Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Juergen Vormann studied Nutritional Sciences at the University Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, where he also earned his Doctorate in Pharmacology and Toxicology of Nutrition. He achieved the qualification of the "Habilitation" for Biochemistry at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, where he had the position of an extraordinary Professor. His main work areas are biochemistry and pathophysiology of pharmacologically active food ingredients, magnesium transport, acid-base-metabolism; he has produced more than 280 publications in scientific journals, monographs and textbooks. Prof. Vormann is head of the Institute for Prevention and Nutrition (IPEV) in Ismaning/Munich, Germany.