Selenium Supplements Linked To Type 2 Diabetes

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/76362.php

... notice how they didn't tell you which form of selenium.

My supplement contains Selenious acid. Is it the risky type? Anyone?

Those studies where they take an isolate and remove it from a complex of other factors can create a misguided belief.

If selenium is taken without regard to iodine there can be an imbalance in the thyroid, which could cause adverse blood sugar fluctuation.

"The participants were monitored for 7.7 years on average. The incidence of diabetes in the two groups were then compared.

The results showed that 58 of the 600 people in the selenium group developed diabetes compared with 39 of the 602 in the placebo group.

The researchers calculated that the risk of developing type 2 diabetes over the 7.7 year period was about 50 per cent higher in the selenium group."

Very weak link imo.
Nothing about diet and lifestyle of the study group over the last 7 years. The difference between groups is so small its not even worth noting.

Polluted - Totally agree. It's studies like these that always seem to find their way into mainstream articles. I could post a dozens of studies everyday on positive stuff that will never make the "sheep-stream."