Body in Context
Essays on nutrition, movement, recovery, and health through the lens of context, physiology, and lived experience. Exploring how bodies actually work in real life.
BMI: More Like BM-Why Is This Still a Thing?
BMI was designed to describe populations, not individual bodies. Used as a personal health metric, it often hides more than it reveals.
Weight Loss Prescribed Without Context
Being told to “lose weight” is not the same as being supported in your health. When context, body composition, and recovery are ignored, weight-focused advice can cause more harm than good.
The Breakdown of Bone Health, Weight Loss, and Exercise Care
General exercise advice often lacks the specificity needed to support bone health. When weight loss and muscle preservation are mismanaged, skeletal integrity pays the price.
The Cost of Ketosis
Ketosis is a metabolic state, not a performance strategy. When it becomes a lifestyle rather than a tool, the cost to recovery, muscle preservation, and long-term health is often underestimated. What is marketed as discipline often shows up as depletion.
Testosterone, Lifestyle, and the Body’s Baseline
Testosterone is responsive to training, nutrition, recovery, and stress. When those inputs are misaligned, testosterone reflects the mismatch. When they improve, the signal follows.