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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 Manganese: Purity, Form & Dosage
Manganese is one of the quietest trace minerals on the shelf — hardly anyone thinks about it until it suddenly matters at checkout. And here, one rule applies more strictly...
Zinc from Scheunengut: the Trace Element in Our Cycle Complex
Zinc is a trace element the body needs only in small amounts – yet depends on, because it is involved in countless processes. From cell division to metabolism to the...
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...
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...
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...
Vanadium: The Trace Element Between Research and Nutrition
Vanadium is a trace element that holds a special status in nutritional science. While many minerals are clearly regarded as essential, the role of vanadium for the human body has...
Molybdenum: Effect, Occurrence and Importance of the Trace Element
Molybdenum is among the trace elements the body needs only in tiny amounts, but without which important metabolic processes do not run smoothly. Compared with better-known minerals such as iron...
Copper in foods: The big list of copper-rich sources
Copper is a trace element that the body needs only in tiny amounts – and yet it is involved in a surprising number of processes. From energy metabolism through the...
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...
Silica and Silicon: Effect, Forms and Intake
Silica is one of the best-known natural products relating to skin, hair and nails – and at the same time one of the most frequently misunderstood. Behind the name lies...
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,...
Zinc-Rich Foods: The Best Sources
Zinc is one of the most unassuming trace elements - and at the same time one of the most important: the body needs it for hundreds of enzymes but can't...
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...
Manganese Deficiency: Signs and Requirement
Manganese is one of those trace elements hardly anyone thinks about – and for good reason: a pronounced manganese deficiency is extremely rare in humans. Even so, the question keeps...
Copper Deficiency: Signs, Causes, and the Zinc Balance
Copper rarely gets the spotlight, yet this trace element is involved in a huge range of processes in the body. A genuine deficiency is the exception in Germany, but certain...
Chromium Deficiency: Signs and Blood Sugar
Chromium is one of those trace elements that fly under the radar: hardly anyone thinks about it, yet it keeps coming up whenever the conversation turns to sugar cravings, energy...
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...
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...
Minerals & Trace Elements: The Complete Overview
You need around one gram of calcium a day, but only about 0.2 milligrams of iodine – five thousand times less. And yet, without iodine, the thyroid simply won't run...
Trace Elements: Overview and Function
Trace elements are minerals that your body needs only in tiny amounts – from a few micrograms to a few milligrams per day – but without which central processes would...
Zinc: Take It With or Without Food?
Zinc tends to be absorbed better on an empty stomach, but is usually better tolerated with a meal. The practical compromise for most people: zinc with a small, low-fibre meal...
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...
Iron: how long until the stores are full?
How long it takes for the iron stores to be filled cannot be answered with a fixed number - it depends on the starting situation, the capacity for absorption, the...
Zinc: how long should you take it? A course or long-term?
You have a pack of zinc in the cupboard and wonder whether to finish it in four weeks or whether zinc belongs permanently on the breakfast table. The short answer...
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