Guides
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.
Omega-3 for Vegans & Vegetarians: Algae Oil & Sources
Omega-3 fatty acids are a classic example of a nutrient that's tricky to get on a plant-based diet. The reason is simple: the biologically active forms, EPA and DHA, are...
Collagen: From What Age, How Long & How Often Should You Take It?
Few supplements are discussed as often — or as controversially — as collagen. Some people swear by their daily scoop of powder in their coffee, while others dismiss the whole...
Iron and Coffee: Forget the 2-Hour Rule
Two hours between iron and coffee. Everyone knows the rule; it is in every forum, in every leaflet – until recently in this article too. We went looking for its...
Buying Zinc: Forms, Dosage & What to Look For
Zinc products are available everywhere – from the 20-cent effervescent tablet to the high-dose capsule at several times the price. The catch: not every product delivers what the label promises....
Buying Vitamin D3 + K2: Dosage & Quality
Hardly any dietary supplement is sold as a combination product as often as vitamin D3 + K2. The reason is simple: both vitamins are fat-soluble, both tend to be underestimated...
Buying Vitamin B12: Methylcobalamin vs. Cyanocobalamin
Hardly any dietary supplement is bought as often as vitamin B12 – and hardly any causes as much confusion when buying. Methylcobalamin or cyanocobalamin? Drops, lozenge, or capsule? 500 or...
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...
Buying Magnesium: Forms, Dosage & What to Look For
A look at the shelf doesn't make things any easier: bisglycinate, citrate, oxide, malate, threonate, "high-dose," "with 400 mg" – among dozens of products, the price per tub is barely...
Buying Turmeric & Curcumin: Bioavailability & Forms
Turmeric is one of the most popular plant compounds on the supplement shelf, and that's exactly why the market is so vast and confusing. Powder, capsules, extracts, micellar drops, liposomal...
Buying Creatine: Monohydrate, Creapure & Purity
Creatine is one of the most thoroughly researched substances in sports nutrition – and that's exactly why buying it involves more pitfalls than you might expect at first glance. Colorful...
Buying Collagen: Types, Peptides & What to Look For
Collagen is by far the most abundant protein in your body – and the range of powders, capsules, and drinkable ampoules on the market has grown accordingly. That's exactly where...
Buying iron: forms, tolerability and what to look for
Iron is one of those nutrients where more isn't automatically better. Quickly adding a product to your basket because you feel tired is understandable, but rarely the best idea. That's...
Buying ashwagandha: KSM-66, Sensoril and quality
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is one of the best-selling plant extracts on the supplement shelf – and that's precisely why the quality range is so vast. There are worlds of difference...
Probiotics and gut flora: strains, CFU and how to choose
Few topics in nutrition and food supplements are discussed as intensively as gut flora. Bacterial cultures, strain names with cryptic codes, billions-figures on the packaging: anyone looking for a suitable...
Chasteberry (Vitex agnus-castus): use and forms
Few plants are as well known in women's health as chasteberry. The small, pepper-like fruits of Vitex agnus-castus have been used since antiquity and appear today in many cycle-support preparations....
St. John's wort: forms, use and interactions
Few native medicinal plants are as well known, and at the same time as underestimated, as St. John's wort. Its golden-yellow flowers greet us along every summer roadside, and the...
Lady's mantle: tradition, forms and use
Few plants in European herbal lore are as closely tied to womanhood as lady's mantle. Its pleated leaves, along whose edges glistening drops of water gather in the morning, have...
Chanca Piedra: origin, tradition and use
Few Amazonian plants carry as vivid a name as Chanca Piedra – Spanish for, roughly, "stone breaker". Botanically, it is Phyllanthus niruri, an unassuming herb that has held a firm...
Berberine: origin, forms and intake
Few plant compounds are currently discussed as intensively in forums and guides as berberine. This bright yellow bitter compound occurs in several medicinal plants and has a long traditional history....
5-HTP from Griffonia: Origin, Forms & Intake
Few ingredients in food supplements are as closely tied to a single plant as 5-HTP is to Griffonia simplicifolia. Its seeds are currently the most important natural source of 5-hydroxytryptophan....
Sea Moss (Chondrus crispus): Nutrients, Forms & Quality
On the rocky coastlines of the North Atlantic, where the surf crashes against Ireland, Brittany, and Newfoundland, grows an unassuming purplish-red tuft: Chondrus crispus — known as “Sea Moss” in...
Rutin: Flavonoid – Effects, Sources & Its Connection to Quercetin
If you’ve ever looked into plant compounds, you’ll sooner or later come across rutin – a flavonoid with a long history and a closely related “big brother”: quercetin. Rutin is...
Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis): Botany, Tradition, and Fascinating Facts
Few native wild plants wear their name as visibly as lungwort. The white-spotted leaves, the early violet-blue flowers, and centuries of tradition make Pulmonaria officinalis a fascinating chapter in European...
Fadogia agrestis: Plant Profile, Tradition, and an Honest Look at the Research
Few plants from West Africa have attracted as much online attention in recent years as Fadogia agrestis – and few are weighed down with over-the-top promises quite so often. This...
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