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new eating disorders
http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/new-eating-disorders-are-they-real
I think I know people who fall into both camps. I hear about a LOT of men who never get over their bad childhood picky eating habits (and how annoying it is to their SOs). I was a very picky eater as a child, but am pretty much an omnivore now.
And maybe this is JMO, but I don't think orthorexia sounds all that bad unless it turns into anorexia. Thoughts?
Business Cat.
Re: new eating disorders
Haha.. I actually dumped a guy in college because he was too picky of an eater. No joke, he once ordered manicotti without the cheese in attempt to order something new.. the waiter just gave him "a look."
I don't think orthorexia sounds bad at all, either. With the amount of foods that are available even for those on raw diets, I think they'd be hard pressed to actually go anorexic.. unless they had food allergies against nuts or something that makes it difficult. I guess my opinion is, that if an orthorexic goes anorexic, its possible that they would have gone anorexic either way, regardless of diet.
I think eating nothing but pasta and bread is less healthy than that. My SIL is a crazy picky eater like that, and hasn't really ever been too healthy.
I always wonder if diet has a lot to do with it.
DH is very picky when it comes to food, but at least not to that extreme. He's willing to try a few different things and branch out his food color choices. His brother is the one who will only eat pasta in spaghetti form and the only potato he'll eat is french fries so I would stay that he has adult selective eating.
I can see where orthorexia can go overboard, but in principle it doesn't sound bad.
I can easily see where orthorexia could become a problem. My sister went through a phase at around 18-19 where she was obsessed with what she put in her mouth. She didn't eat meat, she didn't eat carbs, she didn't eat high fructose corn syrup, she didn't eat sugery foods, she didn't eat processed foods, she didn't eat anything non-organic or non free range, she didn't eat .... anything basically. I'm not talking about she tried to follow these rules. If something that didnt' fit into her spectrum wasn't available, she didn't eat. Reading this, maybe it was a problem for her. Sadly, she replaced it with another (ironic) problem - drugs. Now she's (mostly) sobor and back to eating healthy, but is much more relaxed about it.
Anyways ... back to my point, it was very unhealthy for her. It was also time consuming and impacted her life. I'm not a shrink, but I think it stemmed from her anxiety issues. When she controlled what she ate, she was able to better control her panick attacks. She now sees a doctor to help her control her anxiety and OCD in a more healthy way.