[pronut-hiv] Fwd: [afro-nets] Selenium Conquers AIDS?

["Leela McCullough" <leela@healthnet.org>]

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>Selenium Conquers AIDS?
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Sam Burcher reports on a nutritional hypothesis with possible
implications for prevention and treatment of the global pandemic


During the last decade, research has indicated an important geo-
graphical link between regions of selenium deficient soils and
peak incidences of HIV/AIDS infection. AIDS disease appears to
involve a slow and progressive decline in levels of the trace
element selenium (Se) in the blood along with CD4 cells, which
are both independent predictors of mortality...

For the full text article go to:
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AidsandSelenium.php

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