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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.
Vitamin Gummy Bears: Worthwhile or Sugar Trap?
Colourful vitamin gummy bears are trending in many drugstores and online shops, promising your daily dose of nutrients in a chewable format. The key question is: behind the fruity facade,...
Natural or Synthetic Vitamin C? The Difference Explained
Hardly any nutrient is bought as often as vitamin C – and hardly any raises as many questions at the shop counter. Should it be the inexpensive powder made of...
Ubiquinol or Ubiquinone? The Two Forms of Q10 Compared
Anyone reaching for coenzyme Q10 on the shelf quickly runs into two confusing terms: ubiquinol and ubiquinone. Both are marketed around the same nutrient, yet the labels promise different things...
Nutrients and Statins: Coenzyme Q10 and What You Should Know
Anyone who takes statins on a long-term basis will sooner or later come across the question of whether certain nutrients play a role. The name that comes up most often...
Nutrients and Metformin: Why Vitamin B12 Deserves Attention
Metformin is one of the most widely used active substances in the world. Anyone taking it over a longer period will sooner or later come across a well-studied connection: long-term...
Magnesium Threonate or Bisglycinate? Comparing the Forms
Anyone wanting to supplement magnesium quickly runs into a whole range of compounds. Two forms come up especially often in discussions: magnesium bisglycinate and magnesium L-threonate. Both supply the same...
Liposomal Vitamin C: What’s Behind It and What to Look For
Few delivery forms are marketed as heavily for vitamin C as the liposomal one. From “maximum absorption” to “revolutionary bioavailability,” every claim under the sun gets used – which is...
Liposomal Glutathione: Bioavailability and Buying Criteria
Glutathione is one of the most talked-about molecules in dietary supplementation – and at the same time one of the hardest to absorb orally. This is exactly where the liposomal...
Curcumin or Ginger? Two Roots Compared
Turmeric and ginger are among the best-known spice roots in the world, and botanically they even belong to the same plant family. Anyone looking into dietary supplements will almost inevitably...
Effervescent Tablets or Capsules? Pros and Cons Compared
Standing in front of the supplement shelf, you quickly face the same question: the fizzing effervescent tablet in a glass, or the compact capsule? Both forms deliver the same nutrient...
Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum): The Source of Resveratrol
When a resveratrol supplement carries the note “from Polygonum cuspidatum,” it almost always refers to Japanese knotweed. Today, this plant is the most important botanical source of resveratrol in food...
Barley Grass Juice or Barley Grass Powder? Forms, Differences and How to Use Them
Barley grass comes as juice powder, classic leaf powder, pressed tablets, and capsules — and if you're standing in front of the shelf for the first time, it's only natural...
Garcinia Cambogia: Hydroxycitric Acid, Use and an Honest Assessment
Garcinia cambogia, also known as the Malabar tamarind, is a pumpkin-shaped fruit native to South and Southeast Asia. Its rind contains hydroxycitric acid (HCA), the plant compound that gives many...
Desmodium (Desmodium adscendens): Tradition, Compounds and Use
Anyone exploring plants from West African folk medicine will sooner or later come across Desmodium adscendens. In regions such as Cameroon, Ghana, or Senegal, this unassuming herb has been a...
Wild Yam and Mexican Yam: What's Behind the Terms
Few plant-based topics cause as much confusion over terminology as yam root. Sometimes it's called "Wild Yam", sometimes "Mexican Yam", and sometimes referred to by its botanical name, Dioscorea. On...
Wheatgrass: Nutrients, Use, and Quality
Few greens are as polarizing as wheatgrass: for some, the intensely green juice is a daily ritual; for others, a mystery on the health-food store shelf. Yet behind the hype...
Vitamin D Foods: Where Is Vitamin D Really Found?
Few nutrients cause as much confusion as vitamin D. It's known as the "sunshine vitamin", yet it's still found in some foods - just in very different amounts. So the...
Vitamin B2 Deficiency (Riboflavin): Signs
Cracked corners of the mouth that simply won't heal, a burning tongue, or eyes that react sensitively to light: such complaints are quickly blamed on dry heating air or too...
Vitamin B12 and Vegan Diets: Foods and Why Supplementation Matters
Few nutrients spark as much discussion in vegan eating as vitamin B12. Some people swear by sauerkraut and algae, others consistently reach for the drops. So what's actually true? The...
Should You Take Breaks From Supplements?
Hardly any question comes up as often around dietary supplements as this one: does the body need a break now and then so it doesn't get used to the supply?...
Shiitake: Functional Mushroom, Nutrients and Use
Hardly any mushroom has made it as far as the shiitake — from the Asian wok all the way to the supplement shelf. In Japan and China, it has been...
Black Seed Oil: Thymoquinone, Use and Quality
Hardly any plant oil has such a long-standing reputation as black seed oil: in Egypt, India and the Arab world, it has accompanied people for thousands of years. It's pressed...
PQQ: Effects, Mitochondria and Intake
Hardly any nutrient sounds as much like high-tech cell biology as PQQ. The unwieldy name pyrroloquinoline quinone has been turning up on more and more labels over the past few...
Phosphatidylserine: Effects and Use
Phosphatidylserine is one of those substances that are everywhere in the body, yet almost nobody has heard of. As a building block of every cell membrane, it's found in particularly...
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