While healthy lifestyle changes should be applauded, people have become increasingly neurotic about what they put on their plates, some experts say.
而专家提醒称,尽管我们应该称赞人们向健康生活方式的转变,但人们对健康食品的执着越来越神经质了。
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.
“完美食欲症”患者花大量时间计划吃什么,抵制诱惑,如果能坚持住饮食计划就会肯定自己。
In its severe form, orthorexia can lead to weight loss, malnutrition and even death, experts warn.
专家警告称,如果症状严重,“完美食欲症”会导致体重下降、营养不良,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.