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    Eating for Energy, Not Approval | MAHA Monday

    February 23, 2026 - By Donna Appel

    I am going to say something that may make some people uncomfortable: I believe we have been trained to eat for approval instead of energy. Approval from a scale. Approval from a culture obsessed with shrinking bodies. Approval from systems that profit when we feel broken. And when approval becomes…

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