8 Small Ways to Lose Big Pounds in 2012


Updated 01/02/12 6:59 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Small Lifestyle Changes to Help You Lose Big Pounds

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar! Quadruple your weight loss by making one easy tweak to your routine per week By Alyssa Shaffer If your goal is to lose weight and exercise more, forget the deprivation diet and marathon workouts. New research shows that taking baby steps — not giant leaps —is the best way to get lasting results. A study Read more

DrSugar Discusses Breast Asymmetry


Updated 06/01/11 12:19 PM · Posted by DrSugar · 0 comments

Breast Asymmetry Causes and Treatments

DrSugar is in the house! This week she tackles the topic of different sized breasts. This week on DrSugar, we round out our series on women's health issues with a discussion on breast size asymmetry — this is a surprisingly common concern among female adolescents and even adult women! Breast size asymmetry is when a woman's breasts are different in size and is defined as a difference of form, Read more

How to Know If Your Baby Is Dehydrated


Updated 06/17/11 7:40 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Know If Your Baby Is Dehydrated

One would assume that with all the milk babies drink that they don't need any more fluids. But because babies have relatively small fluid reserves and high metabolic rates, they can easily lose electrolytes and water, which are crucial for their little bodies to function. And if your baby is having a bad bout of diarrhea, she'll also be susceptible to becoming dehydrated more quickly than Read more

6 Little Instant Health Boosts


Updated 10/11/11 6:24 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

6 Easy Healthy Living Tips

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar! Minor moves that offer major benefits for your mind and body By Alyssa Shaffer, Prevention Brush and Floss Health boost: Cut risk of head and neck cancer by 400 Percent Take good care of your smile and you'll have more than just white teeth to show for it. New research from Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Read more

Milk It: Boost Your Nursing Knowledge During World Breastfeeding Week!


Updated 08/03/11 3:15 AM · Posted by LilSugar · 0 comments

Breastfeeding Tips and Tricks

Way to go mamas! Choosing breast milk for your baby is a commitment, and moms who go that route should be commended. We're in the midst of World Breastfeeding Week where the benefits of mama's milk and the women who create it are celebrated. We've rounded up our best tips, tricks, and real-life experiences to help nursing moms keep their milk flowing! 10 Reasons Why I Loved Read more

5 Things: Vitamin D


Updated 10/14/11 11:48 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 13 comments

5 Things: Vitamin D

Making health headlines almost daily, vitamin D seems to be the nutritional celebrity. Even with all the press it has been getting, Americans don't seem to be getting enough vitamin D in their diets. Here are five things about vitamin D to help you get to know it a little bit better. Vitamin D, not vitamin C, is known as the sunshine vitamin since your body produces vitamin D after exposure to Read more

Food Cures For Common Ailments


Updated 10/14/11 11:50 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 4 comments

Home Remedies That Work

I have friends who are all about popping pills to ease their ills. Advil for sore knees, Tylenol for headaches, and Prilosec for heartburn. I'm not dissing these medications because they definitely serve their purpose in making you feel better, but if you're more into the natural route, here are some foods that are proven to have medicinal powers. Asparagus: As a natural diuretic, asparagus has Read more

Smarter Eats: Gwyneth Reminds Us to Get a Healthy Dose of D


Updated 10/14/11 11:49 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 5 comments

Smarter Eats: Gwyneth Reminds Us to Get a Healthy Dose of D

Gwyneth Paltrow's dishing out some healthy advice on GOOP this week — get your daily dose of vitamin D. The super-fit star points to Dr. Frank Lipman's healthy tips for getting our fair share of the vital D, who reminds us that, especially this time of year —when we head into the colder season and see less sunlight — it's even more important to supplement our diets with the vitamin, and Read more