Are You a Fast Food Junkie?


Updated 05/11/10 12:05 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 34 comments

Quiz: Are You a Fast Food Junkie?

In case you haven't been looped in, yesterday wasn't just Monday. It was also what some might argue to be the biggest food holiday of the year. No, not Thanksgiving; I'm talking about National Fast Food Day! To celebrate the momentous occasion, I thought I'd test your knowledge of the drive-thru world. Have you been able to keep up with all of the newest offerings at your favorite fried Read more

Fast Food Breakdown Round Up


Updated 11/17/07 8:10 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 11 comments

Fast Food Breakdown Round Up

In honor of National Fast Food Day, I thought I would do a little round up of my nutritional breakdowns of many of the popular joints. Take heed: The fat and calories in many of the foods may upset your stomach a bit! Arby's Burger King Dairy Queen El Pollo Loco In-N-Out Burger Jack in the Box Long John Silver's McDonald's Panda Express Popeyes Subway Taco Bell Wendy's Last but not Read more

Nighttime Fasting: A New Way to Lose Weight?


Updated 05/24/12 8:44 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Is It Better to Not Eat at Night?

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. This week Shape turns to Cynthia Sass, a registered dietitian with master's degrees in both nutrition science and public health. If you couldn’t let anything cross your lips from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., but you were allowed to eat anything you wanted for eight hours a day and still lose weight, would you try it? Read more

21 Disposable Products You Can Reuse


Updated 03/30/12 1:45 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Can I Reuse Disposable Things?

Even when the product is supposedly "disposable," you can always reuse it. Wise Bread shares awesome ways to reuse these 21 disposable products. It’s said that we live in a disposable society. But the word "disposable" is a misnomer. Disposable is considered throwaway, something you use once and dump, regardless of the life that may be left in it. As a frugal shopper with a concern for the Read more

Down but Not Out: Tori Spelling Shares Her Friend's Perspective on Raising a Child With Down Syndrome


Updated 02/28/12 2:05 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Raising a Child With Down Syndrome

We're excited to bring you a new post from mother and actress Tori Spelling! Every other week, we're bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle advice from ediTORIal by Tori Spelling, which is Tori's daily blog about everything from food and fashion to parenting and relationships. This week, Tori shares a letter from her friend about her baby who was diagnosed with Down syndrome. Today, I’m Read more

Turning Japanese: a Japanese Cuisine Primer


Updated 02/28/12 4:30 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Basic Japanese Dishes and Ingredients

We know it best for sushi, ramen, and teriyaki chicken, but Japanese cuisine actually encompasses a vast range of dishes and flavors. Japan may be a relatively small island nation, but its topography is peppered with snow-capped mountains, broad agricultural fields, and plenty of seashore. Pasture land is at a premium, so the diet tends to be low in animal fats and relies heavily on locally Read more

Foods That Can Make You Look Pregnant


Updated 02/11/12 2:35 AM · Posted by · 4 comments

Foods That Make You Look Pregnant

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. Over the weekend, I saw a photo of a female celebrity (who is in a relationship with a male celeb) leaving a café with the caption, "Baby bump?" and I had to refrain myself from shouting out loud, "Come on, can't a girl eat without the world thinking she's having a baby?!" The truth is having a perfectly flat stomach Read more

Nutrition Myths That Can Cause Weight Gain


Updated 12/08/11 12:27 PM · Posted by · 8 comments

Reasons People Gain Weight

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. Myth: Going Vegan Will Make You Lose Weight "While various research shows that vegetarians and vegans, on average, consume fewer calories and less fat than omnivores (a 2009 Oxford study found that vegetarians weigh 3 to 20 percent less than their meat-eating counterparts, and a National Cancer Institute study found Read more

What's Yummy This Week


Updated 11/05/11 8:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Mario Batali Interview, Emeril on Bam, and Top Food News

Check out our interview where Mario Batali talks Eataly, ingredients, and Tony Bourdain. Savory Sights: sampling the foods of Texas. Must-see TV: get the dish: Waldorf salad, and Emeril on the origins of "Bam!" Celebrate National Sandwich Day with 10 Fall sandwich recipes. Fun candy facts from our best candy of all-time results. Did you celebrate Dia de los Muertos with traditional foods? Take Read more

6 Surprising Health Mistakes Even Smart Women Make


Updated 11/07/11 6:47 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Mistakes You Are Making That Harm Your Health

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar! When was the last time you got 8 hours of sleep or lifted weights at the gym? You're not alone if you can't remember: Even some of the most savvy women didn't get the memo about these health-wrecking habits. Find out if you're among them. From the Editors of Prevention You're supposed to watch saturated fat and eat Read more