orthorexia nervosa

reprezinta obsesia de a manca doar alimente considerate sanatoase, "curate"

cu alte cuvinte, o boala psihica. nu exista alimente "curate" si alimente "murdare". lucrurile sunt mai complexe :-)

"Orthorexia begins, innocently enough, as a desire to overcome chronic illness or to improve general health. But because it requires considerable willpower to adopt a diet that differs radically from the food habits of childhood and the surrounding culture, few accomplish the change gracefully. Most must resort to an iron self-discipline bolstered by a hefty dose of superiority over those who eat junk food. Over time, what to eat, how much, and the consequences of dietary indiscretion come to occupy a greater and greater proportion of the orthorexic's day.

The act of eating pure food begins to carry pseudospiritual connotations. As orthorexia progresses, a day filled with sprouts, umeboshi plums, and amaranth biscuits comes to feel as holy as one spent serving the poor and homeless. When an orthorexic slips up (which may involve anything from devouring a single raisin to consuming a gallon of Haagen Dazs ice cream and a large pizza), he experiences a fall from grace and must perform numerous acts of penitence. These usually involve ever-stricter diets and fasts.

This "kitchen spirituality" eventually reaches a point where the sufferer spends most of his time planning, purchasing, and eating meals. The orthorexic's inner life becomes dominated by efforts to resist temptation, self-condemnation for lapses, self-praise for success at complying with the chosen regime, and feelings of superiority over others less pure in their dietary habits.

This transference of all of life's value into the act of eating makes orthorexia a true disorder. In this essential characteristic, orthorexia bears many similarities to the two well-known eating disorders anorexia and bulimia. Where the bulimic and anorexic focus on the quantity of food, the orthorexic fixates on its quality. All three give food an excessive place in the scheme of life."

ca sa combat boala asta, de care am suferit si eu o buna perioada (ani de zile...un exemplu de cretinism maxim: asta vara am fost in Italia si nu am mancat inghetata), azi la pranz am mancat o prajitura de la chocolat :-)

bine, pana maine dimineata nu mai mananc nimic, dar nu pentru ca ma simt vinovat sau ceva de genul asta...pur si simplu vreau sa mai slabesc un pic si asta fara deficit caloric nu se poate

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