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Vitamins: Essential Molecules for Life
Vitamins are vital for health. There are 13 essential vitamins, and each supports key body functions — from building cells and strong bones to supporting the immune system and keeping skin, hair, and nails healthy.

Autoimmune Diseases: When Your Body Attacks Itself
Autoimmune diseases are becoming more common, affecting about 5–8% of people worldwide. There are over 60 types known today.

Healthy Food to Fight Migraine Pain
Migraines are severe, throbbing headaches that can leave you unable to work or enjoy daily life. Around 10–15% of adults experience migraines each year, and women are affected more often than men.
Some people also experience an aura before an attack — vision problems, dizziness, or tingling — as a warning sign.

Diabetes and Your Immune System: Why Infections Raise Blood Sugar
When flu season arrives, colds and infections spread quickly. For most people, these are just minor annoyances. But for people with diabetes or insulin resistance, infections can be dangerous.

Osteoporosis: When Bones Break Easily
Osteoporosis is a serious bone disease that makes bones weak and more likely to break. Over 43 million people in the U.S. have low bone mass and are at risk. Women, especially after menopause, are most affected, but men over 60 can also develop it.

Thyroid Health: Why This Small Gland Has a Big Role
Did you know that one in five people have an enlarged thyroid and one in ten have thyroid dysfunction? These problems are becoming more common.

Raw food – healthy or unhealthy?
Many view the raw food diet as the ultimate healthy lifestyle—rich in unprocessed fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and sprouts. Since these foods aren’t heated above 100°F, they retain maximum vitamins, enzymes, and antioxidants.

Living with Diabetes
The Holiday Season – Thanksgiving, Advent and Hanukkah – is just around the corner. Supermarkets have already been selling gingerbread, cinnamon stars, and other sweet allurements for weeks, and the Christmas markets with their aroma of freshly roasted almonds and mulled wine are nearing.

What the Heart Desires
The heart muscle is the central organ of our body, without which we would not be able to live. This small organ is a true high-performance engine. It pumps about 1.5 gallons every minute, supplying vital oxygen and nutrients to organs, tissues and cells. Therefore, it deserves to be given more attention. But far from it! We invest more time and money in beautiful skin and muscles than in taking care of our heart. Even occasional shortness of breath or problems climbing stairs are often ignored, although these can already be the first signs of heart problems.

Infertility and desire for children – can nutrition help?
In fact, countless couples would like to have children, but pregnancy may not happen.
According to the Cologne-based Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA), every seventh partnership remains unintentionally childless.