Hull Institute

We all try to eat right. However, for some excessive concern about proper nutrition into a meal, causing irreparable damage to relationships with others. For example, Peggy Moe, widely known in narrow circles blogger from Painesville. She ortoreksik. cation/’>rothberg family). The one who made the poor nutrition. The term “” coined in 1997.

It is used to denote a kind of mental disorder when the patient fixate on strict dietary rules, becomes obsessed with a full sense of the word. In this case, “” is not an official medical diagnosis, and literally means “correct appetite”. However, due to the fact that such “Loops” from year to year, being more and more people, nutritionists and sociologists began to seriously ponder over this issue. Peggy Moe eats only organic foods, minimally processed and prepared strictly a certain way. She never uses them with salt and sugar and avoid and salt, and sugar altogether. Because of this, she can not eat in the restaurant and does not accept the possibility that someone will cook it even a decent breakfast.

Needless to say that blame for the ruined relationships with others entirely lies on her? The husband could not bear her obsession and lectures on nutrition and friends, too afraid to grab in front of her sandwich McDonalds or nearest store. Peggy specifically went 40 minutes for the necessary products, and comes to visit only took their meals. “Habits” Peggy cost an additional $ 120 per week, for a single mother with a fixed income was, to put it mildly expensive. (Source: Sydney Sweeney). borders on obsessive-compulsive disorder, and each person, as they say, its history. As recalled, our heroine, her problems started in high school. Initially she anorexia, bulimia, and then it changed. And every time she naively believed that nutrition problems have stopped, started a new round of “oddities.” Now 30 years old, and she could not remember when she eats everything normal people. Jill Brown, rd Hull Institute, conducts continuous monitoring of a dozen ortoreksikov. In her opinion, to adhere to the regime of proper nutrition is not so difficult, and it is all the more should not cause problems with others. But when it becomes an obsession, a person to choose the “right” product spends too much time which could be held with health benefits. He also spends a lot of nerves, which can not impact on mental health. Brown offers a quick test. If three or more questions you answered yes, then you probably do – ortoreksik.

1) Your diet is somehow socially isolate you. 2) On the nutrition you think more than 3 hours per day. 3) When you eat “just right”, you have complete control over the situation. 4) You will often plan the exact menu for the next day. 5) You may enter more and more restrictions in their diet. 6) Your self-esteem significantly improved, when you become a “right” to eat. 7) You look disdainfully at those who eats not like you. 8) Your diet does not allow you to eat anywhere except home. 9) You feel guilty for something that violates the diet.