WHAT IS ORTHOREXIA?

Orthorexia nervosa is one of a little-known group of eating disorders. The term uses “ortho,” in its meaning as straight, correct and true, to modify “anorexia nervosa.” Orthorexia nervosa refers to a fixation on eating proper food.  Orthorexia begins innocently enough, as a desire to overcome chronic illness or to improve general health. Over time,

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Not Seeing Clearly

What are the contributing factors of an eating disorder?  Even the slimmest women have, on occasion, stood in front of the mirror and asked: “Does this dress make me look fat?”  No matter who you are at some point you have been your own worst critic.  Why do we do this to ourselves and what

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Running Away From Unhealthy Behaviors

Drug abuse changes all aspects of an individual’s life.  There are so many detrimental behaviors that become ingrained throughout active addiction, one of which is inactivity.  Moreover whatever healthy aspects of an addict’s life are overshadowed by the atrocious amounts of toxins in their system.  Therefore it is crucial in sobriety to be active and

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Addicted to Fat

Like many pleasurable behaviors—including sex and drug use—eating can trigger the release of dopamine, a feel-good chemical in the brain. This chemical reward, in turn, increases the likelihood that the action will eventually become habitual through positive reinforcement conditioning. If this reward is activated by overeating, these neurochemical patterns can make the behavior tough to

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Health Care Costs and Addiction…A relationship.

The interrelationship between addiction treatment and general health was noted in a report by the Institute of Medicine, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2006, an Institute study bureau found that improving the nation’s general health and resolving the major problems of the overall health care system will require attending equally to

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