“Their deficiencies are genetically inherited. One is selenium. The second is selenocystiene. And the third is selenomethionine. And I could take you right into this chart and show you exactly how those are methylated.”
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Selenium
Mentioned 5 times on 1 show. Most recently heard 13/08/2026.
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“then your body can now take selenium, which comes into the body. You could take a selenium supplement, convert it to selenomethionine, convert that to selenocystiene, which is the catalyst for that transaction.”
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“And again, that gene test could potentially change your life, at least change your thyroid. I supplement selenium, but I need to get the specific, make sure that it has all three forms. That's where we go wrong, right? Because selenium is where it starts. Selenium gets converted to selenomethionine.”
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“that you put it in? Selenium enters the human body. It's not used as selenium. It's converted to selenomethionine and then to selenocysteine. It's the selenocysteine that deiodinizes T4 into T3.”
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“This deficiency is genetically inherited, not hypothyroid. You inherit a selenium conversion deficiency. Selenium is a nutrient converted into something called selenomethionine.”
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