44: When Being Too Healthy Becomes Unhealthy 

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There’s likely no other time of the year you’ll come across as many people employing healthy habits than the start of a New Year. While I’m all for fresh starts, new beginnings and doing things to help you feel your best, fixating and obsessing about health can quickly lead you down a path of unhealthy habits. In some cases, as is often the case with nutritionists, health practitioners and health bloggers, we might see conditions like Orthorexia arise, which comes with a number of severe implications.

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In this episode we discuss:

  • Extremist behaviours around health and why they’re actually hurting us

  • The link between Orthorexia and nutrition school

  • Disordered eating disguised as health habits

  • Characteristics of orthorexia

  • The importance of flexibility when engaging in health habits 

  • Harm of self-diagnosing health conditions 

  • Releasing perfectionist ways around food

  • How to pursue health without obsessing about it 

  • Support and resources for those struggling with Orthorexia 

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