Anything bad about eating big amounts of NUTS? X A Daily Brazil Nut Better than a Supplement for Selenium.

Hi guys
After I got rid of sweets - I started eating nuts and I really love them.
Eating nuts every day in amounts over 100 g per day.
It´s great source of fats and vitamins.
I really think that nuts are better then any multivitamin.
For example 10 brazil Nuts means 300 mg of selenium.
Just trying to eat different kind of nuts - for example Sunday - Brazil Nuts, Monday - almonds....walnuts, hazelnuts, cashews.
I avoid of Peanuts of course.
As i said the amount is over 100 g of nuts per day.
I think that if I take about 1 - 2 g Krill oil (a day) that should not be any problems about imbalance between omega 3 X omega 6.
Plus eating about 150 g of flaxseeds (because of great source of Omega 3) and 100 g of sesame seeds (lignans, zinc).

Do you guys think that >100 g is too much?

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A Daily Brazil Nut Better than a Supplement for Selenium

New Zealand researchers compared Brazil nuts' efficacy to that of selenomethionine supplements in increasing selenium status in 59 New Zealand residents with low selenium (plasma selenium concentrations < 1.27 micro mol/L).

Participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups. One group ate two Brazil nuts each day (estimated to provide approx. 100 micrograms Se). A second group took a supplement providing 100 micrograms of selenium as selenomethionine per day, and the third group, who served as controls, were given a placebo pill. Blood levels of selenium and glutathione peroxidase (GPx - a selenium containing enzyme that is one of the body's most important antioxidants) activities were measured at the beginning of the study and at 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks.

By week 12, blood levels of selenium had increased by 64.2%, 61.0% and 7.6%, respectively, in the Brazil nut, selenomethionine, and placebo groups. Plasma levels of GPx increased by 8.3%, 3.4% and -1.2%, and whole blood GPx by 13.2%, 5.3% and 1.9% in the Brazil nut, selenomethionine and placebo groups, respectively.

Not only was consumption of two Brazil nuts each day as effective for increasing selenium status and enhancing GPx activity as 100 micrograms of selenomethionine per day, but just one Brazil nut per day would have been sufficient to raise dietary selenium intake to within recommended intake levels for the mineral.

The researchers pointed out that food sources are always preferable to supplementation for improving the nutritional status of a population because they are sustainable, less expensive and have a lower risk of toxicity.

The authors did, however, warn that Brazil nuts are not uniform in their selenium content and may contain much more or much less than the estimated 50 micrograms per nut. No more than one or two Brail nuts should be consumed daily to avoid excessive accumulation of selenium in tissues.

Practical Tip: Enjoy just one Brazil nut each day and help ensure that you get your daily requirement for selenium.

Thomson CD, Chisholm A, McLachlan SK, Campbell JM. Brazil nuts: an effective way to improve selenium status. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Feb;87(2):379-84. PMID: 18258628
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All the places they say not to eat more than a couple Brazil nuts a day - even in the research you pointed out. I would suggest you take Br nuts + the supp to meet your Selenium needs, this way it will be balanced and you are not ingesting a large amount of B Nuts....