Orthorexia means "correct appetite", so how can it be a disease? I personally think this is a misdiagnostic label for what is actually anorexia, which means "no appetite". Physicians like to coin new terms for diagnosis just like psychologists like to create new labels for neurotic behavior in people. It's good for business! And it makes their textbooks thicker!
What happens in orthorexia is the person becomes obsessive-compulsive about eating only healthy foods to the point where they are anorexic and not eating enough, just like a true anorexic does. Honestly, you can't go wrong eating healthy food, but you do need to eat enough of it. Calorie count is critical because too much caloric restriction even with optimal nutrition is deleterious and resembles the self consumptive effects of starvation.
In my book, I teach you at length how to eat the right mount of food each day. This is how to achieve life extension! Making healthy choices for what you eat is a good idea too, though food is surprisingly generalized and you get nutrients from everything you eat, even twinkies and brownies. So don't let the latest hype fool you into not eating right. The orthorexics are really anorexics and have no resemblance to people who eat right and exercise and stay fit and trim.
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Dr. Doug Ikeler
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