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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...
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...
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...
Best Supplements for Beautiful, Strong Hair
Strong, well-groomed hair is for many an expression of vitality and well-being. Around the topic of hair, countless promises circulate – we approach it soberly here: which nutrients are even...
Best Supplements for Firm, Strong Nails
Brittle or soft nails are a common nuisance – and around the topic many promises circulate. We stay factual: which nutrients are linked under EU law to the maintenance of...
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 Skin, Hair & Nails: Recommendations
Skin, hair and nails are often regarded as a mirror of the body's overall supply. If you want to support them from within, you should know which nutrients play a...
The Best Supplements for the Immune System: Recommendations
A well-functioning immune system is the foundation that allows the body to hold its own against external influences day after day. Especially during the cold season, in times of high...
Best Supplements When Trying to Conceive: Our Recommendations
The time around trying to conceive is a special phase of life for many couples – and a good occasion to take a conscious look at your own diet and...
Brittle Hair: Recognising the Causes and What Helps in Everyday Life
Hair that breaks off quickly, feels brittle and splits at the ends is a daily annoyance for many people. Instead of shining smoothly, brittle hair looks dull, frays and is...
Selenium: Food List With the Best Sources
Selenium is an essential trace element that the body needs only in small amounts but cannot produce itself. It must therefore be supplied regularly through food. How much selenium is...
Brittle Nails: What Really Lies Behind Them and What Helps in Everyday Life
Brittle nails that splinter, peel or tear easily are a very common concern and in most cases harmless. Often external influences such as frequent hand washing, cleaning products or dry...
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...
Nutrients for Sperm Quality: Zinc, Selenium, and Folate
When it comes to fertility, attention often turns to women first – yet around half of involuntary childlessness has male-related causes. Diet and lifestyle play a role here that's easy...
Foods High in Selenium: Brazil Nuts and More
Selenium is a trace element the body only needs in tiny amounts — and yet getting the right amount determines a whole range of functions. In Central Europe, the soil...
Combining Selenium & Zinc Sensibly
Selenium and zinc are often mentioned in the same breath. Both are essential trace elements, both occur in the body only in tiny amounts, and both regularly come up together...
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 Selenium: Forms, Dosage & What to Look For
Selenium is a trace element the body needs only in tiny amounts – but reliably so. That's exactly what makes buying it a matter of detail: with selenium, only a...
Selenium: how much per day makes sense?
Selenium is only needed in microgram amounts, and the gap between a sensible and an excessive intake is narrower than for most nutrients – with selenium, „more helps more“ explicitly...
Selenium Deficiency: Signs of a Low Supply
You google “selenium deficiency signs” and run into endless lists: tired, brittle nails, frequent infections. That’s unsettling – yet the most important sentence on this topic is almost unspectacular: No...
Selenium: Effects, Daily Requirement & the Best Form
Some nutrients you need in grams, selenium you need in micrograms – tiny amounts, but the body insists on them. The tricky part: whether your plate delivers enough depends on...
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