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Martin Nake is the author of the book “Micronutrients for Performance-Oriented Athletes” and works as a guest author, copywriter, and journalist. He is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree and plans to subsequently familiarize himself with research and complete a doctorate. His goal is to help people lead healthy and self-determined lives through individual lifestyle and nutritional analyses.
In his free time, he is an avid climber and weightlifter, enjoys reading, and spends a lot of time in nature to balance his everyday work life.
Univ.-Prof. em. Dr. Ludwig Spätling, born on June 21, 1949, in Duisburg, is a gynecologist emeritus and pioneer in research on premature birth and pregnancy medicine. He received his doctorate in 1974 from the University of Marburg on ovarian functions in animal/human models and completed his further training in Zurich, including work in the perinatal physiology laboratory. Spätling habilitated in 1988 at the Ruhr University Bochum and was appointed adjunct professor in 1993.
In 1997, he became director of the gynecology clinic at Fulda Hospital, a position he held until his retirement in 2014. In his clinical and scientific work, he focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of threatened premature births, including procedures such as bolus tocolysis and magnesium substitution during pregnancy, as well as suturing techniques to control severe bleeding after delivery. He founded the German Family Foundation in 2000 and published the handbook Geburts- und Familienvorbereitung (Birth and Family Preparation) in 2020. He was a member of the Frankfurt Future Council and has a personal website focusing on family and health education.
Dr. Helena Orfanos-Boeckel is a specialist in internal medicine with a focus on nephrology and has been running her own private practice for holistic internal medicine in Berlin-Charlottenburg since 2002.
She studied medicine for three years in Brussels (Université libre de Bruxelles) and then in Berlin; she completed her specialist training (internal medicine, specializing in nephrology) at the Steglitz Clinic of the Free University of Berlin, now Charité – Campus Benjamin Franklin.
In her practice, she combines classical internal medicine diagnostics with modern concepts of orthomolecular and hormonal medicine as well as methods of functional and mitochondrial medicine. In addition to her medical work, she is committed to communicating medical and biochemical knowledge in an understandable way—through specialist lectures, interviews, and her publications on nutritional and hormonal medicine.
Prof. Dr. Elmar Wienecke is a certified physical education teacher and holds a doctorate in sports science, which he earned at the German Sport University Cologne in the field of sports medicine/cardiology/training and exercise science. He worked as a soccer coach for many years—including as head coach of second division club 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 in 1990—before increasingly devoting himself to his scientific and health policy work.
In 1994, he founded the company SALUTO, which is now a center of excellence for micronutrient therapy and regulatory medicine. In 2013, he initiated the Foundation for Micronutrients – Prevention, Health, Quality of Life (SfMPGL). He is the initiator of the master's program in Micronutrient Therapy & Regulatory Medicine at the University of Applied Sciences for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (FHM) in Bielefeld, where he holds an endowed professorship for sports, nutrition, and regulatory medicine.
Through his research, he has built up a database of over 60,000 evaluated cases, which serves as the basis for his analyses and recommendations in micronutrient medicine. For his groundbreaking contributions, he has received, among other awards, the Innovation and Prevention Prize of the Foundation for Health and Environment (SfGU, Switzerland) 2025 and the QS24 Prize “Back to the Roots” 2022. He is also involved as deputy chairman of the Westphalia association group at the BDFL (German Football Coaches Association).
Dr. Edmund Schmidt is a specialist in general medicine and runs a practice in Ottobrunn offering nutritional medicine, micronutrient/vital substance therapy, travel medicine (including yellow fever vaccinations), chiropractic therapy, and pain therapy, among other services.
Together with his wife, Nathalie Schmidt, a registered nurse, Reiki therapist, and coach, he has been working for many years on an interdisciplinary, patient-oriented, holistic approach to care.
The practice is listed on the FOCUS-Gesundheit medical portal as “recommended by the editors” (region: Munich district).
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Uwe Schröder has a degree in ecotrophology and is a certified nutritionist (VDOE). He studied ecotrophology, education, and sports science at Justus Liebig University in Giessen and completed his thesis at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. For many years, he has been working at the German Institute for Sports Nutrition (DiSE) in Bad Nauheim, where he is a member of the board. There, he combines scientific research, practical nutrition counseling, and public relations work.
In addition to his work at DiSE, Schröder is a lecturer in sports nutrition at various universities, including the University of Würzburg, the Münster University of Applied Sciences, and the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, and works as a consultant for sports associations. His main areas of focus are sports and performance nutrition, research into micronutrients and dietary supplements, nutrition education, and the design of practical training programs for coaches, nutritionists, and athletes.
Dr. Jochen Hoffmann got his doctor degree in biology. He studied phytopathology and botany and immunology. Dr. Jochen Hoffmann finished his studies in 2003 at the University of Konstanz, in Germany.
