Tag: selenium
-
Preventing Depression
A systematic review by O’Neill et al. (2022) examined 7 randomized controlled trials on the effect of different dietary interventions on depression in adults, and found fresh produce, wholegrains, low-fat dairy and lean protein to be beneficial, and processed and high-fat foods to be detrimental. In their discussion they highlight a study by Lindseth et…
-
Thyroid Labs
It is possible for imbalances of thyroid hormones to exist despite a normal TSH. One example of such an imbalance is non-thyroidal illness syndrome, which was investigated in the context of obesity by Keşkek et al. (2018). They found that 9.5% of the 219 obese participants in their study had low free T3 despite normal…
-
Herbivorous Fish
I found an interesting study (Lino et al., 2018) that looked at the concentrations of both mercury and selenium in different species of fish in Brazil. They found that carnivorous fish had the highest concentration of mercury and also the lowest concentration of selenium, while fish lower on the food chain were higher in selenium…
Northern Nutritionals 