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Genitorialità
Cos'è il Lotus Birth? Il Lotus birth — chiamato anche non recisione del cordone ombelicale — è la pratica di lasciare il cordone ombelicale non reciso dopo il parto, consentendo al bambino di rimanere attaccato alla placenta finché il cordone non si stacca naturalmente…
Lettura di 7 min · Mag 2025
Genitorialità
Come ho scoperto il parto senza dolore e 2 brevi storie di parto Intorno a me tutti sembravano convinti che il parto sarebbe stato come una maratona… nel fuoco. Ho annuito con garbo, ma nella mia testa pensavo: Ci sarà sicuramente un…
Lettura di 5 min · Apr 2025
Vita sostenibile
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
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Vita sostenibile
A handmade furniture workshop in Amsterdam since 2011: solid wood, made to measure, and clever pieces that turn a small apartment into an office by day and a bedroom by night.
Lettura di 6 min · Oct 2026
Vita sostenibile
Wooden handles, horse-hair and boar bristles, plant fibres, and the miswak twig — what to brush with when you want no plastic at all.
Lettura di 6 min · Oct 2026
Cibo e bevande
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
Cibo e bevande
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
Cibo e bevande
What inulin, oligofructose, GOS, yacon syrup, soluble corn fibre and IMO actually are, what they do in the colon, which claims are proven, and who should be careful.
11 min read · Oct 2026
Cibo e bevande
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
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