Selenium and Prostate Cancer Risk
Have you seen news headlines that new research shows the mineral selenium does NOT reduce prostate cancer risk as was previously believed? The press can be so unreliable. What the study in question found was that there was no statistically significant association between selenium levels alone and prostate cancer risk, BUT selenium levels DID correlate “with a lower likelihood of prostate cancer in men who reported a high vitamin E intake (more than the average of 28 IU per day) and those taking multivitamins.”!! (Reuters Health)
That isn’t surprising. Vitamin E and selenium work synergistically together to provide anti-oxidant protection. And the baseline of nutrients in a multivitamin provides additional immune support. Nutrients do not work in isolation, but work together for the overall health of the body.
So, this study, reported in the Jan. 2007 edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition bodes better news than you may have read elsewhere.
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