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If you follow a certain style of eating, like vegan, raw or organic, it takes vigilance and dedication to stick to it. Yet mental health experts are increasingly worried about people who take healthy eating to an extreme, developing such a restrictive diet it threatens their health and even relationships, writes Sarah Elizabeth Richards. This is a real phenomenon & I actually have a friend like this: he went through a period where he wouldnt eat anything that wasnt raw, organic *and* vegan (it had to be all three). That being said, most Americans are at the opposite end of this spectrum, just shoving factory-farmed meat & processed food into their mouths without even thinking about what theyre consuming. Could we find an Aristotelian golden mean in here somewhere...? thedailybeast/articles/2014/10/25/orthorexia-when-healthy-eating-becomes-an-obsession.html
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 19:01:44 +0000

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