Alltech and UK look at supplement to help Alzheimer’s

NICHOLASVILLE Pearse Lyons’ idea is that what you eat eventually might be “driven by Sel-Plex,” a phrase that will become as ubiquitous as “powered by Pentium” was in reference to your computer.

Or it could be that you will get a Sel-Plex prescription to lessen the effects of early Alzheimer’s disease.

It’s not a modest dream for the founder of Alltech. Lyons’ ambitions are rarely subtle: Have your company sponsor an international horse competition in Lexington (the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games), build a school in Haiti (which he says he’s considering) and launch your company’s first human supplement with one that could have effects on health problems like Alzheimer’s disease and cancer.

A variety of selenium is already available on any pharmacy shelf. But it’s not Alltech’s Sel-Plex organic selenium, Lyons pointed out in a recent interview. There’s a difference: Sel-Plex has a proprietary formula that involves processing the selenium with yeast, which Lyons said enhances its effectiveness.

Since Alltech’s beginnings in a Lexington office in 1980, the company has been a supplier of ingredients to animal feed companies.
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