Health Food Obsession Gone Too Far: Orthorexia


Updated 10/31/09 7:23 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 27 comments

Health Food Obsession Gone Too Far: Orthorexia

If you're reading this site, chances are you're into eating healthy. While it's beneficial to be conscious about what you put in your mouth, it's not good to become so obsessed that your lifestyle goes from a healthy diet to an unhealthy fixation on a healthy diet. The condition is referred to as an eating disorder by some, known as orthorexia nervosa. Symptoms include sticking to a strict diet Read more

Health Food Obsessed: Orthorexia


Updated 10/28/09 11:16 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 51 comments

Health Food Obsessed: Orthorexia

The troubled world of eating disorders just became a little bit broader. The term orthorexia is being used more and more frequently to describe the unhealthy obsession with eating healthy food; a self righteous verging on spiritual component accompanies the strong desire to limit foods considered bad or "dirty," meaning not organically grown. The term, over a decade old, was coined by Steven Read more