Dealing With Moobs: Male Breast Reduction Surgery?


Updated 01/29/09 1:27 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 8 comments

Dealing With Moobs: Male Breast Reduction Surgery?

Unfortunately when people gain weight, they can't choose where the extra pounds go. While a woman may be psyched to add some fullness to her chest, for a guy it creates an often embarrassing phenomenon — man boobs. Some, like my friend Giggle, affectionately refer to them as moobs, but they are no laughing matter. Some men want to get rid of this excess flesh as quickly as possibly. Instead of Read more

A History of Onscreen Female Archers Hitting the Bulls-Eye


Updated 05/02/12 8:20 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Female Archers in Movies

In our interview with Brave producer Katherine Sarafian, we talked about how archery is having "a moment" right now. And with onscreen heroines like Katniss from The Hunger Games and Brave's Merida holding the bows, little girls are sure to be interested in the archery trend. I myself tried it for the first time at Pixar's Brave event, and I'm seriously hooked! Katherine said she loves that girls Read more

Healthy Dose Link Time: 10 Best New Walking Shoes


Updated 10/11/11 6:22 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 0 comments

The Best Athletic Shoes For Walking, Fall 2011

These shoes were made for walkin'! 10 best new walking shoes — Prevention Shh . . . here's the secret to a better workout — Real Simple Are breast self-exams more harm than help? — Health Paula Radcliffe's world record title stripped because she had a male pacer — Fitness Meet yogini star (and Bethenny Frankel fave) Kristin McGee — Fit Bottomed Girls Rock it out! The best workout Read more

Know Your Ingredients: Cornish Game Hens


Updated 09/22/11 12:55 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

What Are Cornish Game Hens?

It's all too easy, I realized, to cook game hens but truly have no idea what they are. I discovered this after losing an argument to a fellow editor, who claimed that game hens are just baby white meat-only chickens. She's right: a game hen — also known as a poussin or Cornish game hen — is pretty much that. It came about in the 1950s when two different bird breeds were crossbred to create a Read more

Crucial Services Planned Parenthood Provides Besides Abortion


Updated 02/04/12 9:41 AM · Posted by · 87 comments

List of Services Planned Parenthood Offers Besides Abortion

Planned Parenthood receives over $300 million a year in government funding. None of that can be used on abortion services, but there's a bill in Congress right now that would deny government funding to any organization that provides abortion. If the bill passes, it could threaten Planned Parenthood's existence. As Double X points out, eight in 10 pro-life Americans support a woman's right to Read more

A Brief History of Naked Sushi


Updated 03/31/11 1:56 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

History of Naked Sushi or Nyotaimori

The best known sushi plate may be Samantha Jones from Sex and the City, but the practice goes way back in Japan, having its own name nyotaimori (female plates) and nantaimori (male plates). Even so, it is not commonplace or even socially acceptable, happening mostly in sex clubs and at gatherings for organized criminals. Today photos of human sushi platters are floating around, bringing the Read more

Book Review: What the Yuck


Updated 10/14/11 11:50 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 0 comments

Review of What the Yuck — Women's Health Book Published by Health Magazine

Let's face it, the human body is fascinating but many of its functions border on disgusting and embarrassing territory. And we all have questions about mystifying bodily functions, and often these are questions we just keep to ourselves. Dr. Roshini Raj teamed up with the executive editor of Health Lisa Lombardi to answer many of our most embarrassing questions in a new book aptly titled What the Read more