I'm a very healthy eater, but I can see where they say some people would have this disorder. I worked with a gal who would actually have panic attacks if she drank or ate something that was not completely natural. It was almost like watching someone with bulemia or anorexia. Just saying...

[edit on 29-6-2010 by Triniteri]

thanks for finding this and bringing it to the attention of ats

eat healthy!

A normal person could develop a mental disorder by not eating very healthy. Over half of the foods in the grocery store is junk and loaded with, sodium, sugar, fats, caffeine, preservatives, high fructose corn syrup, MSG, aspartame, hormones, acrylamide, and aluminum. I try to avoid those type of foods and stick to organic foods. So, I must be really crazy

Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic


It's good to eat healthy, but if you're obsessed with it to the point that it's interfering with your life, then I can see how it would be considered a disorder.

I gotta say, if I can't get to a Whole Foods store, it takes me quite a long time to grocery shop, anywhere else, because I read EVERY LABEL! If it is not a product I am familiar with, I do obsess over every ingredient. Seriously!

Also, I have pets, so, yeah, I have to admit I was my hands about 50 times a day, after I pet 'em!

As for clutter, only the really good stuff remains!

Seriously, to some people I might seem obsessed, but I don't consider myself so. Luckily, I have no regular life to interfere with my obsessions!

I think taking the article completely serious is rubish, unless a person ends up malnurished because of it.

Originally posted by Triniteri
I'm a very healthy eater, but I can see where they say some people would have this disorder. I worked with a gal who would actually have panic attacks if she drank or ate something that was not completely natural. It was almost like watching someone with bulemia or anorexia. Just saying...

Exactly. The same obsession, just in different forms.

Relax...relax people. I'm pretty sure the food police won't be knocking down your door anytime soon to drag you to the mental facility, tie you to a chair, and force cheeseburgers down your throat.

However, if it comes to that...I know a guy who knows a guy who can get you your fruits and veggies at a reasonable price and he's very discreet.

seeing as how food was once naturally fine to eat, and the vast majority of the bad stuff man-made, i dont see how this is at all a disorder.

Eating disorder charities are reporting a rise in the number of people suffering from a serious psychological condition characterised by an obsession with healthy eating.

The condition, orthorexia nervosa, affects equal numbers of men and women, but sufferers tend to be aged over 30, middle-class and well-educated.

The condition was named by a Californian doctor, Steven Bratman, in 1997, and is described as a "fixation on righteous eating". Until a few years ago, there were so few sufferers that doctors usually included them under the catch-all label of "Ednos" – eating disorders not otherwise recognised. Now, experts say, orthorexics take up such a significant proportion of the Ednos group that they should be treated separately.

That which I have bolded:

1 - Eating disorder charities: Is it me, or does anyone ever wonder how much revenue these charities are throwing around? How much are their 'leaders' paid, and who supports them?

2 - serious psychological condition: Wouldn't a trained physician or specialist be required to make such a diagnosis? Would such a diagnosis be forthcoming if there were no other symptoms than the patient living a regimented dietary lifestyle?

3 - sufferers tend to be aged over 30, middle-class and well-educated: Hmm, isn't that just about the age when most adults realize that their digestive systems can no longer handle our modern day 'heavy fuel' food consumption lifestyle? That's when I decided to stop eating 10 oz of Doritos as a snack late at night, no more super meat-lovers pizzas for me, no more super-sized fries with that Mcmeal.

4 - Californian doctor, Steven Bratman: While presumptively we are to take it for granted that this doctor is a godlng within his field, I find myself wondering about a pissed of doctor who is tired of his patients doing their own research on dietary matters. I wonder what the volume of his research grant was? Was it enough to start a clinic? Is it corporate?... Is it hungry?

5 - "fixation on righteous eating": "righteous" is an interesting way to describe something, as in, perhaps the doctor was facing faith-like zealous behavior in those he was treating. The natural human response to zealotry external to their sensibilities is what, condemnation? Does he say, can we know?

6 - "Ednos" – eating disorders not otherwise recognised: It is less than comforting to know that the community which endorses this concept, as an element of errant behavior requiring professional intervention, has a 'catch-all' bucket in which to drop those who they want to treat, even if they lack an understanding of the offending behavior.

7 - they should be treated separately: Why shouldn't everything be treated separately, why should every disorder be treated uniquely, why shouldn't every patient be treated as an individual (with an identity and a name?)

In all seriousness, obsessive behavior will manifest itself any way it can. Of course there are those who will decide that they can and should survive on a diet of grape soda and pop rocks. I applaud those doctors who spot these traits and try to bring balance back to them. But to use this aberration as a call for organized action seems a bit ill-conceived, unless the contention is that this problem is epidemic in nature. I don't get the impression it is.

On the other hand, maligning the concern as anything other than medical interest requires much more than proof that a person can control their own diet without medical support or psychological evaluation.

I suspect that arousing the ire of the health-food enthusiasts is good business. And it is essential that we question such trends. Other components of global governance are beginning to come to bear... the CODEX for one. Considering the Pharmaceuticals intense participation in this regard justifies such scrutiny.

This is just another way the Pharmacutical Industry can market off of our stupidity.

Why do people continue to take NaturalNews seriously? As several posters have pointed out, this article, like nearly every other article on that site, is full of half-truths and blatant lies in order to fit into their worldview/agenda.

If this is no joke then half the planet is mental!!!

What would be the appropriate label for the illness afflicting members of the psychiatric committee and profession who suffer an irresistible compulsion to tag every imaginable human behavior as some form of sickness?