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PREOCCUPIED WITH HEALTHY EATING (Orthorexia)WHAT DOES IT DO TO YOU? HOW CAN YOU MINIMIZE NEGATIVE EFFECTS?
Are you prone to a problem with 'Preoccupied with healthy eating'?
An orthorexic lives in the future instead of the now, so has trouble participating in life without thought of future consequences. On a spiritual level, the inability to indulge is a disorder of excess chastity. The essence of chastity is an unwillingness to give oneself completely to something imperfect. Often, such a person shows intolerance to experiencing shame. Chastidy is naturally strongest in young women after onset of puberty. There is a dynamic tension between one's ability to love what is imperfect (this type of loves is expressed by the soul), and to reach for divine star of perfection (this type of love is expressed by the spirit). The soul, located near the heart, finds satisfaction in connection to people, places, and things. The soul is willing to overlook corruption & imperfection in order to preserve connection, intimacy, and love. This kind of love may be found in a mother's mercy toward a child in jail, etc. The soul embraces mother nature, the symbol of the divine feminine, and thus participates in earthly fertility and abundance. The spirit, located in the crown, is the home of the divine masculine. It loves the glory of heavenly perfection, and rejects earthly impurity. The spirit loves beauty & refinement, and is symbolized by a gem. When a person over invests in spiritual purity, they may unwittingly repress the soul. To such a spiritual being, enjoying the fruits of Eden feels like an indulgence. The rejected fruit can be food, sensuality of a sexual nature, emotional intimacy, etc. The seeming perfection of the spirit is a seductive attraction to an orthorexic, who does not recognize that heavenly perfection is etheric only, and lacking in earthiness. A person stuck in the heavenly realms mistakes contact with heavenly perfection and beauty as contact with God. Heavenly beauty is incomplete because it cannot understand God's love for humanity, or the nature of His mercy. True perfection includes a persons ability to love unconditionally, which paradoxically means loving earthly imperfection. A person who remains overly chaste cannot experience unconditional love, and in the attempt to crush desire and indulgence loses empathy, understanding and human connection. The seed of an orthorexic's spiritual crisis is a loss of faith and hope in earthly desires. They do not trust the life-giving intelligence of the body and its ability to lead them to the happiness and satisfaction they are seeking. The sense organs of the nose and tongue are repressed, as well as the reproductive organs and the gut. Life lived in rejection of the senses soon becomes dry, barren, and isolated. Reconnecting with earthly abundance requires inclusion of these organs, and re-establishing a belief that these organs are necessary for the success of the individual. The person must face the state of panic that arises around desire and the obstacle it presents. To restore abundance, a person must expose the limitations of the superego and recognize that desire is part of God's perfect plan for us. ARE YOU NEW TO AYURVEDA? GET THE BASICSDIET TIPS DISCLAIMER: The pathogenesis of each person's condition is unique, and so the diet must be fit to the individual and the unique root causes of the condition in your body. The information on this page is for educational purposes only and should not be used to treat a medical condition. It is not a substitute for medical care. Please check with your doctor before making any changes to your health and wellness routine. WHAT IMBALANCES CAN IT CAUSE?AGGRAVATES THESE DOSHAS & BIOCHARACTERISTICS'Preoccupied with healthy eating' is likely to aggravate the following doshas and biocharacteristics. If you have a systemic imbalance of one of these doshas or biocharacteristics, Ayurveda would generally recommend removing, substitute or lessen the frequency of 'Preoccupied with healthy eating'. Imbalance Accumulates Improper food and lifestyle causes balances to accumulate. Ayurveda shows you exactly which doshas and biocharacteristics are likely to accumulate in your body. Once these doshas and biocharacteristics accumulate too much, they will begin to cause imbalance. You can reduce an imbalanced dosha or biocharacteristic by removing things that aggravate it from your diet and lifestyle.
To learn more about the symbols above, click on them. Are you prone to a problem with 'Preoccupied with healthy eating'?
FAVOR DIETS, LIFESTYLES & HERBS WITH THESE MEDICINAL EFFECTSEverything you eat has an effect on your body, which Ayurveda categorizes in a simple and easy way, using biocharacteristics (gunas). Biocharacteristics are qualities (like cold and hot) that describe the effect a food or herb has on your body. Cooling foods like cucumber, decrease metabolism. Heating foods like chili pepper, stimulate your body and increase metabolism. For 'Preoccupied with healthy eating', you should select foods with the following biocharacteristics. Individual results will vary, based on your body type and the root cause of your imbalance.
