Watch Out Matt: Death By Caffeine!


Updated 09/20/07 5:30 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 16 comments

Watch Out Matt: Death By Caffeine!

Caffeine has been in the news a lot recently, from finding out it's not dehydrating to, most notably, the latest incident where someone actually OD'd on caffeine. Yet, another warning that too much of anything can be bad. In tribute to caffeine being so popular (good and bad) with the media these days here is a fun calculator to find how much caffeine it would take to send you to the morgue Read more

The Truth About the Health Benefits of Tea


Updated 12/03/11 12:50 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

The Truth About the Health Benefits of Tea

We are pumped to share one of our favorite stories from Health.com here on our site. Tea — does it really fight cancer? Lower cholesterol? We filter the research to find out which health claims actually hold water. By Kate Lowenstein The way scientific studies and health gurus alike have touted the perks of tea over the past few years, you'd think the stuff was some kind of all-powerful Read more

DrSugar Answers: How Do I Know It's Heat Exhaustion?


Updated 10/14/11 11:50 AM · Posted by DrSugar · 1 comment

Signs of Heat Exhaustion

DrSugar is in the house, and she's answering your health-related questions. Dear Doc Sugar, Today while I was about halfway through my run, I noticed that I was starting to get some chills and had goosebumps. I was probably pushing myself a little bit harder than usual, but it's not like I've never pushed myself to the limit before. Could this have been a sign of impending heat exhaustion? What Read more