第二次世界大战期间,由于战争引起食物缺乏,许多德国人患上肝病。德国政府特地聘请法国科学家施瓦茨教授研究营养与肝脏的关系。当时,施瓦茨发现蛋白质缺乏是引起肝脏坏死的主要原因,发现硒比含硫氨基酸和维生素E对肝脏更有明显的保护作用。接着发现,病毒性肝炎、慢性活动性肝炎及肝硬化患者的血清硒浓度(即血硒)比正常人越低,肝病病 During the Second World War, many Germans suffered from liver disease due to the lack of food caused by the war. The German government specifically hired French scientists Professor Schwartz to study the relationship between nutrition and the liver. At that time, Schwarz found that protein deficiency is the main cause of liver necrosis and found that selenium is more protective than sulfur-containing amino acids and vitamin E on the liver. Then found that viral hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis and cirrhosis of patients with serum selenium concentration (ie selenium) lower than normal, liver disease