Jezebel (and Teen Vogue) Validate My Opinions About Orthorexia.
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11 comments
huh.
it’s almost like you wrote that. now i know the word for it too.
imo, basically fixating on any one thing is bound to end poorly, and this is no exception.
Hey, I just read that article! Obsessively focusing on the food one consumes, even if done in the name of health, cannot be healthy. Women who strive for neurotic dietary perfection make me sad. I strive for dietary mediocrity and it works well. I had a spinach salad for lunch. With a side of Reese’s peanut butter pumpkin. King sized, of course, cause I mean business.
Ugh. Jezebel is very good to bring this up. Maybe email the link to Kath?
hmmm…i read about this in RADAR magazine last month. i think that everything in moderation is good…when a person severely restricts their diet, it can’t be good.
But when it’s done in the name of “health” these women think they’ve got the moral high ground. It’s like they’re eating in the name of “God”.
Or whatever.
I’ve never been more proud to say that I just had a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup insted of the orange I brought with me for a snack.
Fuck fruit.
Let’s take in easy on the orthorexics, especially since almost everyone in Oregon suffers from orthorekyklosia, a word I just made up to describe the kind of person who actually has separate bins for each of the plastic types categorized by the number in the recycle triangle.
Melissa took the words right out of my keyboard. Email that to Kath.
Well, as a recovering alcoholic, I just would like to say that anything restrictive or done obsessively will end badly.
Ah I knew I thought there was a word for food/health perfection.
While the author says this kind of eating pattern could lead to eating disorders, I think eating disorders (like anorexia and bulimia) aactually lead to this. I’ve been reading various KERF type blogs and a lot of these young women in their “about me” sections talk about how they’ve had an unhealthy relationship with food or an eating disorder in the past and that they are trying to reconnect themselves. Well, from what they post on their blogs…it’s still an unhealthy obsession over monitoring every single bite of food that they eat.
http://theweightinggame.ivillage.com/dietfitness/2008/09/food_blogging_the_newest_eatin.html#comments
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