Weigh In: Stopping Late Night Snacking
FitSugar reader kimmyk10 from our Weight Loss Support group needs your help. Can you offer her any advice on how to manage her late night snacking habit? So I have been trying to eat better and count my calorie input/output for the past month or so; I am even keeping a food journal. I am usually pretty...
Weekend Workout: Tone Up Those Hamstrings
Posted by admin in Exercise on 02 27th, 2010 | No Comments
We spend a lot of time toning our quads and booties , but our hamstrings shouldn’t be overlooked. Skiers, runners, bikers, and swimmers can all benefit from doing exercises that target the backs of the thighs because strong hamstrings increase speed and endurance. Not to mention, toned hammies...
Get the Dirt on Olympic Champion Bode Miller
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When I heard that Hannah Teter was moving off the grid and into a yurt, I was incredibly impressed - talk about green living to the extreme! Well, it looks like Hannah isn’t the only member of Team USA to take eco-consciousness to the next level. Five-time Olympic medalist and vegetarian Bode...
Minutes to a Healthier You: Call It Out
If you find yourself stressed out during your day, whether it be work, family, or life-related, there’s no reason you have to deal with it on your own. Reaching out to someone you love and trust, someone who knows you well and has the power to calm your nerves, is one of the easiest and most effective...
What’s Your Favorite Feature in Healthy Living Magazines?
I have at least five subscriptions to different health and fitness magazines. They’re chock full of so many great features: fitness tips, reviews of gear, nutritional info about food, and healthy recipes. My favorite feature, though, has to be all the strength training exercises and workout routines....
Gear Review: Acadia Backpack
Posted by admin in Exercise on 02 26th, 2010 | No Comments
I have been told by my stylish colleagues here at Sugar HQ that backpacks are just not very fashionable. But I have to counter that back pain is not very fashionable either. Commuting with a laptop bag, purse, and often a gym bag left me off-kilter with all sorts of aches and pains. Since going symmetrical...
Headache Nausea
Headache Nausea Headache is a sensation of the head. There is hardly a person on the earth who does not know what a head ache is. It is unpleasant and intolerable. image by Sashala Studies so far evaluated till day indicates that about 50 to 90 percent of the people in several parts of the universe...
Heart Chest Pain
Heart Chest Pain Chest pain is the common symptom in many etiology including cardiac , gastrointestinal , pulmonary and musculoskeletal dis-orders . image by hyg-27 The cardiac origin is the only cause of chest pain which causes immediate death. Hence careful and quick attention needs to be taken to...
Get Fit For 2010: The Park Is My Gym
This week’s challenge for the Get Fit For 2010 giveaway is to share a workout that you love. If exercising in a busy and stuffy gym isn’t your thing, FitSugar reader caffeinecaptain agrees and has a great (much cheaper) alternative. This is my first blog post in the Get Fit for 2010 challenge!...
Should Athletes Medal Even If They Fall?
Posted by admin in Exercise on 02 26th, 2010 | No Comments
While watching the figure skating events at this year’s Winter games, a few friends mentioned that if a skater falls, they shouldn’t medal. Many of them were pointing to Japan’s Daisuke Takahashi, who skated his way into third place despite falling in his long program. Meanwhile, American...
Learn to Love: Broccoli Rabe
Depending on where you live, finding good Winter produce can be difficult - this is especially true on the East Coast. Around this time of year, farmers markets lose a bit of lushness and start resembling outdoor root cellars. However, hidden amongst the piles of potatoes, carrots, and turnips is one...
Diabetes
- Achieving Healthy Pregnancy Despite DiabetesAmong diabetic pregnant women, the most common problem when it comes to their baby’s health is the condition called “macrosomia” or having a baby with large body. This is because the blood of the mother with diabetes is interchanged with that of the baby inside the womb. As a result, the baby will produce insulin to be able to glucose and t […]
- Are You Suffering From Diabetes?People who are prone to diabetes—especially those who have the disease in their family’s history—should consider that there is a great possibility that they or their kids might inherit the illness. So, the best way to go about it is become very informed about the condition. The following are some the things that people who are prone to diabetes mus […]
- An Explanation of DiabetesIf you think that you are prone to diabetes, the first thing that you need to know is to understand what is the illness all about. Experts say that diabetes is a chronic disease, which develop among people who have the inability to utilize the glucose in their food to be used as energy. The illness develops when the accumulated glucose stays in the person […]