Drinking enough water during the day is important for everything from fighting fatigue to controlling your appetite, but you could be doing more with those eight glasses a day. Here's why you should jazz up water to make it even better for your body and your taste buds. Essential nutrients: Add flavor and vitamins with cooling cucumber or melon; not only will these fruits help hydrate, but they Read more

Upgrade your French toast to fight belly fat — Prevention Fill up with fiber and cook with these ingredients — Real Simple You can detox with food, and here's 50 recipes to help — Self Treat yourself right and ditch the fad diets for weight loss — Huff Po Hummus might be healthy, but here's why to skip it pre-workout — Shape Robert Pattinson enables Kristen's potato-chip cravings — Read more

There are endless "natural" beauty and health brands out there making claims, and sometimes it feels like a second job just wading through all the information. Which is why The Detox Market is a great idea. The store's concept is simple: the founders curate one exemplary natural product in each beauty category (a sole lipstick, the best sunscreen, etc.) and sell everything in an uncluttered Read more

YouTube star and beauty guru Michelle Phan is all about beauty, and she's here to help you start your year off fresh. This week, Michelle admonishes us against six bad beauty habits we should all break in the new year: Hi everyone, Whether it's not always washing your face or not always washing your brushes, we are all guilty of a few bad beauty habits that we know we ought to break. What Read more

We are pumped to share one of our favorite stories from Self here on FitSugar! There are lots (and I mean, lots) of reasons why my motivation to work out during the Winter plummets — from the snowy commute to freezing cold winds to the cold, dry air that hits my chest with such force that it becomes hard to breathe. (Ahem, there's a reason I sign up for races that are after September — this Read more

Like years before, 2011 was chock-full of trendy diets that got everyone talking, as well as trying. So what were the top diets of 2011? Read on to find out! HCG Diet The HCG diet isn't new (it's been around for more than 50 years), but it's once again a phenomenon. This was the year that people flocked to doctor's offices to get a pricey hormone injection all in the name of weight loss. The Read more

For those of you who exercise regularly and eat a healthy balanced diet, have you ever considered giving yourself a "break" day? A day where you throw caution to the wind regarding your wellness regimen and allow yourself to cheat a bit? If you're in the midst of trying to curb your sugar addiction or are on some sort of detox, I'm not talking to you. I'm talking to those who genuinely deserve a Read more

Senior Editor Annie is embarking on Dr. Frank Lipman's two-week Cleanse to detox her system. No caffeine, sugar, bread, or booze allowed. Here's how it's going. Day one of the cleanse started out beautifully. I was motivated! I was taking control of my health! I was . . . hungry. Normally, I eat fruit and a hard-boiled egg before going to the office. On the detox, however, I was allowed only two Read more

Dairy doesn't cause breakouts — or so goes the usual line of dermatological thinking. Except here's the thing: cheese and milk take my skin to Blemish Town like nothing else. If I eat just a smidgen of triple-creme cheese, my complexion pays for it. That's not surprising, according to Dr. Frank Lipman. He's a New York-based integrative doctor who believes that many people are taxing their Read more