When he was studying he learned more about plants. How they can help people feel better. He went on trips to the Lower Engadine in Switzerland and the Southern Alps in Slovenia, Austria and Italy to see the plants and animals. He wrote about what he saw on these trips like the kinds of plants and how they can help people. He also wrote about how nature can heal people. The plants and nature, in the Lower Engadine and the Southern Alps are very special. Have a lot of healing power.
He had some health issues and he tried changing his diet and using plants for medicine. This is how he found out that natural things can really affect our body and mind. He used this knowledge to create a way of thinking about health that includes ideas from Traditional European Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda and healing traditions, from Latin America and Africa.
The healing power of spices and herbs and plant extracts is what his work is about today. He takes this knowledge and mixes it with what science is saying now about the good things that plants and tiny nutrients can do for us. Then he puts all this together into things like tablets and capsules and liquids that help people feel better in their bodies and minds. He wants to help people, with spices and herbs and plant extracts.
Since 2004, Dr. Hoffmann has been contributing his expertise to the development of holistic and synergistic dietary supplements and natural cosmetic products. He is also responsible for the strict guidelines on clean labeling in accordance with internal purity requirements and compliance with European quality and legal requirements in product development.
Dr. Truls Marius Aarra is a specialist in plant-based biochemistry with a focus on how plant-based food molecules interact with the human gut. He completed his master's degree in biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Bergen in 2003, where he specialized in the mechanisms by which plant molecules bind in the digestive tract, trigger immune responses, and promote health benefits.
With over 24 years of professional experience, Dr. Aarra brings in-depth scientific expertise to the Research and Quality Committee, particularly in the precise study of biochemical interactions between plant compounds, the gut, and the immune system. His work emphasizes the central role of bioactive plant compounds in modulating human health through their effects in the gut environment, which in turn influences immune function and overall well-being.
Dr. Aarra currently serves as R&D Manager at Vitality Nutritionals, where he contributes his expertise in plant-based research and product development.
Kyra Kauffmann, born in 1971, is a naturopath and author specializing in functional medicine and holistic approaches to complex diseases.
After studying economics at the University of Cologne, she spent several years in management positions in banking.
Her own experiences with burnout and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) led her to make a fundamental change of direction: as conventional therapies provided little relief, she began to intensively study naturopathic and functional therapy methods. These not only helped her to regain her own health, but also inspired her to train as a naturopath.
Since 2004, she has been running her own practice—first in Hofheim am Taunus and now in Düsseldorf—with the aim of identifying the causes of chronic diseases and treating them holistically. Her focus is on thyroid and adrenal gland disorders, mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), celiac disease, mitochondrial dysfunction, hormonal balance, and chronic fatigue.
She is currently also studying human medicine and preparing for her second state examination—a step that will expand her naturopathic knowledge to include conventional medical perspectives.
In addition to her practice, Kyra Kauffmann shares her knowledge with a wide audience through books, seminars, and online courses. Her goal is to present scientific findings in an understandable way and encourage people to take active responsibility for their health.
Dr. Bernd L. Fiebich holds a doctorate in cell biology and heads the “Neurochemistry and Neuroimmunology” research group at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University Medical Center Freiburg. He studied biology at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, specializing in genetics, developmental biology, and cell biology. His thesis dealt with paternal mutants of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.
As part of his doctoral studies at the Institute for Molecular Cell Biology (Gödecke / Parke-Davies AG), he investigated the expression of PKC isoforms and VEGF in baculovirus-infected cells.
Since the early 1990s, he has been conducting research on inflammatory processes in the nervous system and their significance for neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases. In addition to his university work, he is co-founder and managing director of VivaCell Biotechnology GmbH.
Prof. Dr. med. Ekkehard Schleußner is a specialist in gynecology and obstetrics and is the director of the Clinic for Obstetrics at the University Hospital Jena (UKJ). He has extensive clinical experience with high-risk pregnancies, particularly in cases of recurrent miscarriage, and conducts intensive research on the placenta and pregnancy complications. He is also a university professor and is active in national professional associations.
He received his doctorate from the University of Marburg in 1974 and completed earlier practical and scientific positions in Zurich, including work in the perinatal physiology laboratory. In 1988, he habilitated at the Ruhr University Bochum, and in 1993 he was appointed adjunct professor. In 1997, he took over as head of the gynecology clinic in Fulda before later moving to Jena.
His scientific contributions include leading a study on anticoagulation (dalteparin) in cases of recurrent miscarriage, which was published in Annals of Internal Medicine. He was a member of the board of the German Society for Prenatal and Obstetric Medicine (DGPG) and served as vice president of the German Society for Perinatal Medicine (DGPM). He is also active in the German Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology (DGGG). His current research focuses include climate-related influences on pregnancy and perinatal development.