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Every type of sugar, and what it does in your body

A complete guide to the sugars in our food: how each one is built, how the body breaks it down, the health problems linked to each, and the rare cases where sugar genuinely helps.

14 min read · Oct 2026

Comida y bebida

Every sweetener, rated: from aspartame to allulose

A consumer and maker's guide to every sweetener sold in Europe and the US: what it is made from, how the body handles it, what the latest research says, and a clear good, careful or avoid rating.

16 min read · Oct 2026

Comida y bebida

Sweet without sugar: dates, fruit, roots and spices

Dates, figs, bananas, apples, sweet potato, carrots, carob, malt, amazake, cinnamon and vanilla: how whole foods deliver sweetness with fibre, minerals and polyphenols, and how to cook with them.

10 min read · Oct 2026

Comida y bebida

Choosing sweetness: a buyer's and maker's guide

A practical cheat sheet for shoppers and food makers: the best sweetener for drinks, baking, ice cream, fermentation and chocolate, the 50 names sugar hides under, and EU labelling rules.

11 min read · Oct 2026

Café sostenible

Coffee under sail: Kaap and Tres Hombres

Most coffee crosses the ocean on diesel container ships. Kaap Koffie and Tres Hombres carry theirs on sailing cargo ships — slowly, beautifully and almost without emissions.

6 min de lectura · Oct 2026

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Machines in the coffee field: Brazil's mechanised harvest

Brazil grows about a third of the world's coffee, and much of it is harvested by machines that shake the trees. Efficient, controversial, and very different from the hand-picking of specialty farms.

8 min de lectura · Oct 2026

Vida sostenible

Straw straws: drinking straws that are just a plant

The original drinking straw was a hollow stem. Here is why reed and wheat straws beat paper and bioplastic, and which makers sell them without glues or plastics.

6 min de lectura · Oct 2026

Crianza

Grandparents need parenting courses too

Today’s parents are questioning inherited patterns and learning new ways to care. Grandparents deserve a place to learn too: not a lecture, but preparation for becoming reliable members of a modern family.

9 min de lectura · Sept 2026

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Moms’ birthing experiences

A quiet collection of real birth stories from mothers, shared anonymously or with a first name only. No advice, no judgment.

2 min de lectura · Sept 2026

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Humanitarian birth: how the Dutch system takes care of mothers

The Dutch maternity system is built on a simple idea: birth is healthy until proven otherwise. Independent midwives lead low-risk care, home birth is a normal choice, and after the baby arrives a kraamzorg maternity nurse comes to your home for days — cooking, teaching, watching, reassuring. It is not perfect, and the home birth rate has fallen, but as a model of humane, mother-centred care it remains one of the best examples in the world.

8 min de lectura · Sept 2026

Vida sostenible

Natural cleaning products that actually work

Most cleaning cupboards are full of promises and half-hidden chemistry. We searched for a fully natural line that still gets the job done — and found Sonett.

5 min de lectura · Sept 2026

Café sostenible

The shopping list for a successful roastery

A practical checklist for anyone building a roastery: green coffee, grinder, cupping bowls, sustainable bags and the quiet tools that turn a first roast into a repeatable craft.

5 min de lectura · Sept 2026

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The uncomfortable conversations about birth

Enemas before birth, caesareans without a medical reason, medication to stop milk, early formula and supply, and why night breastfeeding really is harder. What each practice is, why people choose it, and where the criticism deserves to be questioned.

14 min read · Ago 2026

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Partum and postpartum friends: the merino pants that carried me through

One pair of oversized merino men's sweatpants from John Merino in Amsterdam, worn from early pregnancy through a year of motherhood, worn into holes, and then repaired with a patch made from barely-worn baby trousers. A small story about circular clothing, repair, and what motherhood actually does to a body and a mind.

6 min de lectura · Ago 2026

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Meet Yanko: haemorrhoids, birth, and what actually helps

Haemorrhoids after pregnancy and birth are common, temporary and rarely discussed. What they are, why pushing invites them, and the remedies worth keeping in the drawer — eucalyptus cream and the Dutch classic, Curanol.

9 min de lectura · Ago 2026

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What you are actually paying for

Why a bag of specialty coffee costs several times a supermarket one — picking, altitude, yield, processing, and the difference between fair trade certification and the way specialty coffee is actually traded.

8 min de lectura · Ago 2026

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Decaf, plant by plant

There are only four real ways to take caffeine out of coffee, and only a few dozen plants in the world that do it. Here is the index of methods, an honest chemical-versus-not assessment, and a directory of the known facilities by region.

14 min read · Ago 2026

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Breast milk is a living medicine

Breast milk changes by the hour, by the day, and by whether the baby is ill. Night milk is not day milk. Milk fed to a sick baby is not the milk from a week before. Here is what is actually happening, and why pumping cannot reproduce it.

9 min de lectura · Ago 2026

Vida sostenible

A sustainable period, honestly assessed

What menstrual products are actually made of, what the evidence does and does not show, and the reusable cotton setup we would recommend to anyone starting from scratch.

8 min de lectura · Ago 2026

Comida y bebida

Cerveza sin alcohol, tomada en serio

La elaboración de cerveza sin alcohol dejó de ser una disculpa hace unos cinco años. Una breve guía sobre lo que realmente ha mejorado, cómo leer una etiqueta 0,0 y la tienda holandesa en la que la encargamos.

6 min de lectura · Ago 2026

Vida sostenible

Colchones elaborados con materiales naturales

Most mattresses sold today are petrochemical foam. Here is what the evidence says about emissions, heat, durability and end of life — and three makers working entirely in plant and animal fibre.

