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Nosy noses don't always know what's safe and, while even most of my nondog owning pals know the risks of chocolate, not everyone realizes the dangers of chewing gum. While this can lodge in a pet's throat (especially if ingested paper, packaging and all), those sugar-free products are pure poison to pets. The not-so-sweet alternative known as xylitol can cause liver failure and hypoglycemia (low Read more
You're asking and I'm answering . . . Hey Fit! I know you have done a ton of posts on meal-replacement bars, but they sure still manage to confuse me! Today, I picked up a South Beach Meal Replacement bar while I was out running errands and wanted a quick pick me up (I know, should have gone to the fruit aisle instead!). When reading the package, it said "less than 1 gram of sugar" but then 17 Read more
FitSugar reader Gluten-Free Dom recently shared her vegan, gluten-free strawberry muffins — an adapted recipe from the BabyCakes Bakery cookbook — in our Healthy Recipe group. Learn how to make these gluten-free treats after the break! Read more
We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar! By Diana Kelly, Prevention Need another reason to hate Mondays? Tight postweekend waistbands. Unless you spent the past two days living like a monk, the cocktails, movie snacks, and dinners out can all add up to one thing: belly bloat. “If you wake up bloated on Monday morning, your weekend food choices are Read more
If you've got a cookie craving, you're in luck: FitSugar readers Pure2raw recently shared this gluten-free chocolate chip cookie cake with us in our Healthy Recipe group. Everyone loves cookie cake, right? We have a chocolate chip cookie cake that is not only gluten-free but egg- and dairy-free, too. It is full of flavor with a great soft, cakelike texture. Plus the three-ingredient coconut Read more
In addition to lip chap and my cell phone, gum rounds out my list of essential purse items. But when it comes to chewing gum in general, how much do we really know about these tasty, rubbery pieces we regularly munch on? Are there any benefits to chomping? Health Benefits Heartburn relief: In 2005, researchers found that the saliva stimulated by chewing seemed to neutralize the digestive Read more
