Selenium (Selenomethionine)
Goals
$37.50 $0.20 per serving
Product analysis
Selenium (Selenomethionine) can help fill a selenium gap and support normal immune and antioxidant functions at a favorable cost.
AI assessment of the formula, label and price. How scoring works
Nutrient Quality50
Selenium has a clearly identified selenomethionine source, allowing its form to be compared. That form does not establish added everyday health benefits.
Ingredient Transparency100
The selenium amount and form are both disclosed. That makes basic comparisons with other selenium supplements straightforward.
Value For Money80
The selenium amount offers favorable value. The simple formula makes that nutrient-based price comparison easy to interpret.
Customer Satisfaction73
Customer ratings are very positive across a few hundred reviews. They describe satisfaction without demonstrating immune benefits.
Product Focus84
Selenium supports normal immune and antioxidant processes, chiefly when intake is low. Additional benefit is uncertain when nutritional needs are already met.
- Format
Capsule - Container
- 180 Capsule(s)
- Per serving
- $0.20
- Customer rating
- 4.7 · 208 ratings
Goals
Impact
Highest effect
Selenium · 200 mcg
Impact
Highest effect
Selenium · 200 mcg
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | Score |
|---|---|---|
Selenium (Selenomethionine) | 200 mcg |
Selenium (Selenomethionine) · 200 mcg OverallScore77
Each serving provides 200 mcg of selenium; the whole product's cost per 200 mcg is moderate. The label lists Selenomethionine without a more specific compound or isomer.
How this ingredient is rated
Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability53
The selenium is listed as Selenomethionine, without a more specific compound or isomer.
Selenium Chemical Form
Selenomethionine is named, but the specific compound or isomer is not fully specified.
Form Transparency & Isomer Specificity
The label names Selenomethionine, but does not specify a more precise compound or isomer.
Dose, Safety & Label Transparency100
A serving provides 200 mcg of selenium, leaving room below the 400 mcg upper limit for dietary sources.
Dosage Efficacy Sweet Spot
200 mcg per serving is an amount used in clinical trials for antioxidant and thyroid support.
Safety Margin & UL Adherence
The 200 mcg serving is below the 400 mcg upper limit used here, leaving room for selenium from food.
Value80
The whole product's cost per 200 mcg of selenium is moderate.
Price per 200 mcg Serving
The whole product's cost per 200 mcg of selenium is moderate.
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Sources
Published studies used for the product analysis and the top-ranked studies for each ingredient and goal.
- Associations of selenium status with all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.
- Dietary Antioxidants, Circulating Antioxidant Concentrations, Total Antioxidant Capacity, and Risk of All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Observational Studies.
- The efficacy and safety of selenium supplementation versus placebo in the treatment of Graves' orbitopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
- Associations of plasma metal concentrations with the risks of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in Chinese adults.
- Updates on clinical studies of selenium supplementation in radiotherapy.
- Effects of selenium supplementation on selenoprotein gene expression and response to influenza vaccine challenge: a randomised controlled trial.
- Effect of selenium on immune response against hepatitis B vaccine with accelerated method in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients.
- Chemoprevention trial of human hepatitis with selenium supplementation in China.
- Selenium nanoparticles as adjunctive therapy in sepsis: A pilot randomized clinical trial.
- Selenium supplementation in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis decreases thyroid peroxidase antibodies concentrations.