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the element your thyroid hoards and a single Brazil nut overdoses you on
means A trace element (symbol Se, atomic number 34) that's essential to your body in tiny amounts, used in glass-making, electronics, and antioxidant enzymes — toxic in excess.
from Named in the early 19th century by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius, who borrowed the Greek selēnē, 'moon.' He'd just identified the metalloid tellurium (named for Earth, from Latin tellus), and finding his new element so chemically similar, he gave it the moon as a celestial companion to Earth.
- name origin
- Named for Selene, Greek goddess of the moon
- too much
- Excess causes garlic breath and hair loss
- brazil nuts
- One nut can exceed your daily need
- glass trick
- Tiny amounts turn molten glass deep ruby red
- old cameras
- Light-sensing made early photocells and copy machines work
for instance
brazil nut selenium content — single brazil nut contains 100-300 micrograms, more than any other food