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Which food contains more selenium?
LIST OF RICH-SELENIUM FOOD
Plant foods
Photo of Brazil nuts Nuts: Brazil nuts especially, which are the richest food in selenium. Also walnuts or almonds. To a lesser extent, cashews and pistachios.
- Seeds: Especially pumpkin seeds, fennel seeds, psyllium seeds.
- All vegetables, especially nettle leaves, cucumbers and garlic. To a lesser extent, asparagus, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, cauliflower, etc.
- Vegetables such as fenugreek, beans or soybeans. In small quantities, peas.
- Cereals, especially corn and oats or bread.
- Fruits: like plums, grapes, melons, peaches, strawberries or pears
- Some mushrooms
- Beer Yeast
- Wheat germ
- Wheat bran
Other foods with selenium
- Kelp seaweed: It is rich in many minerals, such as iodine, selenium, calcium, magnesium and potassium. It is traditionally used as a source of iodine, but with the advent of iodized salt use to combat hypothyroidism has been dismissed.
It is still used as a source of other minerals.
Animal foods
Among the animal-derived foods rich in selenium, we have:
- Meat (red meat, such as pork, beef, chicken and turkey)
- Meat organs (liver)
- Shellfish and crustaceans, especially crabs
- Milk and Dairy derivatives. (Breast milk is richer in selenium than cow’s milk)
- Eggs
Related Information:
– Anticancer activity of selenium
More information on selenium
MINERAL LIST
| MINERALS | MACROELEMENTS | MICROELEMENTS |
| Calcium, chlorine, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium | Copper, chromium, fluorine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, iodine, zinc. |
This article was endorsed by Elisenda Carballido - Dietitian nutritionist. Postgraduate in Phytotherapy and master in Nutrition and Metabolism.
