Do you know about an ortoreksiya?

And you knew that too to care for what you eat it is the diagnosis? A nervous ortoreksiya — unhealthy obsession the "correct" food.

Unlike disorders of food behavior, such as anorexia or bulimia, ortoreksiya is connected not with quantity of food, and with its quality. People with this frustration are concentrated on consumption of exclusively "clean", "healthy" or "ideal" food that can lead to serious consequences for mental and physical health.

Ortoreksiya can affect not only physical health (a lack of nutrients, weight reduction), but also social activity and a mental state. People with this frustration often have sense of superiority over people around because of the approach to food, but at the same time they can suffer from loneliness and an excessive stress.

Signs of a nervous ortoreksiya
1. Restriction of a diet: an exception of the "wrong" products, for example, processed fat or sweet.
2. Excessive planning: drawing up strict schedules of food, avoiding of food outdoors.
3. Social isolation: refusal of the meetings or actions connected with food because of fear to break a diet.
4. Emotional consequences: sense of guilt or alarms at consumption of the "forbidden" food.
5. Physical problems: possible deficiency of vitamins and minerals because of restrictions in food.

Though the nervous ortoreksiya is not recognized by the official medical diagnosis yet (for example, in DSM-5), but if the person faced such state, to it all the same will not prevent to address the expert: it can be the psychologist, the nutritionist or the psychotherapist. They will help to understand that food has to be balanced, but not ideal. Will help to learn more flexible approach to the choice of food and to cope with the alarms connected with food.

I am strongly anxious with healthy nutrition because of a disease of the husband. When it was discharged from Regional neurologic office, gave a piece of paper and the recommended food allowance. On this piece of paper it is possible to die easily and quickly! They recommended 1 tablespoon of olive oil a day! Only! And fats there have to be not less than 30% in food of the person. I threw out this bumazhku at own risk I feed the husband with natural products and oil of 82.5%. Sometimes - I give fat! Listened to a webinar: "You eat fat and grow thin!" It is impossible to eat margarine, so - cakes and cakes from shop! It is not recommended fried, and baked - it is possible.
Generally, I have many restrictions in food. We do not eat semi-finished products, we do not eat sausage and sausages, I buy oil of the first cold extraction as in cleaned there can be residues of hexogen. I check milk for naturalness: if turns sour, then it is possible to take.
I do not think that it is an ortoreksiya. It is already a way of life rather. Here is how I want to live the life, and I live. I am not proud and do not brag! Once told the acquaintance that we do not eat sausage, so she decided that we save! I do not tell any more.

Sometimes I buy not really useful products. I do not break, just the husband wanted to taste Four Cheeses pizza Chips bought several times: there was a wish. I do not feel remorse: from 1-2 times you will not get poisoned - not I

And you know someone who faced such problem?