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Selenium:

· is an important part of a molecule in the body that protects blood cells from certain damaging chemicals

· helps our system produce antibodies (a structure of molecules that binds to the surface of a virus and prevents it from damaging your body)

· helps keep the pancreas and heart functioning properly

· makes our tissues elastic (stops our skin from stretching apart)

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