Do you feel there is a legitimate cause for this psychiatric label? Given the foods marketed to us on a daily basis that it was inevitable for someone to start perceiving "healthy eating" and disruptive to a 'normal' life?
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Orthorexia: A term used to describe people who develop an obsession with avoiding foods perceived to be unhealthy; believed to be a mental disorder.
WHAT?! Are you Serious?!
Since when did 'eating healthy' become a disorder? I never heard people consider those on Weight Watchers in need of a psychiatric evalution (though if you believe in commercial dieting, a nutrition class might help).
Call me "sick." I eat healthy and I know it impinges on my daily life!
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Questions
1. Do your healthy eating habits alter your daily life in any way?2. For those who strive for healthy diets, where would you place yourself on a scale of 1-10, 1 being "aware of healthy versus non-healthy foods" and 10 being clinically obsessed.
This is a tough one, but on a normal day I'd consider myself about a 6.
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