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She would be fine if she ate brazil nuts. Mercury only hurts you by depleting selenium.
by Anotheroneagain 2y ago
She would be fine if she ate brazil nuts. Mercury only hurts you by depleting selenium.
- btilly 2y agoMy first reaction to this was to get angry. If there was such a simple solution, wouldn't she still be alive? But, luckily, I hit Google first. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FS437 https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FS437 showed that selenium does protect against mercury. Even dimethylmercury. And https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-brazil-nuts https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-brazil-nuts shows that Brazil nuts are an excellent way to get selenium. In fact it is comparable to a supplement, and a sustained diet of 3 nuts per day is already in the toxic range. I had no idea. So it appears to be correct, there's a good chance that eating Brazil nuts could have saved her life!
- Bluestein 2y agoThat's incredible.- (Was going to say it was "nuts" but abstained :)