Product analysis
Selenium provides a well absorbed form of an essential nutrient that supports normal immune function when intake is low. An unnamed blend makes the additional ingredients difficult to judge.
AI assessment of the formula, label and price. How scoring works
Nutrient Quality91
Selenium is supplied as selenomethionine, a well absorbed form. The separate blend cannot be judged as clearly because its ingredients are not identified.
Ingredient Transparency65
Both listed amounts are disclosed, but the blend’s ingredients are unnamed. Its total weight does not show what each component contributes.
Value For Money80
The selenium component offers good value for the amount supplied. That does not establish extra benefit from taking more than you need.
Customer Satisfaction89
Customer ratings are very favorable across a sizeable review pool. The volume gives a broader view of satisfaction without demonstrating immune benefits.
Product Focus40
Filling a selenium intake gap is the clearest purpose. The unnamed blend prevents a full picture of the other active ingredients.
- Format
Capsule - Container
- 180 Capsule(s)
- Per serving
- $0.13
- Customer rating
- 4.9 · 2,218 ratings
Goals
Impact
Highest effect
Selenium · 200 mcg
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | Score |
|---|---|---|
Selenium (L-Selenomethionine) | 200 mcg | |
Liposomal Delivery Matrix | 200 mcg |
Selenium (L-Selenomethionine) · 200 mcg OverallScore96
Each serving provides 200 mcg of selenium, and the cost per 200 mcg is fairly low. That is an amount commonly used in trials for antioxidant and thyroid support. It uses L-Selenomethionine.
How this ingredient is rated
Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability100
It uses L-Selenomethionine.
Selenium Chemical Form
It uses L-Selenomethionine.
Form Transparency & Isomer Specificity
The label specifies the L form of selenomethionine.
Dose, Safety & Label Transparency100
The 200 mcg serving is an amount commonly used in trials for antioxidant and thyroid support. The amount is below 400 mcg, leaving room for selenium from food.
Dosage Efficacy Sweet Spot
The 200 mcg serving is an amount commonly used in trials for antioxidant and thyroid support.
Safety Margin & UL Adherence
The amount is below 400 mcg, leaving room for selenium from food.
Value80
The cost per 200 mcg of selenium is fairly low.
Price per 200 mcg Serving
The cost per 200 mcg of selenium is fairly low.
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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.