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The Frogwise Standard
We look at materials, durability, repair, waste, energy, labour, transparency, and real-life usefulness — clear criteria and honest trade-offs.
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Ouderschap
Wat is lotusgeboorte? Lotusgeboorte—ook wel het niet-doorsnijden van de navelstreng genoemd —is het gebruik om de navelstreng na de bevalling niet door te snijden, waardoor de baby verbonden blijft met de placenta totdat de navelstreng op natuurlijke wijze…
7 min leestijd · mei 2025
Ouderschap
Hoe ik pijnvrij bevallen ontdekte & 2 korte bevallingsverhalen Iedereen om me heen leek ervan overtuigd dat de bevalling zou voelen als een marathon… in brand. Ik knikte beleefd, maar in mijn hoofd dacht ik: Er is vast een…
5 min leestijd · apr 2025
Duurzaam leven
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 · aug. 2026
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Duurzaam leven
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.
6 min leestijd · Oct 2026
Duurzaam leven
Wooden handles, horse-hair and boar bristles, plant fibres, and the miswak twig — what to brush with when you want no plastic at all.
6 min leestijd · Oct 2026
Eten & Drinken
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
Eten & Drinken
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
Eten & Drinken
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
Eten & Drinken
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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