Yet Another Recall: Olives


Updated 04/20/07 12:21 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 6 comments

Yet Another Recall: Olives

As if we haven't had enough of recall madness, yet another item has been recalled. The FDA has put out a release announcing the recall of olives made by Charlie Brown di Rutigliano & Figli S.r.l, of Bari, Italy. The reason for the recall? Apparently the olives may be contaminated with the deadly bacterium, Clostridium botulinum. C. botulinum, which can cause botulism, a potentially fatal Read more

5 Sneaky Supermarket Tricks That Make You Eat More


Updated 11/14/11 1:25 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Supermarket Tricks That Make You Eat More

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar! Have a healthy (and cheap) trip to the grocery store By Bari Nan Cohen, Prevention You walk into a grocery store expecting to buy only the items on your list, yet you leave with a cart full of extras you may not really need — and a considerably lighter wallet. An accident — or lapse in judgment? Actually, the Read more

Virginia Is For Lovers, but Athens Is For Flirts


Updated 03/02/11 8:45 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Athens Most Flirtatious City

Love may be among the ruins, but flirting is alive and well in the streets of Athens. Badoo.com, a site that encourages social networking through flirting, analyzed 12 million flirtations across 180 countries and named Athens the top come-hither city of its self-titled "World Flirtation League." Is the site just very popular in Greece? Badoo is a Denmark-based company, so I suspect most of its Read more

4 Features Your Sports Bra Must Have (From Oprah’s “Bra Whisperer”)


Updated 08/18/11 6:21 AM · Posted by · 7 comments

How to Pick the Right Sports Bra

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from Self here on FitSugar! For many, especially the well-endowed among us, choosing bras can be potentially as demoralizing as bathing suit shopping (though for different reasons). The trouble: If you head to a nonspecific shop, you flounder on your own. At old-school lingerie stores, while they know their stuff, you're likely to get felt up by an Read more