Selenium 100 mcg Vegetarian Formula

Ingredients: Selenium (from high selenium yeast), Dicalcium phosphate, cellulose, vegetable stearin, cellulose gum, silica and magnesium stearate Selenium is an essential trace mineral that is required for many important biochemical functions in the body. In humans, selenium functions as a coenzyme for the antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase. Glutathione peroxidase helps neutralize harmful peroxide free radicals. Selenium also plays an important role in the production of thyroid hormones. Selenium is a coenzyme for the enzymes which are responsible for the synthesis of thyroid hormones. These enzymes are important for the regulation of basal metabolic rate (resting metabolic rate-rate at which you burn calories) Features: • Provides 100 mcg of selenium. • Natural form of selenium in 100% organically bound form. Yeast converts inorganic (low bioavailability) forms of selenium into organic (high bioavailability) forms.• FDA has approved health claims for selenium that indicate it m