Could You Be Obsessed with Eating Healthy?

Does healthy eating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle consume too much time out of your day? Did you know that there’s a growing obsession with individuals only eating healthy food called “orthorexia”? Here are the warning signs of orthorexia.

According to an article at globalnews.ca, “Understanding Orthorexia”

“Do I have Orthorexia?
Questions they suggest individuals ask themselves when trying to identify orthorexia behavior.
• Are you spending more than three hours a day thinking about healthy food?
• Are you planning tomorrow’s menu today?
• Is the virtue you feel about what you eat more important than the pleasure you receive from eating it?
• Has the quality of your life decreased as the quality of your diet increased?
• Have you become stricter with yourself?
• Does your self-esteem get a boost from eating healthy? Do you look down on others who don’t eat this way?
• Do you skip foods you once enjoyed in order to eat the “right” foods?
• Does your diet make it difficult for you to eat anywhere but at home, distancing you from friends and family?
• Do you feel guilt or self-loathing when you stray from your diet?
• When you eat the way you’re supposed to, do you feel in total control?” To read the entire article click here.

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