Did we exaggerate?
When healthy eating becomes an unhealthy obsession
In the new episode of the podcast "Nutrition on the episode", Gil Avidor Aloni hosts dietitian Nadia Grunstein Cohen to find out who among us is at high risk of developing orthorexia, what are the signs of this eating disorder and how to get out of it
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04/01/2022
Tuesday, 04 January 2022, 12:30 Updated: 12:32
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We all, or at least most of us, would like and want to eat healthier.
For some people, this desire may become an obsession.
Excessive or compulsive adherence to a healthy diet can cause stress, and actually impair the quality of life.
Orthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by an obsession with healthy eating.
The term was coined by Dr. Steve Bertman very recently, in 1993, and comes from the Greek word "ortho," which means "true."
So how do we differentiate between healthy eating and orthorexia, and when is the boundary crossed from healthy to harmful?
The answer is not simple, as the disorder manifests itself in different ways and degrees of severity.
Orthorexia sufferers may, among other things, experience anxiety related to the quality of the food they consume, avoid eating out due to fear of eating non-"pure" food, obsessively consume nutrition-related information, read food labels devoutly, and completely avoid certain food groups considered "unhealthy" .
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The disorder, as it is called, will impair the routine of life of those who suffer from it, and will be a source of stress and anxiety around food.
Beyond its psychological consequences, it may also have social consequences such as social isolation and health, such as nutritional deficiencies and underweight.
Avoid eating out because the food is not "pure"?
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In the sixth episode of Nutrition on the episode, Gil Avidor Aloni hosts dietitian Nadia Grunstein Cohen, founder of the Equilibrium Center for the Treatment of Obesity and Eating Disorders in order to understand what are the warning signs we should pay attention to, which of us are at higher risk of developing orthorexia. And how to get out of it.
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