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Candy Sagon

Candy Sagon is an award-winning food and health writer. She wrote about food and restaurants for The Washington Post, where she won a James Beard Foundation award for food feature writing, and was assistant health editor at AARP, where she wrote about nutrition and health research for the association’s publications and website. She currently writes about health and nutrition for a number of publications.

Everyone has one, but no one thinks much about it. Until now.
Kentucky mom Anita Mills lost more than 200 pounds by following just four simple rules her doctor had given her.
Yes! Science has finally confirmed what women have known all along: Older men and women who shop frequently live longer than those who don't.
You smash your finger with a hammer, stub your toe, accidentally touch a hot pan -- it hurts like hell and you often curse in reaction. But did you know that those curse words can actually help reduce the pain you're feeling?
First it was pomegranate juice, then acai berry juice, and now...tart red cherry juice is the newest super-food darling.
If exercise helps improve our health and reduce medical costs, shouldn't insurance plans help reimburse us for joining a gym or taking an exercise class?
Wasn't it just a few months ago that the federal government was telling the 50-plus crowd to cut waaay back on our salt intake because of blood pressure and heart disease risks?
To put it bluntly, a big belly can kill you. Especially if you're already suffering from coronary artery disease.
McDonald's may soon have to post how many calories are in a Big Mac and fries under the government's new proposed guidelines, but it looks like the popcorn at your local movie theater is off the hook. And so are the alcoholic drinks at your favorite Applebee's or Olive Garden.
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