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Parentalidade
O que é o Parto Lótus? O parto lótus—também chamado não corte umbilical—é a prática de deixar o cordão umbilical sem cortar após o parto, permitindo que o bebé permaneça ligado à placenta até que o cordão naturalmente…
7 min de leitura · Maio de 2025
Parentalidade
Como Descobri o Parto Sem Dor & 2 Curtas Histórias de Parto Parecia que todos ao meu redor estavam convencidos de que o parto seria como uma maratona… em chamas. Acenei educadamente, mas na minha cabeça pensava: Com certeza que há um…
5 min de leitura · Abr 2025
Vida Sustentável
A maioria dos colchões vendidos hoje é de espuma petroquímica. Eis o que a evidência diz sobre emissões, calor, durabilidade e fim de vida — e três fabricantes que trabalham inteiramente com fibras vegetais e animais.
11 min de leitura · Ago 2026
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Vida Sustentável
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 de leitura · Oct 2026
Vida Sustentável
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 de leitura · Oct 2026
Comida & Bebida
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 & Bebida
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 & Bebida
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 de leitura · Oct 2026
Comida & Bebida
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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