Effect and Symptoms of Orthorexia
This epatology can have serious health effects. For example, the removal of fat can compromise the intake of fat soluble vitamins and fatty acids, both essential for the body. Without meat, the levels of iron which are plummeting and, although vegetables also provide protein, are of inferior quality.
It can also lead to nutritional deficiencies if the food does not replace orthorexic it rejects others who can provide the same nutritional supplements. This results in anemia, vitamin deficiencies or trace elements or lack of energy.
Moreover, not only is bad physically. On a psychological level also produces a disorder that in most cases must be treated by a specialist.
Like anorexia, bulimia and all eating disorders, recovery is more expensive psychological than physical, because we have to eliminate all behavior that has been adopted orthorexic over a sufficiently long period of time . And for that you need a lot of will and time.
Symptoms of orthorexia
It usually appears in people with obsessive-compulsive behaviors and genetically predisposed to it. It has also been observed that many patients who have had anorexia nervosa, to recover choose to introduce into your diet only natural foods, probiotic, organically grown with no fat or artificial substances that can cause damage.
Paradoxically, this behavior instead of preventing the disorder even induce.
The most visible characteristics of a orthorexic are:
Obsession messy to eat healthy (natural).
They are usually people with obsessive-compulsive behavior and anorexia nervosa have been predisposed to suffer.
Excludes food meat, fats and foods treated with herbicides or pesticides.
May have nutritional deficiencies.
Never skip your diet, even on special occasions.