Featured
Sugar Content
Sugar Editorial Picks
Toast 2009 With Dry Champagne
We shall all be ringing in the New Year tomorrow, and for many of us that means a champagne toast, or two, or three. While the average glass of champagne contains 91 calories, I would like to suggest toasting with dry champagne, as sweet champagne is just dry champagne with added sugar. And you all know how I feel about added sugar.
Other Search Results
Sugar Content and Beverages
In my recent post about Vitamin Water, a few of you commented that it's loaded with sugar. Just how much though, and how does it and other beverages' sugar contents compare? Take this quiz to find out.
Guess Which Contains More Sugar?
Many processed foods are loaded with added sugar these days. Since you want to limit your added sugar intake to 40 grams a day, it's important to know the sugar content in the foods you eat. Are you sugar savvy?
Introducing the FitSugar Community!
We are so excited to unveil our shiny new FitSugar Community, the one-stop shop for finding all of our great fitness-focused content, groups, Fit Finds, and blogs.
Our community allows you to start groups, participate in other members' groups, meet new friends that share your interests, and maybe even be featured on FitSugar. We have made it easier than ever before to create and share content, so start having fun.
Healthy Recipe: PMS Banana Oatmeal Cookies
When monthly moodiness strikes, I fight back with baking. Having fought the symptoms of PMS in the past by making a batch of banana muffins, I went to the kitchen to see if I could bake a cookie to ease my symptoms. I created a pretty healthy oatmeal cookie that you can eat relatively guilt-free when the craving strikes.
Food Review: Clean Cravings Gluten-Free Crusts
I experimented with a gluten-free diet in college for a variety of reasons. My strongest memory from that period of my life was missing pizza. Crust was a digestive curse.
Diabetes diet
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- General Dietary Guidelines...
- Major Food Components
- Weight Control for Type 2 D...
- Heart-Healthy Diets
- Diabetic Exchange Lists
- Exercise
- Resources
- References
DrSugar Answers: Too Much Fruit Sugar?
DrSugar is in the house and he's answering your health questions.
Hi DrSugar,
I have a question that I'm hoping you could address in a post. I've read a couple comments that fruit should be limited or avoided due to its high sugar content.
Laid Out in Cubes: Sugar Alert!
Sometimes we all need a visual reference to help understand exactly how many calories we are actually eating. While the website This Is Why You're Fat has covered the territory of crazy fast food splurges, Sugar Stacks lays out the sugar content of foods in the easily identifiable measurement of sugar cubes. One sugar cube contains about a teaspoon of the sweet stuff and 11 calories.
Heart-healthy diet
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Dietary Changes
- Lifestyle Changes
- Resources
- References
- In 2006, the American Heart Association (AHA) revised its dietary and lifestyle recommendations. The new guidelines specifically recommend limiting daily saturated fat intake to less than 7% and trans fats to less than 1% of total daily calories.
- The AHA recommends consuming plenty of deep-colored vegetables and fruits, eating oily fish at least twice a week, and including whole grains in your daily diet.
- Women with existing heart disease may consider taking fish oil supplements, suggests 2007 AHA guidelines. Women should include a variety of low-mercury fish in their diet.
More on FitSugar
Fall Award Season
Top Brands
Esprit
Anna Sui
DAY Birger et Mikkelsen