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Jun 4, 2019
2 min

Why do we need iron?

There are two types of iron: heme and non-heme. Heme is obtained from animal-based products, and non-heme can be found in plant-based foods.

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Glauce Fleury

Mar 26, 2017
2 min

Brazil, meat and the agenda

If this buzz is part of the Brazilian government’s agenda to distract from the reforms to the pension system, that's even more disturbing.

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Glauce Fleury

Feb 5, 2017
2 min

Don't cry over any milk

An advertisement spread all over Vancouver says it’s worth crying over Canadian milk; what makes me cry is the way cows have been treated.

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How much do you know about toxic cosmetics?

Glauce Fleury

Nov 20, 2016
2 min

How much do you know about toxic cosmetics?

Most of us don’t read labels of cosmetics and, when we do, we don’t know most ingredients; some have been considered possible carcinogens.

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Canada discusses changes to the regulation of Natural Health Products

Glauce Fleury

Oct 18, 2016
2 min

Canada discusses changes to the regulation of Natural Health Products

Health Canada is proposing to regulate self-care products; CHFA says the proposal is trying to fix a system that's not broken.

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Parents could go to jail for feeding kids with vegan food

Glauce Fleury

Aug 17, 2016
3 min

Parents could go to jail for feeding kids with vegan food

Have you imagined going to jail because you’ve decided that your kids won’t eat meat? That’s what a politician is proposing for Italians.

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The day an MP told a vegan to “have a T-bone steak"

Glauce Fleury

Aug 10, 2016
2 min

The day an MP told a vegan to “have a T-bone steak"

Reading an MP tell a vegan to “have a T-bone steak” made me think: will there be a moment when we’ll look beyond our own generations?

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Glauce Fleury

Jun 16, 2016
2 min

Stay away from bees — and honey

Under poor weather, honey is the only source of food for bees, which are now facing extinction. If they disappear, we won’t likely survive.

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Glauce Fleury

Mar 30, 2016
4 min

Profile: How to be vegan in a country where meat has social value

Brazilian discusses the challenges of being vegan in a country whose culinary relies heavily on animal products, and meat has social value.

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Going vegan by accident: the power of a documentary

Glauce Fleury

Oct 6, 2015
2 min

Going vegan by accident: the power of a documentary

Documentaries have shown the hidden side of the food industry. What about getting ready to change what we put on our plates?

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