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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.
Thyroid Values: What TSH, fT3 & fT4 Really Show
TSH 2.1, fT3 3.4, fT4 1.3 – three numbers on a lab report, rarely with any explanation attached. That's exactly what you'll get here. You'll learn what TSH, fT3, and...
Iodine: Safe Dosing in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding
Iodine is one of the few nutrients whose requirement rises noticeably during pregnancy – your body needs it for the thyroid hormones that play a major role in building your...
Selenium in the Spotlight: Our Iodine-Selenium Complex for the Thyroid
Selenium and iodine are two trace elements that play a special role for the thyroid – and that aren't always reliably covered by diet in Germany. Many people supplement both...
Sea Moss in Focus: Our Chondrus Crispus Extract 30:1 from Ireland
Sea moss, the Irish moss, has experienced a remarkable renaissance in recent years. The red algae Chondrus crispus has been harvested and prized along the coasts of the North Atlantic...
Thyroid Complex in Focus: Iodine, Selenium & Thyme for Normal Thyroid Function
The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped organ with great importance for metabolism. Two nutrients play a central role for its wellbeing: iodine and selenium. For both, there are clearly approved...
Iodine from Scheunengut: The Thyroid Complex in the Spotlight
Iodine is one of the trace elements the body cannot produce on its own, yet still needs every day. It’s the basic building block of thyroid hormones and is therefore...
The Thyroid Set: Cleverly Combining Iodine, Selenium & Companion Complexes
The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped organ with a surprisingly large effect: through its hormones, it helps control a wide part of our metabolism – from heat regulation to energy...
Supplement Guide for Pregnancy: Nutrients to Keep in View
Pregnancy is a special phase of life in which the body performs something wonderful and has an increased requirement for some nutrients. Folic acid, iodine, omega-3 fatty acids and magnesium...
Supplement Guide for Breastfeeding: Nutrients in Focus
After birth, breastfeeding begins another demanding but wonderful phase. The body performs something great: it maintains milk production, replenishes its own reserves and copes with an everyday life that often...
Best Supplements for the Thyroid: Iodine & Selenium
The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped organ in the neck – and yet a real control centre for the metabolism. So that it can carry out its tasks normally, it...
Best Supplements for Vegans: the truly relevant nutrients
A plant-based diet has many advantages – for animals, the environment and often for one's own well-being too. But a few nutrients deserve special attention among vegans, because they occur...
Iodine-Rich Foods: The Big List with Values
Iodine is a trace element that the body cannot produce itself and therefore has to take in regularly through food. Particularly rich in iodine are sea fish such as coley,...
Nutrients for an Underactive Thyroid: Iodine, Selenium & More
Constant tiredness, feeling cold, dry skin, a sense of inner sluggishness – anyone familiar with these complaints often ends up looking at the thyroid when searching for a cause. An...
Irish Moss, Sea Moss and Chondrus Crispus: Terms, Differences and Uses
Anyone looking into seaweed as a food will quickly run into a tangle of names: Irish moss, sea moss, carrageen moss, or Chondrus crispus. Often, these all refer to one...
Nutrients During Pregnancy: The Overview
Hardly any stage of life turns the body upside down quite like pregnancy - and hardly any raises as many questions about diet. Suddenly it's no longer just about you,...
Iodine-Rich Foods: From Fish to Seaweed
Iodine is a trace element that the body cannot produce itself, yet it occurs in meaningful amounts in only a handful of foods. That's precisely why Germany has been considered...
Buying Sea Moss: Irish Moss, Iodine & What to Look For
Sea moss, also known as Irish moss, has turned in recent years from a regional coastal plant into a social media star. As a gel in smoothies, as a powder,...
Iodine & Selenium: Combining the Thyroid Duo Correctly
When it comes to the thyroid, two names come up again and again: iodine and selenium. The two trace elements are often referred to as a duo because they play...
Buying Iodine: Forms, Dosage & What to Look For
Iodine is a trace element the body cannot produce on its own – it relies entirely on being supplied through food. In regions such as Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the...
Nutrients for the Thyroid: Iodine & Selenium
Weighing just 20 grams and shaped like a butterfly at the front of the neck, it nonetheless sets the pace for countless metabolic processes throughout the body: the thyroid gland....
Iodine Deficiency: Signs of a Low Supply
“Constantly tired, always cold, dry skin – could this be iodine deficiency?” Anyone reading lists like this online can quickly feel worried. Yet this is exactly where a cool head...
Iodine: Effects, Requirements & the Thyroid
Germany lies far from the sea – and that is precisely why iodine is a perennial topic here. The soils are comparatively low in iodine, drinking water provides hardly any,...
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