Low Levels of Selenium Biomarkers Correlate with Accelerated Epigenetic Age

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2025/05/low-levels-of-selenium-biomarkers-correlate-with-accelerated-epigenetic-age/

A growing body of work has found correlations between selenium deficiency and suggestions of accelerated aging: increased epigenetic age, increased mortality, increased incidence of age-related disease. Selenium is incorporated into a range of proteins called selenoproteins, and it is possible to argue that too little selenium, leading to a lower production of these proteins, impairs functions relevant to aging, such as antioxidant capacity and immune system activities. As is usually the case in these matters, there is correlation and inference, but no concrete data on which of these proteins and mechanisms are more versus less important.

In this study, we analyzed the as…

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