Coca-Cola's Truvia Wins FDA Approval


Updated 12/19/08 11:00 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 8 comments

Coca-Cola's Truvia Wins FDA Approval

Earlier this week, the Coca-Cola company announced it would begin selling three flavors of diet Odwalla juices sweetened with Truvia. Derived from the somewhat controversial herb stevia, Truvia had yet to be approved by the FDA when the Coca-Cola company made its announcement. On Wednesday, Dec. 17, the soft drink giant received word from the FDA that Truvia is now "generally recognized as safe" Read more

Pepsi and Frito-Lay Find Permanence in the Past


Updated 03/11/11 11:03 AM · Posted by · 4 comments

Pepsi, Frito-Lay Throwback Editions Become Permanent Items

What's old is new again. At the beginning of last year, PepsiCo started an eight-week run of two drinks, Pepsi Throwback and Mountain Dew Throwback, that came in vintage packaging and were free of high-fructose corn syrup. Now, running on the success of those two special-edition drinks, Pepsi has decided to keep the past in its future. According to Amy Wirtanen, the marketing director for Pepsi Read more

Want to Be Successful? Start Worrying


Updated 05/19/11 10:43 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Worrying About Work Will Make You Successful

We're always espousing the importance of work-life balance, because it's important to have a healthy mindset. Although anxiety is generally associated with being a negative feeling, a New York Times piece by professor Robert Frank of Cornell University's MBA program says that worry can actually motivate us and push us to be more successful. In fact, evolution has actually programmed us to become Read more

Celebrating 100 Years of Int'l Women's Day: Now Crack That Glass Ceiling!


Updated 03/16/12 2:45 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Women Leaders and the Gender Gap

Today marks the 100th year we're celebrating the International Women's Day, a holiday that celebrates the power of women all over the world. We've come a long way in gender equality, and yet there is still a steep corporate ladder for us to climb. Although there are strong women role models for us to look up to, there are still too few around — only 3 percent of the Forbes 500 companies in the Read more