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Veganism
All my posts about veganism.
How to Lose Weight on a Vegan Diet (Without Eating Only Sad, Limp Salads)
It’s a bright Sunday morning here in Helsinki. It’s the kind of beautiful, optimistic day when many of us wake up, look in the mirror...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 278 min read
How to Go Vegan Without Crying in the Supermarket: A Beginner's Guide
Today I am tackling a topic about starting something new, something that people I’ve met find both incredibly inspiring and deeply,...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 277 min read
The Fig Wasp Conspiracy: Are Your Favorite Cookies Secretly Full of Bugs?
It’s a bright day here in Konala, Helsinki, a day for simple pleasures. For many, that might mean a quiet cup of coffee and a pastry,...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 278 min read
Can Your Dog Be Vegan? A Deeply Controversial Investigation
It's a beautiful day here in Konala, Helsinki. The parks are full of people enjoying the precious Nordic sun, and almost all of them, it...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 278 min read
The Great Plant Milk Showdown: An Investigation into the Best Vegan Milk (And the Worst)
It’s a bright Tuesday morning here in Helsinki, a time for the sacred and deeply personal ritual of the first cup of coffee. ☕ But this...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 278 min read
The Magic of Emulsions: How is Vegan Mayo Even Possible?
It's a bright Monday morning here in Helsinki, a time for brunch and other pleasant weekend rituals. And what is brunch, I ask you,...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 278 min read
Are Vegan Proteins Healthy, Or Just Sad Meat Ghosts?
It’s a bright and beautiful morning here in Konala, Helsinki. It’s a time for wholesome thoughts, and my thought for today is about the...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 278 min read
"But Lions Eat Meat!": A Field Guide to Debunking the Most Tired Anti-Vegan Arguments
It’s a bright and peaceful Sunday morning here in Helsinki. It’s a time for a quiet coffee, a reflective stroll, and a pleasant,...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 279 min read
When Food Labels Lie: A Vegan's Guide to Spotting Hidden Animal Ingredients
It’s nearly midnight on a Saturday night here in Helsinki. I don't have a social life, so here I am writing. It’s that magical hour when...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 277 min read
The Palm Oil Paradox: Is Your Vegan Cookie Killing an Orangutan?
For many, palm oil is the ultimate villain of the food world. It is the shadowy, destructive force responsible for wiping out rainforests...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 267 min read
Seaweed: The Ocean's Answer to Vegan Nutrition (And Sushi Withdrawal)
Staring out at the water, gets a person thinking about the strange and ancient things that live down there in the murky depths....
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 267 min read
How Vegan is Your Wardrobe? An Investigator's Guide to Not Accidentally Wearing a Sheep
My thoughts, as they often do, turn to the practicalities of human survival. Specifically, I’m thinking about the warm, cozy jumpers and...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 268 min read
The Best Vegan Sources of Zinc and Why You Probably Need More
It's late on a Saturday night here in Helsinki. The sensible people have gone to bed, and the fun people are out being social. I,...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 268 min read
The Thirstiest Diet: Does Your Burger Use More Water Than Your Car?
Finland, as a nation, has a profound relationship with water; it is a country of nearly 188,000 lakes, a place where water is a constant,...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 268 min read
Does eating local meat really beat imported vegan food for the environment?
Sometimes your mind wanders. Maybe you think about your celebrity crush . Maybe you think about the ending of the not at all...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 268 min read
Growing a Human on Plants: Is a Vegan Pregnancy Actually Safe?
I have no social life to speak of, and my mind wanders to the big stuff. And tonight, I’m thinking about what might be the most...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 268 min read
Beyond the Blogs: What Do Actual Doctors and Dietitians Say About Veganism?
My latest obsession has been the wild and contradictory world of online nutrition advice. It’s a chaotic place. In one corner of the...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 268 min read
The Ultimate Vegan Macro Split: A Nerdy Investigation into the Perfect Plate Ratio
I’m deep in the digital trenches of the online fitness and nutrition world today, a place where people argue with a level of religious...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 268 min read
Are Vegan Bones Made of Chalk? An Investigation into Dairy-Free Bone Health
It's late on a Saturday night here in Helsinki. The city is quiet, and the sky, even at this hour, still holds a faint, ghostly light....
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 268 min read
The Clone Bone Conundrum: If Lab-Grown Meat is 'Cruelty-Free,' Is It Still Vegan?
It’s a late Saturday night here in Helsinki, that quiet, contemplative hour when the city is bathed in the strange, ethereal twilight of...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 268 min read
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