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Old 11-16-2007   #1
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Orthorexia nervosa

Okay I have read and heard about this disorder before and I want to know what people in the raw community think. I have some very strong opinions about Orthorexia nervosa.

Orthorexia nervosa A newly identified eating disorder, where the patient has an unhealthy fixation on eating healthy food. This condition, identified by dr Steven Bratman, USA, in 1997, is probably as common as the other eating disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa (http://www.gastrolab.net/dicteo.htm)

Commentary:

A disease means more prescription drugs which equaals more money for the medical industry. I guess I can believe that if people really go extremes it is bad, but I don't know if I necessarily believe that with ebing true if one is consuming healthy foods. So would a better alternative be to eat processed?
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