“aspartame seems to be an essential ingredient in pharms” -
Erm, as opposed to natural products like vitamins and minerals? Check out the chewable vitamin tablets and capsules available – many contain one or more of the following intensive sweeteners: aspartame, acesuflame K, sodium cyclamate. Aspartame is very common indeed in food supplements. Why focus on its presence in pharmaceuticals?

“the FDA and FSA are corrupt” -
Do you have evidence for this or is this just another baseless, paranoid assertion?

Well, we can see plenty of evidence of your comments getting through.

We can see plenty of evidence of asinine mistakes that you make on a regular basis that you won’t acknowledge and blame others for.

That wasn’t hard.

Whatever your warblings about aspartame, jdc325 gave you some good information. It just seems like you are as incapable of understanding that as you are why you were advocating lethal doses of selenium. Whoever cultivated that over-blown sense of self-esteem in you, they did you no favours.

With whatever remains of your sentient life, drag yourself along to Adult Ed. and acquire the skill of reading and learning plus some basic maths – in your case, it may literally save your life.

anything to do with saying that the FDA and FSA are corrupt?

or was it because I mentioned how in a normal day it was impossible to tot up the amount of aspartame you were consuming

or was it because I mentioned aspartame seems to be an essential ingredient in pharms

either way this is sedition, you know what you are doing

You seem to have ignored my earlier reference to ‘micrograms’ (µg) and ‘milligrams’ (mg). Perhaps you will take note of Gimpy: “Such confusion is lethal with regards to selenium dosage”

Even they don’t recommend more than 200 ug (0.2 mg) per day.

Go on, Koo – post a picture of the bottle of supplements you are taking with a close up of the nutrient information label. Name the manufacturer and the product. State the number of pills that you take.

Denial is a powerful and dangerous state. Once again.

Koo – it would be reassuring to know that you don’t give nutritional advice to anyone who would heed you.

You do realise that if somebody took you seriously you could kill them? Do you even vaguely comprehend the enormity of your error?

These new safe upper limits are a nonesence
note there is no safe upper limit imposed on aspartame

Selenium is a very efficient anti carcinogenic

I don’t need you guys to tell me that the selenium I take at the levels that I take it in are doing me harm because I see and feel nothing but benefits. This particular supplement has transformed my life.

Your ‘safe upper limits’ do not take into account that everybody’s chemistry is different and some need more then others…………………..

Your safe upper limits are part of the Codex standards that are being introduced in 2009 and I know what the motivation behind it is, its a shame you don’t but maybe one day you will figure it out.

Codex is a trade commission not a health commission it is there to protect the interests of the pharms not individuals health

Brazil nuts are a good soucre of selenium – you need only TWO of them to get the recommended RNI.