| According to a federally sponsored study, | | | | exactly how greatly levels of Selenium in the |
| published by a Stanford University urologist, men | | | | blood are improved by supplementation, the head |
| with abnormally low levels of Selenium in their | | | | researcher of this study, James D. Brooks, MD is |
| blood are four to five times more likely to | | | | decidedly optimistic about the subject. He believes |
| develop prostate cancer. Selenium is a trace | | | | that supplementation has the potential to be of |
| element that is supplied in certain foods and | | | | great benefit in preventing prostate cancer, but |
| supplements. | | | | goes on to comment that more precise research |
| The study suggests that making a point of eating | | | | is needed in order to discern exact statistics on |
| Selenium-rich foods, such as Brazil nuts and tuna, | | | | the extent of those benefits. |
| or taking a Selenium supplement, may help reduce | | | | Overall, the researchers who conducted this study |
| the risk of prostate cancer. Supplementation is | | | | believe that they have made some very |
| especially useful for older men, as Selenium blood | | | | interesting discoveries, and that increasing levels |
| content has been found to decrease with patient | | | | of Selenium in the blood can significantly reduce a |
| age. | | | | patient's risk of developing the most common |
| Although there are no solid statistics regarding | | | | form of cancer affecting men. |