by | Jul 13, 2023 | Nutrition
Orthorexia nervosa is “an unrecognized psychological eating disorder in which the person becomes obsessed with eating pure, healthy and right kinds of foods to improve health.” Whereas individuals with recognized eating disorders like anorexia are concerned with the...
by | Jul 13, 2023 | Nutrition
I trace the source and legitimacy of a disorder purporting to describe an “unhealthy obsession with healthy eating.” Orthorexia nervosa is described as “a fixation on the virtue of food or unhealthy obsession with healthy eating.” Orthorexia has been styled as a type...
by | Jul 13, 2023 | Nutrition
“Orthorexia nervosa is defined as an unhealthy obsession with eating healthy food.” Want to know if you’re orthorexic? “The ORTO-15 is the most widely accepted assessment tool used to screen for orthorexic tendencies….” A score of 40 or lower was considered the best...
by | Jul 13, 2023 | Nutrition
“Corporations are legally required to maximize shareholder profits and therefore have to oppose public health policies that could threaten profits.” That’s just how the system is set up. “Unequivocal, longstanding evidence shows that, to achieve this, diverse...
by | Jul 13, 2023 | Nutrition
Food structure, not only nutrient composition, may be “critical for optimal health.” As you can see in the graph below and at 0:12 in my video Flashback Friday: Which Is a Better Breakfast: Cereal or Oatmeal?, corn flakes and rice products cause a much greater spike...
by | Jul 13, 2023 | Nutrition
Can ingested plastic particles from fish get into our bloodstream? In 1869, a patent was taken out for a new substance to replace elephant ivory in the production of billiard balls, and the plastics industry was born. Ironically, what started out as a...
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