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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.

Yoga’s popularity is on the rise, as is the list of its potential benefits. Find out what long-term yoga practice may do for your brain health.
It’s true that cognitive changes may happen as we get older. So how do you support a healthy brain into your 70s and beyond? Here are some suggestions.
Music’s effects are remarkable, no matter what type of music you enjoy listening to or performing. Learn how it may support brain health.
The Power of Emotions challenge explores how to respond to situations that trigger certain emotions and learn what to do when you need help.
The Building Resilience challenge helps give you the tools you need to learn the skills to boost your resilience — the ability to rebound from hardship.
A global pandemic significantly added more anxiety, depression, fatigue and loneliness to an already difficult task for caregivers, a study found.
The Digital Declutter challenge will provide strategies to make technology something that empowers you to live more fully.
Experts say many older adults may need to get more protein than the recommended dietary allowance to help our brains and bodies as we age.
Research has found that eating a Mediterranean diet over other certain foods may help protect your brain against dementia.
Sitting for hours each day does your brain and body no favors. Here are ways in which too much couch time can be harmful to your brain health as you get older.
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