To learn more about the symbols above, click on them. WATERResembles water (ap) in quality - fluid, sticky, soft, heavy, stable, cool.ADDRESS ISSUES IN STAGE OF DISEASE 0PREOCCUPIED WITH HEALTHY EATING IS IN STAGE OF DISEASE 0 - POTENTIAL CAUSEPotential causes increase and disturb your imbalanced doshas and biocharacteristics, causing them to accumulate and spiral out of control. For example, if you're overheated and eat a chili pepper, heat may become excessive and cause disease. As a dosha or biocharacteristic accumulates in your body according to your dietary and lifestyle habits, it is more and more likely to cause disease. You can reduce an imbalanced dosha or biocharacteristic in two ways, by removing, or lessening the frequency of aggravating causes from your diet and lifestyle, as well as by favoring balancing diet and lifestyle practices. For example, try eating something as cool as a cucumber when you're overheated, instead of a chili pepper. REDUCE THESE RELATED SYMPTOMS & HABITSThe following symptoms & habits may be related to 'Preoccupied with healthy eating'. See your quiz results for a computerized assessment of your body type. Please click on the symptoms below to learn more about them.Biocharacteristics of the 10,868 People Reporting Preoccupied with healthy eatingOn average the biocharacteristics of people reporting Preoccupied with healthy eating were less aggravated than 83% of other symptoms. From the 10,868 people who reported Preoccupied with healthy eating in this research study of 74,671 individuals, average deviation in biocharacteristic levels were the following:BIOCHARACTERISTICAVG CLIENT LEVEL %%CASES (#)#IMBALANCE Light Sign
 
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73.2%
29.5% (3,206)
9,391 have Light constitution
Bitter
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72.6%
27.2% (2,955)
8,626 have Bitter constitution
Astringent
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63.3%
23.6% (2,566)
8,068 have Astringent constitution
Dry Sign
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60.3%
28.5% (3,095)
9,009 have Dry constitution
51.2%
27.4% (2,974)
9,587 have Oily constitution
Causes Vata
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49.2%
36.6% (3,981)
11,554 have Vata constitution
Kapha
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48.8%
35.5% (3,861)
12,745 have Kapha constitution
Sweet
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48.8%
27.8% (3,022)
9,650 have Sweet constitution
46.8%
26.0% (2,825)
8,107 have Cold constitution
Salty
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46.0%
23.6% (2,567)
7,179 have Salty constitution
45.6%
24.2% (2,635)
7,528 have Sour constitution
Difficult
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41.7%
29.8% (3,237)
8,532 have Difficult constitution
40.9%
23.4% (2,546)
7,949 have Hot constitution
Pitta Sign
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40.1%
33.7% (3,665)
10,540 have Pitta constitution
Heavy
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39.4%
28.6% (3,112)
9,738 have Heavy constitution
Pungent
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31.6%
21.1% (2,297)
6,802 have Pungent constitution
Risk Factors of Preoccupied with healthy eating
Below you will see general risk factors as well as the greatest risk factors, i.e. those who were also more likely to report Preoccupied with healthy eating.
Overall, 33.71% of people surveyed in this research study reported Preoccupied with healthy eating.
