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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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