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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.
Nutrients for Strong Bones
Imagine your skeleton were a construction site where work goes on around the clock – every day one crew tears down old material while another puts in new. That is...
Nutrients for Strong Hair
One centimetre a month - that is how fast the hair on your head grows, no faster. So anyone expecting fuller hair overnight from a change in diet will be...
Nutrients for the Eyes: Lutein, Zinc & Co.
The first glance at your phone in the morning, screens all day long, and one more chapter of a book in the evening: our eyes are arguably the most demanded...
Which supplements should you not take together?
You stand in front of a little collection of jars each morning and wonder: just knock them all back at once? The short answer: the vast majority of vitamins and...
Zinc and Copper: The Right Ratio When Supplementing
Zinc is a favourite of the supplement world – it appears in the single zinc tablet, in the immune complex, in the beauty formula and in the multimineral. Hardly any...
Iron and calcium: why you should take them at separate times
Most vitamins and minerals are easy-going housemates – you can take them together without any problem. Iron and calcium are the famous exception. They are like two guests fighting over...
Taking Magnesium and Vitamin D Together? Here's How It Works
The good news first: Yes, magnesium and vitamin D can easily be taken together – they don't interfere with each other; in fact, they even complement one another thematically around...
Adaptogens: What's Behind the Term?
All of a sudden „mit Adaptogenen“ appears on every other package, in every wellness reel and on café chalkboards. But what does it actually mean? Here's the clear answer up...
How to Take Maca Correctly: Amount, Timing & Tips
You've bought yourself some maca powder from the Andes, you open the bag - and you're left wondering: how much goes into the smoothie now, and when is best? In...
Ginseng as a Course: How Long and How to Take It?
Anyone buying ginseng for the first time comes across almost the same advice everywhere: not permanently, but as a course with breaks. But how long is such a course actually?...
Turmeric: How Much per Day Is Usual?
How much turmeric per day - the direct answer: There is no universally valid "daily dose", because everything depends on whether you use spice powder or concentrated curcumin extract. In...
How to Take Turmeric Properly: With Pepper & Fat
"Always take turmeric with a pinch of pepper and a little fat" – few nutrition tips are passed around as often. But is that true for every form, or has...
Turmeric: How Much per Day Is Usual?
How much turmeric per day – the direct answer: There is no universal "daily dose", because everything depends on whether you use spice powder or concentrated curcumin extract. In the...
Taking Turmeric Correctly: With Pepper & Fat
"Always take turmeric with a pinch of pepper and a little fat" – few nutrition tips are passed on as often. But does that hold true for every form, or...
Ashwagandha: take it in the morning or the evening?
The capsule is sitting on the breakfast table, the coffee machine is running – and you hesitate for a moment: do I take my ashwagandha now, or would the evening...
Calcium: When and How to Take It?
There you stand in the morning with your calcium tablet, wondering: all at once or better to split it up? With breakfast or on an empty stomach? And what about...
Vitamin B12: Injection or Tablet?
„The injection really works, you can forget about the tablets.“ You often hear sentences like this when the topic is vitamin B12 – and they prove remarkably persistent. But is...
Covering Vitamin B12 Safely on a Vegan Diet
Living vegan means making countless good decisions – and, with exactly one nutrient, deliberately taking the reins: vitamin B12. In appreciable amounts it occurs practically only in animal-based foods, and...
Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Signs of a Low Supply
A quick online search for "B12 deficiency signs" – and you're already scrolling through endless lists that make you more nervous with every bullet point. Tired? Unfocused? Paler than usual?...
Vitamin B12 Forms: Methyl- vs. Cyanocobalamin
You're standing at the shelf, really just want a vitamin B12 supplement – and you're bombarded with tongue-twisters: methylcobalamin, cyanocobalamin, adenosylcobalamin, hydroxocobalamin. All supply vitamin B12, all claim to be...
How Long Should You Take Vitamin B12?
„A few weeks of B12 and I’m set for life“ – if only that were true. Vitamin B12 is one of the nutrients where the question of duration is far...
Vitamin B12: When and How to Take It?
Imagine you’re standing in the kitchen in the morning, coffee in one hand, your B12 capsule in the other – and suddenly this question in your head: Is now actually...
L-Tryptophan: The Amino Acid Explained Factually
Few amino acids are as wrapped in myth as L-tryptophan – from "turkey makes you sleepy" to countless claims about sleep and mood. Here's the fact: L-tryptophan is an essential...
Beta-Alanine: What to Know & How to Use It
You take a pre-workout or pure beta-alanine for the first time – and suddenly your skin tingles on your face, neck and hands. Panic? Completely unnecessary. The tingling (technically paraesthesia)...
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