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Unsteady on your feet, tingling feet, weak muscles? A vitamin E deficiency is rare, and it's almost always caused by impaired fat absorption. Which symptoms really fit...

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Muscle cramps, weakness, and your blood test shows low chloride? Chloride deficiency almost never comes from your diet, but from losses like vomiting or diuretics. Whi...

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Craving sweets, tired, the weight's creeping up, and chromium is supposedly to blame? A real chromium deficiency is so rare it's described almost only in artificial nu...

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Muscle weakness, bone pain, shortness of breath? Phosphate deficiency is almost never caused by diet alone, but by illness, medication, an iron infusion, or eating aga...

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Anaemic even though iron doesn't work, tingling in your feet? Copper deficiency is rare in healthy people, but a real risk after stomach surgery or with high zinc inta...

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Constantly tired, hair thinning, putting on weight? Selenium deficiency is rare in Germany, even though our soils are poor in it. Here's which symptoms really belong t...

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Muscle weakness, cramps, heart palpitations: how a potassium deficiency develops, how it shows up, and which foods deliver plenty of potassium.

Eat less, move more, and still nothing happens? Losing weight is about a calorie deficit, time and habits, not bans. How much is realistic, what you should eat, which ...

Capsules from the chemist, yoghurt with cultures, or just more fibre? Probiotics are live bacteria, prebiotics are their food. What the difference is, when a supplemen...

Red face after red wine, headache after salami pizza, stomach cramps after yesterday's leftovers? Your body might not be breaking down histamine fast enough, and no bl...

Shake straight away or shower first? After training, protein and carbohydrates matter, and timing is more relaxed than its reputation suggests. How much you need, what...

Banana or porridge, an hour before or three? Before training, timing and amount matter more than the perfect food. What suits when, how many carbs you need and what's ...

Do you train regularly and still see hardly any progress? Muscles only grow with a training stimulus, enough energy and enough protein. How much more you should eat, h...

How antioxidants neutralise free radicals, which foods are especially rich in them, and what studies say about it.

Bloating and stomach pain after fruit? How fructose intolerance develops, which symptoms are typical, and what you can eat.

Ovo-lacto, lacto, ovo: the forms of vegetarianism, their benefits, and the nutrients you should keep an eye on.

Up to 80 per cent carbohydrates: what defines a high-carb diet, which foods fit, and who it makes sense for.

The body only needs vitamins and minerals in tiny amounts, but nothing works without them: functions, requirements, sources.