Washington Post: Extreme ‘clean’ eating can tip healthy eaters into a danger zone
“In 1997, physician Steven Bratman coined the term ‘orthorexia’ (orthos, ‘right’ and orexia, ‘appetite,’ translating to ‘righteous eating’) in response to his patients who were fine physically but ‘driving themselves crazy’ over their eating habits. Bratman’s work observed two stages of orthorexia. Healthy orthorexia, with an interest in healthy eating with no pathological features, and…
