Selenium is an essential micronutrient in mammals. Selenium was found to haveseveral insulin-like effects. Recent studies show that low selenium and high selenium bothincrease the incidence of type2diabetes. However the internal mechanism is stillunknown or poorly understood. A large number of studies have shown that insulinresistance holds an extremely important position in the pathogenesis of type2diabetes.Thus, studies of the relationship between selenium and insulin resistance will be beneficialto furth...