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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.
Arthritis and Nutrition: What Can Go on Your Plate
With arthritis, the inflammatory form of joint complaints, nutrition can play a supporting role: a plant-focused, Mediterranean-style diet provides the body with important nutrients and helps maintain a healthy weight...
Atopic Dermatitis and Diet: What to Keep in Mind Day to Day
Atopic eczema accompanies many people over years and shows itself in flare-ups with dry, itchy skin. Again and again the question comes up as to whether and how nutrition plays...
Fish Oil or Algae Oil? Omega-3 Sources Compared
Omega-3 fatty acids are among the most discussed nutrients on the food-supplement shelf. Two sources dominate the market: classic fish oil and plant-based algae oil. Both supply the long-chain fatty...
Nutrients From 30: What Matters Most in This Decade of Life
Your thirties are often considered the most productive decade: career, family, and a packed calendar shape everyday life. At the same time, the body changes more quietly than during puberty,...
Plant-Based Omega-3 Sources: Flaxseed Oil, Algae and More
Omega-3 is seen as fish territory – yet the key fatty acids have long been found in flaxseed oil, chia seeds and, above all, algae too. Anyone eating a plant-based...
Food Supplements and Blood Thinners: Caution With Vitamin K and Co.
A blood thinner saves lives, but it's also a sensitive medication whose effect is shaped by a surprising number of factors, your daily diet included. Anyone who also reaches for...
Dry Eyes: Nutrients and Nutrition from Within
The screen flickers, the heating air is dry, and by evening your eyes are burning as if you'd spent hours staring into the wind. Dry, tired eyes have become an...
Nutrients for the Heart: Omega-3, Coenzyme Q10, and Magnesium
The heart beats around 100,000 times a day, without a break, for an entire lifetime. No other muscle works so tirelessly, and its demand for energy and the right nutrients...
Forgetfulness: Nutrients for Memory and Focus
The name on the tip of your tongue, the appointment fuzzy in your head, the thread of a sentence lost halfway through - almost everyone knows forgetfulness. Usually there's something...
Flaxseed: Omega-3, Fiber, and How to Use It
Hardly any homegrown food packs as much into so little space as flaxseed: plant-based omega-3, a mountain of fiber, and secondary plant compounds called lignans. No wonder these small brown...
Chia Seeds: Nutrients, Gelling Ability, and Use
Hardly any seed has gotten as much attention in recent years as the chia seed. It turns up in pudding, muesli, smoothies - and is often loosely marketed as a...
Omega-3 Deficiency: Signs, Causes, and How to Prevent It
Omega-3 fatty acids are among the nutrients that get talked about a lot, and actual intake often lags behind in Germany. If you rarely eat fatty saltwater fish, you can...
Combining Omega-3 & Astaxanthin: Do They Go Together?
If you spend any time looking into omega-3, sooner or later you'll come across astaxanthin. Sometimes it appears as a vivid red-orange addition on a fish oil label, sometimes it's...
Combining Turmeric and Omega-3: What Actually Matters
Turmeric and omega-3 tend to show up together in guides, forums, and on store shelves. If you're looking into a balanced diet and sensible supplementation, you'll run into both fairly...
Combining Omega-3 & Vitamin D: Does It Work Together?
Omega-3 and vitamin D are almost always right at the top when it comes to dietary supplements – two of the most popular supplements out there. No wonder: fish rarely...
Combining Coenzyme Q10 & Omega-3 for the Heart: The Honest Guide
Anyone looking into heart health or longevity will almost inevitably come across two names: coenzyme Q10 and omega-3. Both keep turning up together in forums, guides and on supplement shelves...
Omega-3 & Vitamin E: Do They Go Together?
If you read the ingredient list of an omega-3 supplement, you'll almost always stumble across a second name: vitamin E, often listed as tocopherol or alpha-tocopherol. That's no coincidence, and...
Omega-3 or Omega-3-6-9? What Actually Makes Sense
On the shelf, they often sit right next to each other: plain omega-3 and the seemingly more comprehensive omega-3-6-9 combination. Sounds logical that more fatty acids would do more, right?...
Buying Omega-3: EPA/DHA, Fish Oil vs. Algae Oil & Quality
One look at the shelf or an online shop, and the confusion is complete: fish oil, algae oil, krill oil, capsules, liquid oil, "high-dose," "purified," "sustainable." Almost every product promises...
Omega-3 and the Heart: What EPA and DHA Really Do
If any single nutrient deserves to keep coming up in discussions about the heart, it's marine omega-3 fatty acids. The reason is unusually clear: unlike most trend ingredients, there's an...
Which Omega-3 Should You Buy? The Buyer's Guide
Two omega-3 products, the same "1000 mg" on the front - and yet one delivers four times as much active ingredient as the other. How can that be? Because the...
Omega-3: Fish Oil or Krill Oil? The Comparison
You're standing in front of the shelf, a large fish oil capsule in one hand and a smaller krill oil softgel with that typical reddish colour in the other –...
Omega-3: who is it useful for?
Omega-3 is among the best-selling nutrients of all – yet the honest core question isn't „Is omega-3 good?“ but „Do I need it?“. And you answer that with a single...
Covering omega-3 on a vegan diet (algae oil, ALA)
„Omega-3 is only found in fish“ – this sentence persists stubbornly and is nonetheless wrong. Because the actual source of EPA and DHA doesn't swim, it drifts: it's microalgae. The...
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