{"id":1327,"date":"2025-11-21T07:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2025-11-21T07:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:29:08","slug":"brazil-nut-butter-vs-supplementation-improving-selenium-status-in-vegans-and-omnivores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/brazil-nut-butter-vs-supplementation-improving-selenium-status-in-vegans-and-omnivores\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil Nut Butter vs. Supplementation: Improving Selenium Status in Vegans and Omnivores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This randomized controlled trial compared Brazil nut butter with a selenium dietary supplement in improving selenium status among 44 vegans and 42 omnivores. Participants consumed either placebo, Brazil nut butter, or a supplement providing 55 \u00b5g selenium daily for two weeks. Serum selenium, glutathione peroxidase 3 (GPX3), and selenoprotein P (SELENOP) were assessed. Vegans had lower baseline selenium intake compared to omnivores, correlating with reduced biomarker levels. Both Brazil nut butter and supplements significantly increased serum selenium and SELENOP, with a stronger response in vegans. Findings suggest Brazil nut butter is an effective, plant-based selenium source for improving nutritional status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39891729\/\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39891729\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This randomized controlled trial compared Brazil nut butter with a selenium dietary supplement in improving selenium status among 44 vegans and 42 omnivores. Participants consumed either placebo, Brazil nut butter, or a supplement providing 55 \u00b5g selenium daily for two weeks. Serum selenium, glutathione peroxidase 3 (GPX3), and selenoprotein P (SELENOP) were assessed. Vegans had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1328,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions\/1328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}