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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.
Buying Biotin: Dosage, Forms & What to Look For
Hardly any vitamin is as closely associated with hair and nails as biotin. Packaging boasts sky-high doses, and drugstore shelves and online shops are lined with beauty capsules, gummies, and...
Buying B-Complex: What to Look For & Which Forms
A vitamin B-complex brings all eight B vitamins together in one supplement. Sounds simple — but buying one isn't: products vary enormously in the forms they use, their dosages, and...
Nutrients for Exhaustion & Fatigue: The Overview
You're actually getting enough sleep, and yet you feel foggy-headed in the morning, and by the afternoon your head is practically hitting the keyboard? Tiredness and exhaustion are among the...
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine): Effects, Requirements & Intake
Whenever your body forms new building blocks from protein, produces messenger substances for the brain or builds red blood cells, an inconspicuous helper is at work in the background: vitamin...
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid): Effects & Requirements
The name says it all: "pantos" is Greek for "everywhere" – and that is exactly where vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) can be found, namely in practically every natural food. This...
Vitamin B3 (Niacin): Effect, Forms & Flush
It tingles, the skin becomes warm and turns red – anyone who has ever taken a higher dose of vitamin B3 (niacin) knows the famous „niacin flush“. No reason to...
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): Effect & Requirement
You've taken your multivitamin, and on your next trip to the toilet your urine suddenly glows neon-yellow like a highlighter. No reason to panic – on the contrary: you've just...
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine): Effect, Requirement, Sources
Imagine you have a vault full of energy – your carbohydrates – but no key. That key is precisely vitamin B1 (thiamine). Without it, the energy stays locked inside the...
Nutrients for Energy Metabolism
The short answer: A normal energy metabolism is supported by the B vitamins (B2, B3/niacin, B6, B12, B1, pantothenic acid, biotin) as well as magnesium, iron and vitamin C. B2,...
Folic Acid Deficiency: Signs of a Low Supply
You've felt tired and pale for weeks, yet you actually eat “pretty healthily” – and while searching you come across “folic acid deficiency.” Before you get fixated, here's the honest...
Vitamin B12: Injection or Tablet?
„The injection really works, you can forget about the tablets.“ You often hear sentences like this when the topic is vitamin B12 – and they prove remarkably persistent. But is...
Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Signs of a Low Supply
A quick online search for "B12 deficiency signs" – and you're already scrolling through endless lists that make you more nervous with every bullet point. Tired? Unfocused? Paler than usual?...
Vitamin B12 Forms: Methyl- vs. Cyanocobalamin
You're standing at the shelf, really just want a vitamin B12 supplement – and you're bombarded with tongue-twisters: methylcobalamin, cyanocobalamin, adenosylcobalamin, hydroxocobalamin. All supply vitamin B12, all claim to be...
How Long Should You Take Vitamin B12?
„A few weeks of B12 and I’m set for life“ – if only that were true. Vitamin B12 is one of the nutrients where the question of duration is far...
Vitamin B12: When and How to Take It?
Imagine you’re standing in the kitchen in the morning, coffee in one hand, your B12 capsule in the other – and suddenly this question in your head: Is now actually...
Folic Acid & Folate: Effects, Needs & the Best Form
“Folic acid or folate – and what exactly is this methylfolate?” Standing in front of the shelf, it’s easy to get confused, because all three terms refer to the same...
Biotin: Vitamin B7 for Skin & Hair
Biotin appears on almost every hair and skin product – and goes by three names: vitamin B7, vitamin H and simply biotin. Its reputation as the “beauty vitamin” is justified,...
B Vitamins: The Complete Overview from B1 to B12
They are often called the "powerhouse team" among the vitamins – and that reputation is well earned. The eight B vitamins work in your body like a well-rehearsed workshop crew:...
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