these variables in the context of the health of women, for whom the risk of MetS increases with age.
The study involved 390 women in middle age. The stages of study: a survey-based part; anthropometric measurements; analysis of biological material (blood) in terms of glycemia, triglyceride, HDL, and selenium levels, as well as genetic analysis of the PPAR-γ polymorphisms. The researchers found that selenium may moderate the effect of the G allele of the PPAR-γ gene on the occurrence of elevated waist circumference (OR=1.030, 95%CI 1.005-1.057, p=0.020); and the effect of the C (OR=1.077, 95%CI 1.009-1.149, p=0.026) and the G alleles (OR=1.052, 95%CI 1.025-1.080, p<0.000) on the odds of elevated blood pressure. Women in whom HDL levels were not significantly reduced, had higher selenium levels (p=0.007).
"Recently, optimizing selenium intake in the population to prevent diseases associated with selenium deficiency or excess has been an important issue in modern health care worldwide. Our study suggests the influence of selenium levels on some components of MetS, such as waist circumference, blood pressure and HDL concentration. Thus, serum selenium concentration could be considered as one of the factors affecting some components of MetS," the researchers conclude.
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Supplementation was not described and high doses of selenium generally should not be needed to get a decent selenium blood level.
Brazil nuts. 1 per day is enough.
Rectifiers were once made using selenium, and they stunk like hell when they went bad. This may or may not be germane to women.
I remember selenium rectifiers. They had fins to dissipate heat. They replaced vacuum tube diodes and were in turn replaced by modern solid state diodes. That just made me think about nuvistors - tiny vacuum tubes that were replaced by transistors. Some interesting technology came about in transitional periods.
Bkmrk
“Rectifiers were once made using selenium”...
Store-bought mushrooms are loaded with Selenium.
There’s no need to nosh on rectifiers...
:)
Eggs. They’re loaded with selenium.
Agree. Brazil nuts only 1 per day and keep them in the fridge.
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