While healthy lifestyle changes should be applauded, people have become increasingly neurotic about what they put on their plates, some experts say.
而專家提醒稱,盡管我們應該稱贊人們向健康生活方式的轉變,但人們對健康食品的執著越來越神經質了。
The desire to eat more healthily can veer into an obsession, with rising numbers of people - mainly women in their 30s - suffering from orthorexia nervosa.
Orthorexics spend vast amounts of their time planning their food, resisting temptation, applauding themselves when they stick to their diet.
“完美食欲癥”患者花大量時間計劃吃什么,抵制誘惑,如果能堅持住飲食計劃就會肯定自己。
In its severe form, orthorexia can lead to weight loss, malnutrition and even death, experts warn.
專家警告稱,如果癥狀嚴重,“完美食欲癥”會導致體重下降、營養不良,甚至死亡。
Sufferers typically cut out entire food groups – often in the mistaken belief they are unhealthy or their bodies are intolerant to them – thereby depriving themselves of essential nutrition and vitamins.