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Do Vegans Get Enough Vitamin E, or Are We Aging Like Bananas?
The Finnish winter is not for the weak. The sun, a distant and unreliable acquaintance at the best of times, clockes out of its shift at...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 1710 min read
Do Vegans Get Enough Iron? Or Is Popeye Lying to Us?
It’s a bright morning here in Konala, Helsinki, a day for new beginnings and fresh starts. I am, however, thinking about old cartoons....
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 179 min read
Do Vegans Need Vitamin C? An Investigation into Scurvy, Pirates, and Oranges
Tonight’s mystery is a strange one. I’ve been investigating the world of veganism, a subculture defined by its meticulous attention to...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 177 min read
Vitamin D: Is the Sun Ghosting You?
Finnish winter is always challeanging. The sun, a distant and unreliable acquaintance at the best of time, clockes out of its shift at...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 168 min read
Do Vegans Need Vitamin A? A Special Investigation into Carrots and Blindness
The sun, after a long and dramatic performance today , has finally somehow exited the stage, leaving the city in a soft, ethereal...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 167 min read


Vitamin B12: The Mysterious Nutrient Vegans Keep Getting Yelled At About
It’s late on a Saturday night here inKonala, Helsinki, a time for quiet reflection. And as an investigator of our modern anxieties, I am...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 169 min read
Is Milk Vegan?
As an investigator of our strangest human habits, I am beginning a new investigation into a substance so common, so deeply ingrained in...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 168 min read
Is Alcohol Vegan? An Investigation into the Secret Life of Your Favorite Party Potion
It’s late on a Saturday night here in Helsinki, a time when many of the city’s inhabitants are out participating in one of humanity’s...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 167 min read
Is Cheese Vegan? An Investigation into the World's Most Beloved Dairy Loaf
It’s a bright, beautiful Sunday morning here in Helsinki. It’s a time for quiet reflection, for pondering the great mysteries of the...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 158 min read
Can Vegans Eat Eggs?
Let’s cut to the chase: eggs. 🍳 You’ve seen them. You’ve probably eaten them. You have, at some point in your life, thrown one into a...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 157 min read
Is Sugar Vegan? An Investigation into the Great Bone Char Conspiracy
T onight, my profound question is about cupcakes. Specifically, the sugar in the frosting of the cupcakes. I was at a cafe earlier,...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 147 min read


What Vitamins Do Vegans Need?
Or: How to Not Fall Apart While Saving the Animals It's a beautiful, crisp morning here in Helsinki. The sun is out, the birds are...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 148 min read


Can Vegans Eat Bread?
It's a beautiful, crisp Monday morning here in Helsinki. The kind of morning that calls for a simple, profound pleasure: a warm slice of...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 148 min read


Is Honey Vegan? (And Why That Question Can Start Fights)
I t’s a very early here in Konala, Helsinki, a time when the world is quiet and my thoughts, free from the distractions of the day, often...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 149 min read


What does it mean to be vegan?
I was at a dinner party last night, and the conversation was flowing nicely, the cola was good, and everything was civilized. Then,...
Emanuele Bortolotto
Jul 108 min read
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