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If you're the type to eat yourself silly when your hormones are raging pre-cycle, you can use food as a weapon against PMS. You just need to strategize by eating right and making sure your meals contain vitamins and nutrients to alleviate the symptoms. Read more
Listening to NPR this morning, I almost choked on my toothbrush: the US military is using acupuncture to treat chronic pain. Not known for its liberal leanings, the defense department is deploying alternative medicine as a weapon against chronic pain. Well, not all wings of the military; just the Air Force has an acupuncture clinic, which it opened in 2002. While the army used to rely solely on Read more
DrSugar is in the house and he's answering your health questions. Dear DrSugar, I've never taken herbal supplements, but I know many people do. I read about herbal supplements that reduce body fat, specifically belly fat, and possibly stress. I was wondering if you could answer a few questions for me? What do you think of herbal supplements in general? How does someone find quality herbal Read more
Lil asks: should you prep your body for pregnancy with a cleanse? — LilSugar How to eat healthy when Indian is your takeout of choice — Fab Fit Fun New workout alert! Learn the ins and outs of SLT yoga — Vital Juice Everything you need to know to achieve a bod like Jen Aniston — InStyle 12 healthy (and homemade) alternatives to the ice-cream truck — Shape Choose your own workout! Mix Read more
We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from espnW here on FitSugar! By Julia Savacool It's a good thing Jenn Sommermann discovered triathlons when she did. "I was turning 40 years old, and my friend and I were looking for a way to commemorate the occasion," Sommermann said. "We decided to train for a triathlon." Because Sommermann was on the East Coast and her friend was on the West, Read more
Consumers have a tendency of falling for the next big health gimmick. Save your money on health duds with these Business Insider tips. No matter how many times we're told otherwise, Americans' obsession with get-healthy-quick schemes will likely never die. Too bad most of these fads aren't worth their weight in salt — or your hard-earned dollars. We've put together a list of some of the worst Read more
This provocative installation fills a closed mental health center with garden blooms. — Garden Design Six great guest beds for all types of spaces. — Real Simple Tour a Portland industrial studio filled with charming vintage finds. — Houzz Bring these DIY butcher-paper baskets for your next picnic. — Craft Browse these 50 home products all under $50. — Country Living Consider a spin Read more
From yogurt to cereal: 8 foods with more sugar than a Twinkie — HuffPost Healthy Living Designer Donna Karan dishes how the right outfit can take 10 lbs. off your frame — Health Feeling sad over Titanic 3D? Find out why this might be good for your happiness — Self Drop a few extra pounds each year by doing these 20 small everyday things — Real Simple Chronic pain? 10 alternative Read more
A top-of-the-line electric toothbrush isn't cheap, but the investment in my dental health is worth the price of my Sonicare Elite toothbrush. But similar to razors and razor blades, the costs really add up when replacing the toothbrush heads. Sonicare's amazing electric toothbrushes range in price, from about $50 to more than $200. Though I have one of the midrange versions, the e-Series Read more
We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Ben Sommer, conceived through alternative insemination, is a young man now and tells the story of deciding to meet his donor. I grew up in a middle-class home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with two loving parents, both of whom are women. My conception was perhaps the most organized and scientific miracle of Read more
