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In the Scheunengut guide, we explain vitamins, minerals, plant compounds and dietary supplements clearly and with a solid scientific grounding – from correct intake to the right product for you. Use the search or the topic filters to quickly find what you need.
Supplements for the Beach Body: The Summer Fitness Set
Summer is getting closer, and with it the wish to feel completely comfortable at the beach and the outdoor pool. For many people, preparing for the warm season means more...
Muscle Building Stack: The Supplement Set for Training & Recovery
Muscle growth doesn't happen in the gym – it happens in the hours afterward. If you consistently create training stimuli, you need three things for that to turn into visible...
Protein Smoothie: The Recipe for a Creamy Protein Kick
A protein smoothie is probably the easiest way to bring a solid portion of protein into your day: quickly blended, creamy in taste and endlessly adaptable. Whether as a breakfast...
Amino Acid Complex in the Spotlight: All Essential Building Blocks
Amino acids are the building blocks your body uses to build protein – and protein is found in practically every structure in the body, from muscles to enzymes to hormones....
Our 5-HTP in Focus: Griffonia Complex Explained
5-HTP is one of the better-known substances in amino acid supplementation and is often mentioned in connection with the messenger substances serotonin and dopamine. Hardly any other natural substance is...
Make Your Own Post-Workout Shake: Recipe with Amino Acids & Magnesium
After an intense workout, one thing matters most: the moment right after. Your body has worked hard, your muscles were put to the test, and your reserves want to be...
Green Protein Porridge: Recipe with Spirulina and Amino Acids
Porridge is the epitome of a good breakfast: warm, filling, and doable in countless variations. In its green version, the oatmeal gets a fresh twist – through microalgae that give...
The Sport Stack: Amino Acids, Magnesium and Recovery
Anyone who trains regularly knows: progress happens not just during the session itself, but above all in the time in between. Exertion, nutrition, recovery and sleep are all interconnected. That's...
The Vegan Sport Set: Our Combination for Active, Plant-Based Days
A plant-based diet and an active lifestyle go together perfectly. Anyone who trains regularly while avoiding animal products often pays especially close attention to their nutrient intake. This is exactly...
The Regeneration Set: Cleverly Combining Sleep, Amino Acids & Magnesium
Regeneration is the body's quiet superpower: during rest phases – above all at night – countless processes take place that make us fit and capable again the next day. Anyone...
Supplement Guide for Athletes Over 40: Muscles, Regeneration
At 40, nobody stops training ambitiously – but the body sets new rules. Regeneration takes longer, sleep becomes more important, joints want more attention, and muscles have to be supplied...
The Best Supplements for Sport & Muscles: Recommendations
Anyone who trains regularly places higher demands on their own body – from muscle work through energy metabolism to regeneration. With the goal of sport & muscles, it is therefore...
Tryptophan-Rich Foods: List with Values
Tryptophan is an essential amino acid that the body cannot produce itself and must therefore take in through protein-rich foods. Particularly high amounts of tryptophan are found in cheese and...
High-Protein Vegan Foods: The Big List
The protein requirement can be well covered even without animal products. Particularly high-protein vegan foods are pulses such as lentils, chickpeas and beans, soy products such as tofu and tempeh,...
Underweight: Gaining Weight Healthily in Daily Life
Not everyone wants to lose weight: conversely, many people struggle to gain weight at all. Being underweight can impair performance, weaken the immune system and burden the body in the...
What Helps Against Split Ends and Brittle Hair? The Honest Guide
Dry, roughened lengths and hairs that split into two at the tips: split ends and brittle hair are an everyday nuisance that hardly anyone escapes entirely. Fortunately, you can do...
L-Theanine and Caffeine: Why This Combination Is So Popular
Few combinations in the world of dietary supplements are as sought-after as L-theanine and caffeine. Both compounds occur together naturally in green tea, and it's precisely this natural pairing that...
Whey or Plant Protein? The Comparison
Few questions come up as often in everyday sports and nutrition talk: whey or plant? Both camps have vocal supporters, and both powders sit side by side on our shelf....
Protein Deficiency: Signs, Risk Groups and Requirements
Protein is the building material that muscles, enzymes, hormones and immune cells are made of – and unlike fat, the body can't build up a real protein reserve. If intake...
L-Theanine or Ashwagandha for Relaxation?
Two names come up again and again when the conversation turns to plant-based companions for more inner calm: L-theanine and ashwagandha. The two are often lumped together, even though they...
Creatine Monohydrate: Effects, Dosage, and How to Take It
Few dietary supplements are as well studied and, at the same time, as wrapped in myth as creatine monohydrate. Water retention, loading phases, liver damage — few powders have more...
Plant-Based Protein Sources: High Protein Without Meat
Protein doesn't have to come from animals. Anyone eating a meat-free or fully plant-based diet still often hears the question: are you even getting enough protein? The short answer is...
Betaine (TMG): Effects and How to Take It
Betaine sounds like something from a chemistry lab, but it actually comes from the sugar beet - hence the name, derived from the Latin Beta vulgaris. In dietary supplements, it...
Alpha-GPC: Choline Source, Benefits, and How to Take It
Alpha-GPC is showing up more and more often in nootropic formulas, pre-workout products, and choline supplements — and many people wonder what's actually behind the unwieldy name. The compound is...
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