Selenium what's the hype all about?

Faye · **Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:41 pm

One question that people want to know is what is the nutrient value of the food that we produce?
Followed by a statement that our soils lack selenium! And where does it come from? I have heard this often repeated and wonder why people get obsessed by a statement and then look everywhere for the answer. After researching a little more we found that a healthy person will rarely display defficiencies in selenium and that it has been a problem in China and based on studies done back in the 1980s.

dufflight · **Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2010 7:36 pm

Selenium is found in seafood so it would be in the pellets. Only need a small amount so with the food input and the dust that gets into the system it should be covered.

Faye · **Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:03 pm

Yeah I thought that might be the caes, thanks for the second opinion Duff.

Axl · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:48 am

The only thing I know about Selenium is that grasses do not require it at all but do take it up, However, Cattle Do require it, which is why cattle should eat grass rather than pizza !

Faye · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:10 pm

Axl wrote:

The only thing I know about Selenium is that grasses do not require it at all but do take it up, However, Cattle Do require it, which is why cattle should eat grass rather than pizza !

Hehe, I like it! Thankyou for your pearls of wisdom Axl :god:

Did you make up the last all by yourself?

chillidude · **Posted:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:41 am

Axl wrote:

cattle should eat grass rather than pizza !

But then you could get pepperoni-flavoured beef ! Think about it :duck:

Faye · **Posted:** Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:43 pm

We just got some locally produced fish feed at the shop and selenium gets a mention on the label, that is sure to make some people a little happier!

chillidude · **Posted:** Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:43 pm

Faye wrote:

We just got some locally produced fish feed at the shop and selenium gets a mention on the label, that is sure to make some people a little happier!

Phew ! No more sleepless nights for me !!

gnash · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:07 am

Selenium is present in alot of the needling products that get sold where I work for new lambs and calves etc. It's found in cereals, meat, seafood etc and acts as an anti-oxidant which helps to prevent tissue damage cased by free radicals (apparently)

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