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Healthfood Junkies: Orthorexia Nervosa
Overcoming the Obsession with Healthful Eating
Steven Bratman, M.D.
Orthorexia nervosa occurs when the victim becomes
obsessed, not with the quantity of food eaten, but the quality of
the food. What starts as a devotion to healthy eating can evolve into a pattern
of incredibly strict diets; victims become so focused on eating a "pure" diet
(usually raw vegetables and grains) that the planning and preparation of food
come to play the dominant role in their lives.
"One of the primary features of orthorexia is the feeling that we are better
than others because of our fantastic diet. Since the rest of the world does
not adhere to the God-given laws of healthy eating (as we uniquely understand
them), we can't eat with the rest of the world. Besides, a great deal of
our identity is tied up in diet...The net effect is
social isolation. The ancient satisfaction of breaking bread with a
friend is denied us; we must either bring our own bread (a concoction
of potato flour, amaranth, and spelt that only an orthorexic could
love) or eat alone. This isolation is a real emotional harm caused
by orthorexia. As my health food guru realized in Chapter 1, 'Rather than
eat my sprouts alone, it would be better for me to share a pizza with some
friends.' A good half or more of the joy of life comes from relationships;
when orthorexia interferes with those relationships, it causes a real
impoverishment of our lives."
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