Researchers have discovered that administering supplements of an essential mineral nutrient required for sustaining the health of bodily tissues at the right time enhances recovery after a stroke or heart attack. If selenide a form of the essential nutrient selenium is administered intravenously in the wake of the cardiac attack damage to heart muscle can be reduced by nearly 90 percent the findings showed. (Read: Go pro-vegetarian to prevent heart disease at bay!) We found that administration of selenide after the heart has been deprived of blood flow and before blood flow is restored significantly protects the heart tissue in