{"id":6236,"date":"2023-08-03T18:07:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T11:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6236"},"modified":"2023-08-03T18:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T11:07:20","slug":"what-is-orthorexia-symptoms-treatment-options-from-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6236","title":{"rendered":"What Is Orthorexia? Symptoms &#038; Treatment Options, From Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/skfejv74okmv5xrbq.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cOrthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that involves a fixation on healthy eating and ritualistic behavior,\u201d explains <a href=\"https:\/\/momentofclarity.com\/about\/our-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/momentofclarity.com\/about\/our-staff\/\">Rafaat W. Girgis, M.D.<\/a>, a board-certified psychiatrist at Moment of Clarity, a mental health treatment center.<\/p>\n<p>The term \u201corthorexia nervosa\u201d was coined by physician <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/26724459\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/26724459\/\" data-citation-link=\"\">Steven Bratman in 1997<\/a><a href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"1\">1<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/span>, and it translates to \u201cright\u201d or \u201ccorrect\u201d (ortho) and \u201cappetite\u201d (orexis) in Greek. In essence, orthorexia is a severe obsession with eating healthy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Orthorexia is more common among younger people, affecting between <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC9030415\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC9030415\/\" data-citation-link=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">6.9% and 45.5% of adolescents and young adults<\/a><a href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"2\">2<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/span>. The wide range is due to discrepancies in different studies, suggesting that this eating disorder calls for more organized research to assess prevalence accurately. However, the presence of orthorexia <em>does<\/em> seem to be steadily increasing in recent years, likely for reasons we&#8217;ll touch on in a bit.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, \u201chealthy\u201d eating looks different for everybody. One person could see a very restrictive vegan diet as healthy; others a raw meat diet, some a low-carb diet, and so on\u2014which makes this eating disorder difficult to identify.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Orthorexia] often just looks like healthy eating. The signs of rigidity, obsessiveness about disease, and health are often unrecognized,\u201d adds registered dietician and founder of Real Nutrition <a href=\"https:\/\/realnutritionnyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/realnutritionnyc.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Shapiro, R.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Say two people were on a road trip and had to stop for a meal at a diner. Both people may be healthy eaters in their day-to-day and prefer minimally processed natural foods. However, the person struggling with orthorexia will likely feel much more guilt and anxiety surrounding the diner food\u2014even if it&#8217;s the only option.<\/p>\n<p>That person with orthorexic tendencies may feel the urge to skip the meal altogether for the sake of preserving their clean eating patterns, while the other person may be able to consume the healthiest option they find on the menu without lasting shame or anxiety about how it will impact them. In essence, people who struggle with orthorexia never allow for imperfection when it comes to their diet, and if they have to for any reason, intense emotional discomfort follows.<\/p>\n<p>This same situation can be applied to events like birthdays, holidays, and other celebrations where available food items may not be as healthy as one is used to.<\/p>\n<p>This also makes the disease more difficult to treat, says Girgis, since many with orthorexia &#8220;believe they are right and refuse to see the negative in what they are doing to themselves,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOrthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that involves a fixation on healthy eating and ritualistic behavior,\u201d explains Rafaat W. Girgis, M.D., a board-certified psychiatrist at Moment of Clarity, a mental health treatment center. The term \u201corthorexia nervosa\u201d was coined by physician Steven Bratman in 19971, and it translates to \u201cright\u201d or \u201ccorrect\u201d (ortho) and \u201cappetite\u201d &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[60,188,180,93],"class_list":["post-6236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-anxiety","tag-depression","tag-eating-disorders","tag-healthy-eating"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}