Be careful of ovarian cancer if your body lacks selenium

Trace elements are essential substances for the human body. If they are deficient, they can induce various diseases. Selenium deficiency can lead to ovarian cancer.

Selenium is a rare nutrient and anti-cancer element in the human body. It is an essential component of glutathione peroxidase, has antioxidant effects, can accelerate the decomposition of oxides or free radicals in the body, and is of great significance for maintaining the stability of cell membranes. Selenium is involved in immune response, biosynthesis of ubiquinone, and synthesis of mitochondrial ATP in the body. The antioxidant effect of selenium is 500 times that of vitamin E. Selenium deficiency will increase the peroxides and free radicals produced by metabolism in the body, and the increase in free radicals will make some sulfur-containing enzymes and proteins with important physiological functions in the body inactive, destroy the phospholipid components of the cell membrane and damage the biological membrane, thereby causing ovarian cancer.

Foods rich in selenium include:

Eggs, quail eggs, white-shell eggs, red-shell eggs, etc.;

Vegetables: carrots, purple garlic, konjac flour, alfalfa, edamame, beetroot, etc.

Aquatic products: dried shrimp, black carp, hairtail, river prawns, conger eel, large yellow croaker, red snapper, Spanish mackerel, etc.

Beans, runner beans, tiger beans, flower peas, soybeans, red kidney beans, broad beans, mung beans, peanut kernels, etc.

Coarse grains, buckwheat, millet, oats, mung beans, cowpeas, adzuki beans, peas, broad beans, kidney beans, lentils, sorghum, black rice and other minor crops.