Comments on: Orthorexia Nervosa

By: shaungroves

shaungroves — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:29:42 +0000

Love above all: Love your God. Love the people around you. Love yourself (the body God gave you). Three dimensions of love – that’s balance.. None of those dimensions should have to suffer in order to be healthy spiritually, relationally and physically.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:37:43 +0000

Whenever I diet, I suddenly become obsessed with what I’m eating. It takes a changing of the mind and habits. However, I could totally see someone taking this to an extreme, most eating disorders are about control, and that’s what this seems to be.

By: livngfragrance

livngfragrance — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:33:44 +0000

I do not know how many calories is too many, or what the positive or negative reperucussions of eating this or that may be. My philosophy is “everything in moderation.” If I am hungry, I eat; if I am not, I don’t (unless I am bored…which is not often enoguh); when I am full, I stop. In 1 Corinthians 9 and 10 Paul talks about being “all things to all men” that others may come to know of Jesus’ saving garce. He even specifically mentions eating “anything that is set before you.” I have never been on a mission trip that would require me to eat something that I know I would not like, but since I have an intense gag reflex I worry about offending someone when that day comes (refusal of certain foods in some cultures is very offensive). With that thought in mind, what happens when those with such strict self-imposed diets as discussed above are called out or put in a situation where they cannot have what their body now relies on, or cannot/will not take in that which is being asked of them? “Whather, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God…not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, so that they may be saved.” I have read many interesting arguments on this subject and could easily continue on…but I am hungry and am going to go make dinner. Good topic.

By: Sarah Chia

Sarah Chia — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:47:09 +0000

That’s too funny. I don’t have the disorder, thank God, but I used to back in my vegan days. Incidentally, being vegan also gave me a vitamin B deficiency and anemia even WITH required daily supplements of B and iron. I feel better when I eat organic, but I also feel better when I enjoy a meal.

BTW, thanks for stopping by my site, Brody.

By: booters

booters — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:58:11 +0000

I think that about 2/3 of people in america would be considered to have this “disorder” if they looked at that “test.” I would say that some people probably do take eating healthy too far, and there are those should take it a lot more seriously. However, that “test” made this whole thing seem like a stupid ploy to get his name in the paper.

By: shaungroves

shaungroves — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:52:47 +0000

And part of what we’ve talked about is the “test” given on the site Brody linked to. The “test” is a series of questions that determine whether or not you have this disorder (not accepted as a disorder, btw, by the medical community at large yet).

Check out the questions and then tell us what you think. We’re curious. Are we the only ones thinking what we’re thinking?