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.
Defining Diet
Diet is not something you start or stop. It is the ongoing pattern of nourishment, always in motion. When diet became a verb, shame and restriction followed. A return to the noun. A return to something steady. A return to what is lived, not controlled.
The Food Rules We Teach Without Saying a Word
Children learn food rules by watching how adults eat, speak about their bodies, and move through meals—not through lectures. The quiet modeling happens long before the rules are ever named
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 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.
Emotional Side Effects of Underfueling
When food intake drops below what the body requires, the first system affected is often the nervous system. Irritability, anxiety, low mood, and emotional reactivity are predictable biological responses to energy scarcity.