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.
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.
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.
I Feel It in My Bones
Weather-related joint pain is not superstition. Changes in barometric pressure, temperature, and humidity can affect joint tissue, inflammation, and nervous system sensitivity. For many bodies, especially those with prior injury or connective tissue differences, the ache before a storm is real and predictable.