Finland and selenium
Hi, I'm very glad I found this thread, and I hope this post will be read even though the last post was posted more than three years ago.
I have a good friend with CF, and because of my occupation as a journalist i tend to go really deep into subjects that I find interesting. Researching CF led me to the theories of Dr. Wallace. I initially agree with the skepticism by many people in this thread. The sources describing Dr. Wallace and his research are too hard to find (he doesn't even have a Wikipedia article) to trust his theory regarding selenium deficiancy being the cause of CF.
But as I dwell further down in research, something really changed my perception of Dr. Wallace's selenium theory. I haven't seen anyone make this connection anywhere, so I am really exited to hear what you have to say about this.
In Finland in the 1980s, the government decided to add selenium to fertilizers nationwide because of the poor amound of selenium in the soil. This has according to research drastically reduced different animal diseases. Here's a video explaining the effort:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71rfSrIZy6M
Finland is still the only country in the world where selenium is added to the fertilizers. What is also mind-blowing, is that Finland is the only western country where the incident of CF is dramatically lower compared to the rest. "The incidence of cystic fibrosis (CF) in Finland is one tenth that in other Caucasian populations.":
https://www.researchgate.net/public...in_Finland_A_molecular_and_genealogical_study
If CF really is a genetic disease, how could one explain that the prevelance of the disease is so totally different in Finland compared to other countries with a caucasian population? And isn't it at least worth a study to find out if this really has something to do with selenium added to the soil, when this evidentally has led to the reduction of various animal diseases?
I really hope someone will respond to this. Sorry for any typos - english is not my first language.
