tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452599540321027406.post693577115463549741..comments2023-08-19T22:17:15.653+08:00Comments on The Right to Be Alive: Orthorexia NervosaEvelyn Chuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826025577231168295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452599540321027406.post-31250860292311063432014-11-23T19:47:41.969+08:002014-11-23T19:47:41.969+08:00I think it's an unhealthy obsession.I think it's an unhealthy obsession. Evelyn Chuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07826025577231168295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452599540321027406.post-1496432728790757972014-11-20T23:55:40.161+08:002014-11-20T23:55:40.161+08:00Well, that's a mental illness, like OCD or ano...Well, that's a mental illness, like OCD or anorexia, paranoia. There must be a brain component to make them that crazy. I'm the Queen of Cheat so I guess I don't have that! I doubt if most people do.The Multiple Chemical Survivorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01459073982236135107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452599540321027406.post-71601898587254131222014-11-20T19:03:34.101+08:002014-11-20T19:03:34.101+08:00It's like being so rigid on a specific diet th...It's like being so rigid on a specific diet that absolutely no cheating is allowed whatsoever. If cheating occurs, self condemnation is so strong that it's like the end of the world. And the food must be so 1001% as stated in the specified diet that any slight alteration is not accepted at all. It's like rigidity to the maximum.Evelyn Chuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07826025577231168295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452599540321027406.post-73787264895313563192014-11-18T23:14:31.462+08:002014-11-18T23:14:31.462+08:00So clarify the definition of Orthorexia Nervosa fo...So clarify the definition of Orthorexia Nervosa for me (as I'm trying to ascertain if I am afflicted), if a person eats something that makes them incredibly ill, they keep eating it and it continues to make them incredibly ill so they start to watch carefully what they eat and miraculously they start feeling better, does that mean they are unhealthfully fixated on healthy eating...or just smart?<br /><br />This sounds a bit like conventional medicine poo-pooing alternative therapies because they don't involve drugs or surgery. Like that movie "Origins" stated, the medical system is not motivated toward health. They'd lose too much money.<br /><br />On the other hand, I'm sure there are people out there just paranoid about eating in general, but I venture to guess most people who change their diets have a valid health reason for doing so. I know if I could still eat cake and ice cream with no consequences, I would!!<br /><br />The Multiple Chemical Survivorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01459073982236135107noreply@blogger.com