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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.
Valerian: the root explained factually
Hardly any herb is as unmistakable as this one: open a tin of dried valerian root and the earthy, pungent smell fills the room at once. Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) is...
Garlic: Allicin, Forms & How to Use It
Allicin is the central active compound that gives garlic its typical smell and its pungency – and the crucial point about it: the whole, intact clove contains no allicin at...
Cinnamon: Cassia, Ceylon & How to Use It
The familiar winter aroma is deceptive: behind the word "cinnamon" hide two very different varieties – and one of them contains considerably more of a substance you shouldn't eat in...
Lycopene: the carotenoid from tomatoes
In short: lycopene is the bright red plant pigment from the carotenoid group, found above all in tomatoes and tomato products. It is best absorbed not from the raw tomato,...
Inulin & prebiotics: a factual explainer
You read "prebiotic" on the yoghurt pot, on the cereal bar, on the tub of fibre – and in the middle of it all one word keeps popping up: inulin....
Psyllium Husk: The Fibre Explained
A spoonful of unremarkable pale husks, a large glass of water – and within minutes the two turn into a thick gel. It is precisely this swelling capacity that has...
Royal Jelly: A Factual Explanation
A queen bee lives for several years, a worker bee often only weeks – even though both hatch from genetically identical larvae. The decisive difference? Throughout her life, the queen...
Propolis: bee glue explained
In brief: propolis is a resinous mass that honey bees produce from tree resins, wax and their own secretions and use as a building material inside the hive. It is...
Chromium: Effects & Blood Sugar Levels
Your body needs so little chromium that the entire daily amount would fit on the tip of a pin – and yet, without this trace element, your sugar metabolism would...
Manganese: Effects, Requirements & Sources
In short: manganese is an essential trace element that the body needs only in milligram amounts but cannot produce on its own. According to the EU, it contributes to a...
Copper: Effects, Requirements & Sources
Copper is an essential trace element that your body needs only in tiny amounts – yet without it, nothing works at all. Among other things, it contributes to the normal...
Nutrients for the Office & Screen Work
Eight hours at the monitor, a coffee in between, and by evening your eyes are burning and your head feels wiped clean. Welcome to the daily office routine of millions...
Nutrients for Frequent Travellers
In short: Anyone who is often on the move contends with shifting time zones, irregular meals and dry cabin air. No nutrient makes travelling effortless – but a smart base...
Nutrients for Vegetarians
In short: vegetarians have it easier than vegans, because dairy products and eggs cover many critical nutrients – above all vitamin B12, calcium and protein. Even so, it pays to...
Nutrients for Strength Training & Muscle Building
The dumbbell is back in the rack, the pump is there – but the real muscle building starts now, outside the gym. Before you get lost in the jungle of...
Nutrients for Runners & Endurance Athletes
Kilometre 15, your shirt is sticking, your legs are getting heavy – and you start to wonder whether your diet is really carrying you the way it should. Endurance sport...
Nutrients for Students & Exam Phases
Answered briefly: „study pills“ do not exist. It is approved, however, that iron, zinc and iodine contribute to a normal cognitive function, pantothenic acid (B5) to normal mental performance, and...
Nutrients for Men: what to look out for?
Answered briefly: for men, zinc, magnesium, vitamin D and selenium are above all in focus – zinc contributes to a normal testosterone level in the blood and to the immune...
Nutrients for Women: what to look out for?
„Am I actually taking the right thing?“ – sooner or later almost every woman asks this question while looking through the shelves full of preparations. Studies, job, sport, different phases...
Nutrients for Teeth & Gums
Answered directly: for the maintenance of normal teeth, calcium, vitamin D, magnesium and zinc are linked to approved EU statements. For the gums, vitamin C is the key nutrient, because...
Nutrients for the Muscles
You train three times a week, eat decently – and yet a cramp twinges in your calf at night now and then, or the strength just isn't quite there on...
Nutrients for Brain & Concentration
Just before the deadline, your head feels swept clean, and at exactly that moment the ad for the „focus capsule“ pops up, supposedly switching the brain into turbo. Before you...
Nutrients for the Nerves and the Nervous System
Right now, as you read this sentence, millions of nerve cells are firing inside your head, passing on signals, coordinating your eye movements and your comprehension – all in fractions...
Nutrients for the Joints
Going down the stairs, your knee cracks; after a workout, your shoulder speaks up; and in the ad break, the next glucosamine capsule promises miracles. The market around joints is...
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