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Today, we’re talking about bone health, fiber, and the marketing trick of calling something “natural”. Wishing you a happy and healthy week ahead.
MONDAY MOTIVATION
February 23rd, 2026
🌍 BE THE CHANGE
Across the country, public libraries are expanding beyond books to offer seed libraries, allowing residents to “check out” seeds, grow food at home, and return seeds at the end of the season. It’s a simple model that strengthens food literacy and community resilience without requiring massive funding or infrastructure. Learn how you can benefit from the Seed Libraries Initiative HERE.
🩺 HEALTH HACK
Fiber intake remains one of the most under-consumed nutrients in modern diets. Adequate fiber supports metabolic health, digestive function, and long-term disease prevention. Most adults fall well below recommended levels. Here is an outline of the evidence behind why fiber matters for health.
🔬 SCIENCE SNAPSHOT
Even moderate strength training is associated with reduced risk of all-cause mortality and increased bone health (something to pay attention to as we age). The benefits appear independent of aerobic exercise, suggesting muscle maintenance plays a unique protective role. Here is a summary of the findings in this review on resistance training and health outcomes.
🤔 DID YOU KNOW?
Your bones are not static. They are living tissue that constantly remodel in response to stress and movement. Cells called osteoclasts break down old bone while osteoblasts build new bone, allowing your skeleton to adapt to the demands you place on it. That’s why weight-bearing activity like walking or strength training help preserve bone density over time. Great bullet points of key messages on bone remodeling and bone health are HERE.
✨ MAGICAL PLACE
The Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is the world’s largest salt flat. During the rainy season, a thin layer of water transforms it into a near-perfect mirror, reflecting the sky so precisely it can blur the horizon between Earth and atmosphere. The phenomenon happens because the flat, highly reflective salt crust becomes covered by a shallow sheet of water, creating ideal optical conditions. CHECK IT OUT.
🏷️ LABEL DECODER
“Natural” sounds like a promise, but it’s not regulated. The FDA has a longstanding policy around the term, but it has not established a formal legal definition through rulemaking, which means “natural” can still show up on plenty of highly processed foods. Translation: treat it as marketing first, and verify with the ingredient list second. Here’s the FDA’s own explanation of what “natural” means on food labels.
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💬 Poll
Do you consider your bones strong?
⬅️ Last poll’s results
Are you mindful (avoid/reduce) of gluten?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🥖 Yes (56.4%)
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ 🥐 Nope, I eat it just fine (43.6%)
To a healing future,
— Rob