Die tägliche Selenaufnahme westdeutscher Erwachsener über die Nahrung*

Author(s): Prellwitz, W.

Journal/Book: Erfahrungsheilkunde. 1989; 38/9: 536-543.

Abstract: The selenium content of food consumed in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) was determined for the estimation of the dietary selenium intake of West German adults. The daily dietary selenium intake of men ist 47 micrograms (lg) and that of women 38 wg, corresponding to 0_67 IAg/kg body weight per day for both men and women. Animal protein is the main source of dietary selenium, accounting for 65.5 of the total selenium intake. Pork contributes 25.1 °h to the total Se intake, reflecting the current consumption and the selenium supplementation of feedstock rather than the availability of selenium from natural dietary sources. 'The selenium intake of adults in West Germany is only slightly higher than in New Zealand, Finnland, and Italy, nearly equal to that in Belgium and France. and distinctly lower than in Great Britain, the USA, Canada, and Japan.

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