We live in a health conscious part of the country when it comes to foods. I know about about the Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen and I try to give my kids mostly organic produce. But, I also have realized it's just too much work and too expensive to make it happen all the time. Apparently, some people can't do the same. There is an actual condition called Orthorexia, which is for the most part a mental disorder surrounding obsession of healthy foods.

 

Wikipedia describes the condition as

Orthorexia nervosa (also known as orthorexia) is a proposed eating disorder or mental disorder[1] characterized by an extreme or excessive preoccupation with avoiding foods perceived to be unhealthful.[2][3]The term orthorexia derives from the Greek ορθο- (ortho, "right" or "correct"), and όρεξις (orexis, "appetite"), literally meaning a correct diet. It was introduced in 1997 by Steven Bratman, M.D., to be used as a parallel with other eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa. Orthorexia is not mentioned in the widely-used DSM[a], but was coined by Bratman[4] who claims that in rare cases, this focus may turn into a fixation so extreme that it can lead to severe malnutrition or even death.[5] Even in less severe cases, the attempt to follow a diet that cannot provide adequate nourishment is said to lower self-esteem as the orthorexics blame themselves rather than their diets for their constant hunger and the resulting cravings for forbidden foods. [6]

 

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