EU Selenium Supplement Users Risk Exceeding EFSA’s Proposed Intake Limit For Mineral

The European Food Safety Authority is recommending lowering the tolerable upper intake level for selenium from 300 μg/day to 255 μg/day. Regular users of high-dose selenium supplements could potentially breach this new limit, which has been set to reduce the risk of adverse health effects.

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