I came across this article. I was super happy to find it because someone had informed me of this 'disease' the other day. I had heard tiny whispers of it here and there, but never actually knew the name of it or knew exactly what it entailed.
So what disorder do I have? Orthorexia Nervosa!!
What exactly is this disorder? Apparently those who have convictions about the food they eat are thought to have a mental disorder, haha, yes you heard it-- A MENTAL DISORDER!
Among some of the foods that these people 'fear' are : sugar, soy, MSG, gluten, wheat, hydrogenated oils, etc etc....
If those are the charges, I am guilty. I would not address it as a fear though. More of a "hey! crappy food is making me feel.. pretty uhh... crappy" Although I would say there are people who are obsessed, to the point where it makes it unhealthy. I wouldn't call someone who is deathly fearful of eating fat healthy or even attempting it. I would say they are in the same group of those that want to be thin. People who are afraid to eat fat are more uneducated by the right people and educated by media.
What will happen is the health foodies out there who are even the slightest bit stern about eating habits will get lumped in here at some point. People who are into a healthy lifestyle live a lifestyle. When you live a lifestyle instead of a diet, you are serious about the food that you eat. There is no "cheating" on a healthy lifestyle. There is only cheating on diets. When you so called "cheat" on your healthy lifestyle it is going outside what you believe. Outside of a set of food "morals". When you "cheat" on a diet it is going against a temporary health fix, which dieters soon go back to anyways. It is my personal thought and experience that when you do begin to live a healthy lifestyle, or should I say the way we should ALL be living and created to live, you don't really enjoy eating crappy food.
If you do not want to be lumped in with someone who may have orthorexia nervosa, please heed the advice from this " orthorexia nervosa prevention kit "
You can read about it here -- Guardian.co.uk
And here -- Natural news
What do you think about this?
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