The “Twilight” phenomenon is nowhere near the point of showing the first signs of dying down, that much is for certain. At the same time, HBO’s latest “True Blood” series, also dealing with vampires and how they have managed to forge an existence amongst humans, is breaking record after record, boosting merchandise sales in the process. Inspired from both comes the Blood Energy Potion, an energy drink that looks and feels like blood – but is not. The Blood Energy Potion has been created in the spirit of the two hit productions mentioned above, but that still doesn’t stop critics from saying that m... [read more >>] Sometimes, because we have so many options to choose from in terms of our everyday bread, we often go for the artificially-enriched one, believing we’re making a healthy choice. Making our own bread is hardly an option too, because it is a time-consuming process, and time is probably the last thing we have to dispose of. Thanks to the New York Times and FitSugar, we can now do precisely that, with the recipe for the no-knead whole wheat bread. For the sake of the argument, if it’s homemade bread that we really want, we could always choose any of the myriad of recipes available, and simply purchase a dough machine that would make... [read more >>] Healthy habits are what makes our life as beautiful as it is, it has been claimed. Health experts and nutritionists, for instance, say that it’s the healthy eating habits that we have that make the restrictions we impose upon ourselves easier to bear. On this note, the morning cup of coffee many of us can’t get through the day without should not be eliminated – as long as we make sure it’s healthy and calorie-free. Nutritionist Alexa Fishback, author of “The Daily Fix,” tells FitSugar that the morning coffee routine is to be encouraged, but only on the grounds that we pay close attention to what goes... [read more >>] We're all familiar with Pinkberry, Hollywood's favorite upscale franchise of frozen desert restaurants that boasted a healthy, natural (and pricey) alternative to the popular but old-fashioned ice cream. Trouble is, most of the brand's advertising was centered around the claim that Pinkberry was an all-natural snack; however, it recently turned out that it's not actually meeting the California Department of Food and Agriculture's definition of frozen yogurt since it does not contain the necessary amount of bacterial cultures per ounce. Which basically means that what most of us believed was a frozen yogurt is actual... [read more >>] |