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colleagues. Selenium has been touted as an anti-oxidant that may
improve a variety of conditions from cold sores to arthritis;
there are even a few ongoing studies that are testing it as a
cancer preventative. Fifty-five micrograms per day is the
recommended dose for adults, and many people take vitamin
supplements containing between 30 and 200 micrograms of
selenium. Unfortunately, a recent study by researchers in the UK
has shown that selenium supplements may increase risk of type 2
diabetes. The researchers examined 1,202 patients from areas
where people tend to have low selenium blood levels. Six hundred
subjects received a daily 200 microgram selenium supplement, and
602 received a placebo. By the end of the study 7.7 years later,
58 of the selenium group and 3