Brazilian nuts
Brazil nuts are a goldmine in terms of selenium, the substance that helps us fight cancer. On the plus side, just 2 Brazil nuts provide more than 60% of your daily selenium requirements, making them superior to selenium supplements.
Try not to eat a loaf of nuts, though. Brazil nuts – like all varieties of nuts, peanuts etc. – have a high calorific value.
Thus, 100 grams of Brazil nuts provide 680 calories. The most important thing you should know about selenium is that it produces very powerful antioxidants that prevent the formation of free radicals (which don’t exactly make us pretty, we’d say).
Too much selenium causes hair loss or skin discoloration. To prevent a deficiency, we need a very small amount of selenium, which we get from these peanuts or a portion of salmon.
Stressed people, pregnant women, chronically ill people need a constant intake of selenium. Selenium is a trace element that the body is not able to synthesise. This is why we are obliged to provide the necessary selenium from our diet.
