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The Mayo Clinic reports that Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) affects one in ten Americans. That's a lot of people! It predominantly affects women who experience their first signs of the syndrome in their early 20s. But what is IBS exactly? IBS, also know as spastic colon, is considered a functional disorder meaning the normal function is disrupted and in this case it is (you guessed it) the Read more
I wrote last week that Coke and Pepsi will soon release their health and energy sodas...oops I mean beverages. Pepsi is adding, among other things, the mineral chromium to their Tava drink. This prompted me to do a little research on this space age sounding mineral. Trivalent chromium is required in trace amounts for sugar metabolism in humans. For this reason, it has been suggested that the Read more
I just learned something new and I thought I should share it with you: folate and folic acid are the same thing. Well not exactly the same thing. Although they are both forms of a water soluble B vitamin, folate naturally occurs in food and folic acid is its synthetic form found in supplements and added to fortified foods. Folate and folic acid not only prevent anemia during pregnancy, they Read more
It's fun to host people for a barbecue, but it can also get quite pricey when everyone isn't chipping in. Consumer expert Andrea Woroch provides suggestions to cut your grocery bill when shopping for your Memorial Day meal: Prepare most of your meal. Woroch says, "The general rule for prepared foods is that they are more expensive, and it's cheaper to buy the ingredients to prepare yourself." Read more
Don't be shy . . . It's time to talk sex toys! And Hysteria director Tanya Wexler is writing us a prescription for pleasure. Tanya's film — what she calls "the vibrator movie you can bring your mom to" — is in limited release and stars Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Rupert Everett. When working on a romantic comedy that centers around the invention of the vibrator, you end up with some Read more
Are you sitting at work, dreaming of where you'd like to spend those long Summer days? You're in luck, because SavvySugar has teamed up with DailyWorth and CheapOair to make your getaway wishes come true. What's better than a free vacation? A free vacation at your choice of three dreamy destinations. Do you want to feel the adrenaline on Las Vegas's streets or gawk at the bay views of San Read more
Charlize Theron sat down on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote her upcoming projects Snow White and the Huntsman and Prometheus, but talk turned from movies to her family life. She opened up about what it was like to bring home her son Jackson at just 9 days old, and revealed how her two dogs are dealing with the new addition. Watch the video now! Read more
Chefs share their most bizarre meals ever — Zagat Funny or Die spoofs Gwyneth Paltrow in the kitchen — HuffPost Food What the royal family really eats — Delish Guy Fieri was best man at Robert Irvine's wedding — The Braiser A strawberry rhubarb tart is simple yet impressive — BGSK 11 foods you should (and really shouldn't) fry — Kitchen Daily Spanish language pizza deal: Read more
Each year, almost 80,000 foreign spouses are awarded US green cards. The American government has determined that these couples are in bona fide relationships with the help of the "Stokes interview." Stokes refers to a federal court decision that ordered New York's immigration services to be more fair in deciding marriage green card cases. When officials have any suspicion that they're dealing Read more
This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I'll try my best to make this short. I really appreciate any and all advice here, I am so stumped on what to do. My boyfriend and I have been together for about three months now. I'm 24 he is 28. We met at work, and were not really friends before we started dating. So basically I have some Read more
