On 2/13/2019 8:08 AM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 07:54:47 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/13/2019 6:56 AM, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 18:52:52 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:50:15 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:35:44 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:16:14 -0500, John H.
wrote:

...may keep prostate cancer at bay!

https://www.drjohnlapuma.com/vitamin...ostate-cancer/

Consumer Reports latest health bulletin also pushes Brazil nuts as a defense against Alzheimers.
Apparently selenium is some pretty good stuff, but it can be overloaded, which is why only one or
two nuts a day is recommended.

Too bad most of them are hard to get into. If I am buying them loose I
shake every one.

I ordered a pound of shelled ones from Amazon. A pound will probably last a year.

How do you store them. I find the ones I get at Christmas are garbage
by Easter (gummy with a funny taste)

Ziploc bag in the freezer.



I figure I've received a lifetime of selenium resulting from several
projects back in the 80's. I was involved in designing, testing and
running several high vacuum deposition systems that coated aluminum
drums with selenium (which is a photo receptor material) used in
copying machines used during that period. Built them for Ricoh,
A.B. Dick and other, replacement drum manufacturers. The smell and
dust buildup when you opened the deposition chamber is still burned
in my mind.

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Hope you've not had any health problems caused by the exposure. From what I've read too much
selenium can be damn harmful.


Doubtful. I usually wore gloves and a mask. There were materials
and chemicals used for other optical applications that were probably
more dangerous. Thorium Floride for example is used for high energy
laser coatings. Thorium itself is mildly radioactive but has a
half life of 14.05 billion years. Gonna take a while for me to rid any
exposure to it. :-)