Context

“If you throw a lit match into a dewey wet forest, what happens? 

Nothing. 

But toss that same incendiary device into a parched landscape that hasn’t seen rain in a long time, and you’ll soon have a quickly moving fire on your hands. 

The difference between these two environments- one damp and saturated and another dry and thirsty- means everything in terms of how they respond to that spark… 

In my world, in terms of the body, I called this ‘environment’ context. 

Each one of us harbors a certain context we must honor in our health decisions. What’s good for me might not be good for you, depending on each of our individual contexts.”

David B Agus, MD