Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Healthy Eating Disorder

So, if it wasn't hard enough to search out those fruits and vegetables that our government recommends when on the go or eating out, now there may be a push to abnormalize such behavior.  So much so, there's already a disorder label assigned to those of us willing to put the effort into what we eat - Orthorexia Nervosa.  It seems like this psychological disease, if you will, should have no problems getting sponsors from the likes of Monsanto and other chemical and bioengineering corporations.

Orthorexia: When Eating Healthy Becomes an Unhealthy Obsession
Choosing Healthy Foods Now Called a Mental Disorder