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Frequently Asked Questions
Question
Why use SelenoExcell vs other selenium yeast products?
Answer
I can’t comment on a specific competitors product, but I can say that all selenized yeasts are certainly not identical. Androbalance only uses SelenoExcell from Cypress Systems, the exact same selenized yeast used by Dr. Larry Clarke in his Nutritional Prevention of Cancer trial. Cypress’ staff were involved in the research and development of this selenized yeast, and Cypress continues to produce it according to the same stringent standards. They use a primary grown yeast that incorporates selenium so efficiently that it consistently achieves 98% organic binding of selenium into a heterogeneous blend of selenoproteins, seleno-amino acids and selenolipids. Achieving such high levels of selenium incorporation requires exquisite precision in the control of the fermentation process.
Cypress is the only manufacturer producing selenized yeast under conditions so rigorously controlled that they satisfy FDA standards for products used in clinical trials. Cypress also employs extensive washing procedures to ensure freedom from inorganic selenium compounds in their finished product. Other selenized yeasts are produced by different methods, do not achieve this high level of organically bound selenium, and critically, lack the unique profile of selenium species that are thought to contribute to SelenoExcell’s observed effects in chemoprevention of cancer.
Androbalance have built upon the quality of Cypress’s raw material by formulating a product that contains only SelenoExcell plus organic stone-ground brown rice flour as a filling agent. The fill is encapsulated in a vegetarian capsule and each batch is analysed by an independent UKAS accredited laboratory to prove the accuracy of label claims.
Hence, selenized yeast products are not all identical. If you are using selenium supplements for potential cancer chemoprevention then we believe that the best advice is to use the product employed by Dr. Clark in his seminal NPC study. This product is trademarked as SelenoExcell and is only available in the UK through Androbalance Limited.