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I'm a freelance journalist in Los Angeles, and a frequent contributor to such publications as Health, SHAPE, Cooking Light, Better Homes & Gardens, and Women's Health. I hope the articles displayed on my site will give you a sense of my writing style and areas of expertise. If you have any questions or would like to request a reprint, please click on the contact page. Thanks for visiting.

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Amy Paturel, M.S., M.P.H.

featured articles

August, 2008

Eat to Win: Can Food Enhance Performance?

Eat to Win: Can Food Enhance Performance?

Track and field Olympian Marion Jones was America's darling during the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, bringing home three gold medals and two bronzes...

July, 2008

Transform Yourself, Transform Your Life

Transform Yourself, Transform Your Life

I was the human equivalent of a caterpillar holed up in a cocoon, my life a monotonous loop of studying, eating and sleeping. Then my surgeon dislodged ...

September, 2006

Friendship, Advice and A Roll of the Dice

Friendship, Advice and A Roll of the Dice

It was 11:30 on a school night and my mother and her friends were keeping me up. Again. The women—with their Farra Fawcett hairstyles and bell-bottom pants...