The 20 best sources of selenium
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The 20 best sources of selenium
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- Brazil nuts, dehydrated = 60 ml (1/4 cup)
- Pacific oysters, raw or steamed = 100 g (3 ½ oz.) (2 à 4 medium)
- Tuna, canned = 100 g (3 ½ oz.)
- Giblets, turkey or chicken, braised = 100 g (3 ½ oz.)
- Swordfish or flounder, baked or grilled = 100 g (3 ½ oz.)
- Atlantic herring, pickled = 100 g (3 ½ oz.)
- Atlantic sardines, canned = 100 g (3 ½ oz.)
- Mixed nuts, with peanuts, roasted = 60 ml (1/4 cup)
- Clams, canned = 100 g (3 ½ oz.) (13 medium)
- Pork chops, cooked = 100 g (3 ½ oz.)
- Tuna, halibut, code, rockfish, haddock, salmon, baked or grilled = 100 g (3 ½ oz.)
- Shiitake mushrooms, dried = 10 mushrooms (36 g)
- Crab or lobster, steamed or boiled = 100 g (3 ½ oz.)
- Salmon, baked or canned = 100 g (3 ½ oz.)
- Shrimps, raw or cooked = 100 g (3 ½ oz.)
- Lamb, shoulder, braised = 100 g (3 ½ oz.)
- Beef, outside round, braised = 100 g (3 ½ oz.)
- Duck, domestic, roasted = 100 g (3 ½ oz.)
- Ham, regular (11% MG), roasted = 100 g (3 ½ oz.)
- Egg, poached = 1 large
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