Eat healthy or orthorexia
Hey,
I like to eat as healthy as possible. So, little prefabricated (supermarket)products, but as pure as possible. Fresh vegetables and fruit. I drink water or homemade smoothies.
But somebody said to me that I might have orthorexia. This turns out to be a (not officially recognized) eating disorder where you have an unhealthy fixation on healthy food. People with orthorexia only want to eat the most healthy things. They measure their quality of life by the quality of their food.
Orthorexia-patients often avoid many kinds of food because they think they are not healthy.
As the disorder proceeds, more and more food is omitted, like meat, fish, grain, dairy and fat, and they eat more products they see as healthy like (raw) vegetables and fruit.
Now, I do believe that most of the prefabricated products in the supermarket that are full with sugar and additives are not the most healthy things to eat :-)
And yes, you are what you eat. When I eat healthy I feel good. So the quality of what I eat has for sure an influence on the quality of my life. And I do keep meat, fish, grains and dairy out of my diet. But I do replace them with beans, eggs, buckwheat, rice etc.
And I make sure that I get all the essential nutrients like essential fatty acids, proteins, vitamins and minerals.
For me it's clear: I feel good and I just live a healthy life! :-)
But I am curious if there are people that 'really' have orthorexia and how they experience that.
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