Selenium & HIV-AIDS

As I myself am HIV+ & NOT currently on haart meds,i have read about this selenium & so have started taking it.Currently my cd4 is 720 and VL=>? I will keep this posting up todate on my labs so that we will see if this works or what eh folks?Hey ya'll,remember ,aids KILLS<>So,Practice safe sex,The life you save could be your own!

ut a body of evidence is now emerging that some vitamin and mineral supplements can be a useful addition to HIV treatment, and a study has been published showing that a daily selenium dose of 200μg is associated with a lower viral load and higher CD4 cell count in people who are either not taking anti-HIV therapy or are taking anti-HIV treatment but still have a detectable viral load.
The study involved 262 adults with HIV and was conducted at the University of Miami. The people were randomised to take either selenium everyday or a dummy placebo pill. The study is planned to last for 18 months and viral load, CD4 cell count and the amount of selenium in the blood are being monitored. Interim nine-month results have been published by the researchers.
An increase in the amount of selenium in the blood was found to be associated with a significant fall in viral load and a significant increase in CD4 cell count.
The researchers believe that selenium has an effect on viral load independent of HIV treatment. They speculate that the mineral might either reduce oxidative stress, therefore reducing HIV replication, or might have a direct impact on the ability of HIV to reprod