NYC Dept. of Health Wants You to Read Before You Eat


Updated 10/13/08 12:40 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 23 comments

NYC Dept. of Health Wants You to Read Before You Eat

A new marketing campaign from the New York Department of Health has one message: “Read ’em before you eat ’em.” The Health Department is trying to help New Yorkers use the calorie posting rules to their advantage when it comes to making smart food decisions. The advertisements are being posted in 20 percent of the subway cars and I'd be interested to see if the ad campaign really has any Read more

The Truth About 5 Confusing Foods


Updated 04/02/12 12:47 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

How to Keep Potatoes, Cheese, and Beer in Your Healthy Diet

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar! Even the most nutrition-savvy women can get lost in the headlines. Here's what you really need to know. By Sharon Liao, Prevention You heard that eggs can be high in cholesterol, so you dutifully switched to whole grains for breakfast. Next, you swapped out red meat for fish — only to later learn that fish can Read more

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

How to Work Out at Lunch


Updated 11/04/11 8:58 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Post-Workout Beauty Tips

We are pumped to share one of our favorite stories from Health.com here on our site. By Su Reid-St. John With my early-morning workouts getting depressingly darker as the year draws to a close, I’m starting to wonder if I should try to squeeze in some of my sweat sessions at lunch. The "sweat" part is what gets me, though: how do I do my exercise, stop sweating, clean up, make my hair Read more

New York Chef Serves Up Breast Milk Cheese


Updated 09/01/11 1:15 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 36 comments

New York Chef Daniel Angerer Makes Breast Milk Cheese

When it comes to homemade cheese, is breast best? That's what Daniel Angerer thinks. The chef, who owns Klee Brasserie with wife Lori Mason, has garnered attention for, among other things, squaring off against Bobby Flay in Iron Chef America. But lately, he's been making headlines for a different reason: serving cheese made from his wife's breast milk. It all began when Angerer noticed his wife Read more

Antisoda Ad: On Target or Over the Line?


Updated 10/14/11 11:50 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 17 comments

Man Drinks Fat For Antisoda Ad

The New York City Health Department is not messing around. They want you to stop drinking soda to combat obesity, and they'll gross you out to do it. Check out the video below that's part of the Don't Drink Yourself Fat campaign. Tell me if you think it's effective or too disgusting to have an impact. Antisoda Ad: On Target or Over Read more