Orthorexia - Addiction to Healthy Food

Nowadays the proliferation of people with eating disorders is becoming more alarming, Anorexia, Bulimia and Vigorexia are the most famous, but there is also another disease that is becoming increasingly common, the Orthorexia or Addiction to Healthy Food. Paradoxically, the concern over healthy eating seriously undermined our body. The Healthy Eating in Orthorexia defined as a pathological obsession to consume only certain types of food: organic vegetable, no preservatives, no fat, no meat or fruit only, or only raw foods. The form of preparation - cut vegetables in a certain way, and the materials used - only ceramic or wood, etc .- are also part of the ritual obsessive. Fearless in the Orthorexia defined as a pathological obsession for what is considered healthy and biologically pure. People suffering Orthorexia make food the center of your thoughts and your life. They reject everything that food that is not completely natural, that list includes meat, fat, processed foods, food prepared in restaurants, fast food, produce grown with pesticides among others. This obsession ends up affecting the health of the individual that suffers, the ortorexical people prefer fast before forbidden to consume any food at their discretion. The removal of certain foods from the diet produces daily nutrient deficiencies that degenerate in various diseases: malnutrition, anemia, deficiencies of vitamins and minerals, high risk of infection, and so on. Additionally, the social life of these people is affected because they are incapable of sharing drinks and meals as usual.