Low Selenium Doubles Your Heart Attack Risk | Lutz Schomburg | 308

Send us Fan Mail Nick talks with Prof. Lutz Schomburg about selenium biology in the endocrine system: selenoprotein P as the liver’s selenium transport protein and status biomarker, autoantibodies that can impair delivery despite normal blood selenium, thyroid autoimmunity (Hashimoto’s and Graves’), diabetes, aging, and what selenium supplementation trials show. TOPICS DISCUSSED: • Selenoprotein P: Liver-made transport protein that delivers selenium to tissues and serves as a status biomarker...