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Selenium status and cardiometabolic health : state of the evidence
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Stranges, Saverio, Navas-Acien, Ana, Rayman, Margaret and Guallar, Eliseo (2010) Selenium status and cardiometabolic health : state of the evidence. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, Vol.20 (No.10). pp. 754-760. doi:10.1016/j.numecd.2010.10.001 ISSN 09394753.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2010.10.001
Abstract
Use of selenium enriched foods, supplements and fertilizers has increased markedly in recent years in the US and other Western countries because of the perception that the anti-oxidant properties of selenium could potentially reduce the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. However, concern has been raised recently about possible adverse cardiometabolic effects of high selenium exposure, including an increased risk of diabetes and hyperlipidemia with high selenium intake. Hence, from a public health perspective, the relationship between selenium status and cardiometabolic health should be clarified in order to help guide consumers in their choices of nutritional supplements and enriched food products. Additional experimental evidence is needed to provide new insights into the role of selenium and of specific selenoproteins in human biology, especially to clarify the underlying mechanisms linking selenium to chronic disease endpoints. Further epidemiological studies and randomized clinical trials across populations with different selenium status should be conducted to determine the causal effect of selenium on cardiovascular disease and risk factors. Nevertheless, at the present time the widespread use of selenium supplements or other strategies that artificially increase selenium status above the level required for optimal selenoprotein activity is not justified and should not be encouraged.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QP Physiology R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Selenium -- Physiological effect -- Research, Cardiovascular system -- Diseases, Non-insulin-dependent diabetes, Blood lipids, Epidemiology -- Research , Clinical trials, Dietary supplements | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd | ||||
ISSN: | 09394753 | ||||
Official Date: | December 2010 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.20 | ||||
Number: | No.10 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 754-760 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.10.001 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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