ORTHOREXIA: A serious health problem.

ORTHOREXIA: A serious health problem. Orthorexia or addiction healthy eating is an eating disorder which can impair physical and mental health, and the worst, is that the incidence is increasing. It is an extreme obsession with health, focusing on eating as healthy as possible, which can become a serious condition. Orthorexia can negatively interfere with the lives of people who suffer from preferring to be hungry, even for long periods, to eat food that , in his view , are " impure" , is that are high in additives , fats, etc . Stop going to restaurants, fast food establishments and homes of family and friends, for fear that can not ingest food. These people strong food restrictions are imposed, which affects their health, as they can produce them complications such as hypotension or osteoporosis, lack of vitamins or minerals, like calcium. Generally, this behavior is due to poor diet that society sells, and lack of information. Social pressure causes these people feel isolated in their thinking, generating, in response, that obsession should not be confused with fasting and dietary care carried consciously. M.B.1ºA