Zinc

Risk groups for zinc deficiency

Risk groups for zinc deficiency
Zinc is an essential trace element that is normally sufficiently absorbed with food. However, due to changes in eating habits, increased consumption of fast food and convenience foods, high alcohol consumption, but also because of some voluntary diets or vegan diets, more and more people are consuming too little zinc....

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Selenium

What is selenium?

What is selenium?
Selenium is one of the so-called essential trace elements. This means that the body needs only very small amounts of it every day - but they are essential for life. The importance of selenium for the organism has only crystallized in recent decades. At the beginning of the 20th century, the...

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Malnutrition

How you can prevent malnutrition

How you can prevent malnutrition
If you notice signs of malnutrition in a relative or yourself (How malnutrition manifests itself), talk to the doctor treating you about it. He or she can then initiate countermeasures as needed, ranging from fortifying the diet with energy and nutrient concentrates to sip feeds to tube or intravenous feeding....

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Malnutrition

Obesity does not protect against malnutrition

Obesity does not protect against malnutrition
If a very obese person loses a lot of weight, they may still be overweight - but nevertheless already malnourished. Particularly in the case of overweight people, however, both relatives and many doctors often pay too little attention to weight loss or even perceive it as positive. Therefore, malnutrition in...

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Malnutrition

Malnutrition – more than a lack of food

Malnutrition – more than a lack of food
What is malnutrition? Malnutrition occurs when the body is not adequately supplied with energy and / or vital nutrients through food. As a result, there is an altered body composition and measurable limitations in physical and mental functions. Experts distinguish between a quantitative and a qualitative form of malnutrition. In the...

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Health Topics, Pregnancy

Folic acid and pregnancy poster

Folic acid for a healthy baby growth
An adequate supply of folic acid is important for the healthy development of the embryo. Why is this so? Folic acid is involved in the synthesis of hereditary substances - without folic acid, human cells cannot divide. Thus, it plays an important role in all growth and cell division processes. A...

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Thyroid gland

Why does the thyroid gland need selenium?

Selenase-a solution for selenium deficiency
The semimetal selenium is one of the so-called essential trace elements: Although the organism requires only very small amounts of it daily, these are absolutely necessary for a large number of metabolic processes. The thyroid gland is the organ of the human body richest in selenium. Therefore, it reacts particularly...

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