Selenium
Selenium is built into glutathione peroxidase and thioredoxin reductase — without it the cell cannot make the enzymes its antioxidant defense depends on.
What the evidence shows
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In controlled trials it lowered thyroid antibodies by reducing oxidative stress.
Loaded into human skin cells beforehand, either form of selenium cut ultraviolet-driven cell death by about 70% while leaving the cell's damage alarm intact.
The essential trace element behind more than twenty-five selenoproteins that build the sperm tail and shield it from oxidation; human supplementation improved motility, morphology and pregnancy rate.
Selenium sits at the heart of the enzymes that convert stored thyroid hormone into its active form, and of glutathione peroxidase, the cell's oxidant brake.
Where it appears
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- Anti-Fatigue (Cellular Energy Endurance)
- Event Horizon (Post-Ethanol Restoration)
- Force Field (Genomic Radioprotection)
- Male Fertility (Seminal Quality)
- Obesogen Blocker (Endocrine Disruptor Defense)