Orthorexia is an eating disorder characterized by an obsession with eating healthy, people who have it carried to an extreme healthy eating, to the point that negatively affect their health badly.
Orthorexia most commonly affects adolescents and women, the sick are to end their food thoroughly and strictly controlling the components of food.
Initially starting with a restricted diet, for example by avoiding the intake of red meat, sugar, eggs, milk and fat, but as the disease progresses is generated social isolation because the person is overwhelmed if you have to attend a meeting or lunch because their menu is very limited which makes them impossible to share these activities with other people.
Orthorexia affects people who think they are superior to those who do not follow their way of life, present a false self-esteem and an absolute belief that their choice is better than everyone else.
These people are more concerned about the quality of the food they eat than the pleasure or the need to eat, spend many hours a day organizing your food plan and are able to travel long distances to buy special foods or organic.
Lead a lifestyle disease, have high levels of dopamine and low serotonin levels, which is why they are always euphoric and with significant anxiety. It is also normal to have nutritional deficiencies because not only selecting foods according to their quality, but often support only eat a limited variety of food that results in a significant lack of nutrients.