11 min read · Ago 2026

Comida y bebida

Comprar bien el matcha

Latas pequeñas, cosechas identificadas, tiendas que responden preguntas. Una guía práctica para comprar matcha en Europa sin malgastar dinero ni té.

6 min de lectura · Ago 2026

Comida y bebida

Mantenerlo en marcha

Moho frente a hebras de levadura, tandas de vinagre, irse de vacaciones y cuándo parar. La parte que nadie escribe porque no es fotogénica.

6 min de lectura · Ago 2026

Comida y bebida

Batidor, cuenco, agua

Un chasen, un cuenco ancho, un colador y agua a la temperatura y dureza adecuadas. Qué comprar, qué descartar y cómo mantener vivo el batidor.

6 min de lectura · Ago 2026

Comida y bebida

Matcha, como es debido

Most bad matcha is not bad matcha — it is good powder treated like instant coffee. Grade, water temperature, sieving and whisk technique, explained.

6 min de lectura · Ago 2026

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Milk kefir, the twenty-second ferment

Kefir asks less of you than any other ferment: milk, grains, a jar, a strainer, one minute a day. Here is how to keep it alive and tasting good.

5 min de lectura · Ago 2026

Comida y bebida

Sourdough, without the mythology

A starter is flour and water. A loaf is four ingredients and a schedule. Everything else people tell you about sourdough is decoration.

9 min de lectura · Ago 2026

Comida y bebida

La segunda fermentación

Two to five days sealed, 10–20% flavouring, and a plastic test bottle. How to get fizz without shrapnel, and how to reuse bottles safely.

7 min de lectura · Ago 2026

Comida y bebida

Leer la etiqueta del matcha

Grades are marketing. Harvest date, origin, cultivar and milling are the facts that predict the cup. How to read a tin, and what silence on a label means.

7 min de lectura · Ago 2026

Comida y bebida

Tarro, té, azúcar

A 3-litre jar, swing-top bottles, loose tea and plain white sugar. The kit is trivial; the sourcing questions are not.

7 min de lectura · Ago 2026

Comida y bebida

Qué es realmente la kombucha

Before the jar: what the SCOBY is, what the two ferments each do, and the small number of facts that make everything else make sense.

6 min de lectura · Ago 2026

Comida y bebida

Qué es realmente el matcha

Before method, before gear: what separates matcha from green tea ground up, and why shade, steaming and stone milling change the cup.

6 min de lectura · Ago 2026

Frogwise

The Frogwise Standard

Siete criterios, aplicados del mismo modo cada vez, publicados íntegramente para que puedas no estar de acuerdo con nosotros.

6 min de lectura · Jul 2026

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Elegir un colchón infantil

Espuma, látex, muelles y certificados — una lectura clara de la evidencia sobre aquello en lo que duerme tu hijo diez horas por noche.

8 min de lectura · Jul 2026

Café sostenible

Envases de café, con franqueza

Compostable no significa que se composte en tu jardín. Una guía práctica para tostadores a la hora de elegir bolsa.

7 min de lectura · Jul 2026

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Tueste eléctrico, medido

Lo que el cambio de gas a electricidad hace realmente con tu consumo energético, tus perfiles y tus costes.

5 min de lectura · Jul 2026

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¿Qué es el parto loto? Un comienzo suave más allá del cordón

¿Qué es el parto loto? El parto loto —también llamado no separación del cordón umbilical— es la práctica de dejar el cordón umbilical sin cortar tras el parto, permitiendo que el bebé permanezca unido a la placenta hasta que el cordón de forma natural…

7 min de lectura · Mayo de 2025

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Lecturas para mamás empoderadas: del parto al bebé y más allá

🌸 Los mejores libros para un parto hermoso y un posparto empoderado Tanto si te estás preparando para tu primer parto como si buscas enriquecer tus conocimientos para una experiencia más consciente, sumergirte en los recursos adecuados puede…

2 min de lectura · Abr 2025

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Desmitificando la inducción: Qué inicia realmente el parto

La forma más natural de iniciar el parto es cuando el cuerpo de la mujer decide que ha llegado el momento. Un aumento hormonal pone en marcha las contracciones, el dolor se alivia con la propia química del cuerpo y el parto comienza a su propio ritmo.…

4 min de lectura · Abr 2025

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De diosas a directrices: Una historia del nacimiento

El parto es universal, pero no siempre ha tenido el mismo aspecto. A lo largo de los siglos, continentes y culturas, el parto ha evolucionado, moldeado por creencias, herramientas, tradiciones y poder. He aquí un breve recorrido por la historia de…

4 min de lectura · Abr 2025

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Manual de un papá sobre bebés para Julian

The first night, the foggy days, milk, cramps, nappies, the witching hour and the first tooth — the newborn half of the manual, on its own.

7 min de lectura · Feb 2025

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Manual de un papá sobre el embarazo para Julian

The edition that was promised: the nine months before the birth, written for a father who wants to know what is actually happening and what he can usefully do about it.

9 min de lectura · Feb 2025

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🌼 Compartir orina con un propósito: Una mirada a Moeders voor Moeders

💡 La magia de los recursos compartidos Para empezar, me gustaría decir que soy una gran admiradora de la economía colaborativa en muchos aspectos. Compartir recursos nos ayuda a consumir menos y a construir comunidades más fuertes , ya que la confianza y el cuidado están en el…

4 min de lectura · Nov 2024

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Embarazo, pepinillos y poder

Cómo prosperar (y no solo sobrevivir) El embarazo no consiste únicamente en criar a un pequeño ser humano: consiste en descubrir tus instintos, tu poder e incluso, tal vez, tu carácter. Sí, habrá náuseas, dolores y cambios de humor. Pero es…

3 min de lectura · Nov 2024