Are you orthorexic?
I guess if you're going to be addicted to something, healthy organic foods is better than most things. According to an article in this month's Teen Vogue magazine, experts are warning against a new eating disorder known as orthorexia. This is an obsession with eating only "good" foods including raw-foods diet, organic-only foods or even an obsession over sodium intake.
Where this can get particularly dangerous isn't so much in health but in attitude about health. As one Teen Vogue reader was quoted as saying, "I can't help but look down on my friends when they give in to temptations like pizza or ice cream." Possibly a more meaningful and ironic quote in this circumstance was once said by Hippocrates: "Everything in excess is opposed to nature."
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9-14-2008 @ 8:11PM
DavandSher said...
This is better than Øbamarexia because there's medication for it.
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9-14-2008 @ 8:27PM
Barrie said...
...now if we can just find a cure for losers like you