Waldoboro, Maine. (Redirected from Waldoboro (town), Lincoln County, Maine) Waldoboro is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, in the United States. The population was 5,075 at the 2010 census. Waldoboro is a fishing town.
The current recommended daily allowances for selenium are 70 micrograms (mcg) a day for men and 55 mcg a day for women. I recommend that you get at most 200 mcg a day as a supplement. That way, you probably won't overdo it.
1 Some research shows that taking a 100-200 mcg of a specific selenium supplement (SelenoPrecise, Pharma Nord, Denmark) daily for 6 months can modestly reduce cholesterol levels. 2  Many people in this study had low levels of selenium in their body before the start of the study. Heart disease. 2  Taking 100 mcg of selenium in combination with beta-carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E does not seem to prevent heart disease from becoming worse. 3  Also, taking 200 mcg of selenium daily for almost 8 years does not reduce the risk of developing heart disease.