Test Your Baby Poop Knowledge, Take Two!


Updated 04/15/09 6:34 PM · Posted by LilSugar · 6 comments

Test Your Baby Poop Knowledge

It's amazing how topics of conversation can change so quickly after a baby is born. All of the sudden, chats includes references to color, size and frequency of your lil one's bowel movements. It's one of the first questions the doctor asks at your tot's checkups and one your friends may also discuss. So take our quiz and see just how much you know about baby poop! Source Take the Quiz Read more

Did Your Diet Change For Your Breastfeeding Baby?


Updated 03/14/12 11:29 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Breastfeeding Diet Changes

Here is another great post from our partners at BabyCenter — Kate Marsh Lord's article about breastfeeding diets. I’ve been very lucky to successfully breastfeed my kids with very little complication. For example, I nursed my first two for a total of 32 months and never had to give up foods to pacify a sensitive baby belly. However, not even two weeks in with baby Max and I’m concerned Read more

You Asked: Why Does Running Make Me Have to "Go?"


Updated 07/18/11 12:35 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 19 comments

You Asked: Why Does Running Make Me Have to "Go?"

You're asking and I'm answering. "Fit. I've recently started running but I've noticed an unpleasant side effect. A few times I've had to get off the treadmill and run to the bathroom. It's totally embarrassing to me; please tell me it's normal." —Running to Restroom Great question and I love when readers pose slightly embarrassing questions because it always provides a small sigh of relief for Read more

Husband Lives on Wife's Breast Milk. Why? Because It's Delicious.


Updated 10/12/11 11:45 AM · Posted by Yahoo Shine · 3 comments

Husband Drinks Wife's Breastmilk

We're happy to present this article from one of our favorite sites, Yahoo! Shine: Man can not live on bread alone. Breast milk, maybe. A blogger named Curtis is going to find out, as he embarks on a diet consisting only of his wife's breast milk.  "Much more hungry yesterday, 104 ounces consumed, roughly 3120 calories," he writes on his blog Don't Have a Cow Curtis, where he and his wife, Kate, Read more

Tested! The GOOP Detox


Updated 03/17/11 5:19 PM · Posted by · 16 comments

Review of The GOOP Detox and The Clean Program by Alejandro Junger

FitSugar reader amusebouche tried the GOOP detox and Clean Program and shared her experience in the Get Fit For 2011 community group. I've never been one for detoxes, cleanses, or fasts. As everyone says — including FitSugar! — your body is naturally wired to detoxify itself. But in the new year, I'd been feeling like nothing but an old lady: sluggish, tired, ridden with problems from Read more

Get Clean Before Getting Down: UTI Prevention


Updated 10/14/11 11:51 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 1 comment

Showering Can Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)

There's a reason bladder infections bear the nickname honeymoon cystitis; sex is one of the main culprits when it comes to developing a urinary tract infection. Everything is so close down there that bacteria slides around and gets into spots where it just shouldn't reside. Aside from emptying your bladder immediately after sex to clear any of the infection-inducing E. coli from your urethra, you Read more

The Truth About Cleanses


Updated 10/14/11 11:50 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 23 comments

Do Cleanses Work?

For many, going on a juice cleanse, fast, or any other calorie-restrictive diet is no longer seen as unhealthy, but instead, is the thing to do. Celebs like Gwyneth Paltrow and Salma Hayek make cleanses seem fashionable, and trainers like David Kirsch give detoxes a healthy stamp of approval. Many of you have said that cleansing is a great way to flush toxins from the body, or that you'd at least Read more