SYMPTOM (Cases)Cases With Both% Reporting ThisIncrease from 33.71%Review These Common Risk Factors Feel underweight (2358)
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556
23.6%
30% less often
Feel overweight (25362)
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7177
28.3%
20% less often
Hyperactive, quick (19615)
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3326
17%
50% less often
Fatigue / tired (16721)
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5563
33.3%
insignificant difference
Male (1336)
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335
25.1%
30% less often
Female (26227)
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8761
33.4%
insignificant difference
Pretend Eating / Playing with Food (461)
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278
60.3%
80% more often
Chewing and spitting food (1294)
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746
57.7%
70% more often
Preoccupied with food (5772)
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3158
54.7%
60% more often
Purging Food (2856)
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1476
51.7%
50% more often
Eating vegetables to suppress hunger (9352)
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4780
51.1%
50% more often
Omitting Food Groups (10981)
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5504
50.1%
50% more often
Scheduling time alone to eat (3314)
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1644
49.6%
50% more often
Spending all day in the kitchen (3076)
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1514
49.2%
50% more often
Laxatives to lose weight (2812)
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1373
48.8%
40% more often
At odds with nationality / culture (212)
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103
48.6%
40% more often
Exercising after eating too much (2548)
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1228
48.2%
40% more often
Body dysmorphia / Distorted self-image (5887)
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2840
48.2%
40% more often
Diuretics to lose weight (2085)
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995
47.7%
40% more often
Anorexia, past or current (4050)
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1902
47%
40% more often
Fasting during daytime hours / bingeing at night (5367)
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2524
47%
40% more often
Trauma-induced overeating (1603)
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749
46.7%
40% more often
Buy food for others then eat it (2759)
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1272
46.1%
40% more often
Preoccupied with size, shape or weight (12085)
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5556
46%
40% more often
Uneasy when food unavailable (4533)
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2079
45.9%
40% more often
Compulsive exercising (1909)
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876
45.9%
40% more often
Stole food or money to buy food (1041)
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471
45.2%
30% more often
Bulimia, past or current (3506)
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1573
44.9%
30% more often
Joint pain after eating (712)
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320
44.9%
30% more often
Panic about size, shape or weight (6563)
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2945
44.9%
30% more often
Uncontrollable compulsion to eat (4198)
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1886
44.9%
30% more often
Can't stop eating once I start (4901)
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2198
44.8%
30% more often
Self Mutilation (1881)
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838
44.6%
30% more often
Feel like a failure after overeating (9279)
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4136
44.6%
30% more often
Eat when abdomen painful (2767)
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1232
44.5%
30% more often
Secretive eating (8337)
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3661
43.9%
30% more often
Hide food (3231)
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1415
43.8%
30% more often
Body Checking (12680)
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5557
43.8%
30% more often
Burning sense of shame (3769)
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1644
43.6%
30% more often
Drinking coffee to replace food (7337)
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3194
43.5%
30% more often
Self-loathing (6841)
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2962
43.3%
30% more often
Binging more than 1x monthly (5063)
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2194
43.3%
30% more often
Oppressed / disempowered (3669)
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1585
43.2%
30% more often
At odds with local community (1665)
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716
43%
30% more often
Search for perfect bite (3999)
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1706
42.7%
30% more often
Trips to food stores daily (4340)
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1853
42.7%
30% more often
Exercising as punishment (2175)
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928
42.7%
30% more often
Restricting Water Intake (650)
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277
42.6%
30% more often
Rebel against food limitations (3798)
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1614
42.5%
30% more often
Blisters (609)
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257
42.2%
30% more often
Homesick (2646)
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1113
42.1%
20% more often
Hiding wrappers / packaging (4619)
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1943
42.1%
20% more often
Prolapsed colon (272)
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114
41.9%
20% more often
Defensive (225)
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92
40.9%
20% more often
Angry when someone eats my food (7138)
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2914
40.8%
20% more often
Bulky muscles (2089)
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850
40.7%
20% more often
Fasting to lose weight (11675)
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4755
40.7%
20% more often
Parasite passed in stool (353)
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143
40.5%
20% more often
Manic / giddy (2385)
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960
40.3%
20% more often
Like constant adventure / excitement (4985)
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2008
40.3%
20% more often
Overeat because of spouse / kids (2718)
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1095
40.3%
20% more often
Frequent baking (2956)
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1189
40.2%
20% more often
Flat rash (526)
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211
40.1%
20% more often
Painful rash (516)
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206
39.9%
20% more often
Can't afford to buy food (1909)
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762
39.9%
20% more often
Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) (2279)
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906
39.8%
20% more often
Weigh myself daily (8123)
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3229
39.8%
20% more often
Tight/tense abdomen (2454)
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974
39.7%
20% more often
Recent weight change (6009)
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2372
39.5%
20% more often
Blood or pus in mucus (462)
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182
39.4%
20% more often
Smoking to suppress appetite (3891)
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1533
39.4%
20% more often
Abdominal swelling during menses (8840)
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3477
39.3%
20% more often
Worm / Parasite (1615)
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635
39.3%
20% more often
Tight clothing / belts (3919)
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1539
39.3%
20% more often
Pelvic Congestion Syndrome (227)
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89
39.2%
20% more often
Hyperactive when stressed (5530)
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2165
39.2%
20% more often
Croup (176)
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69
39.2%
20% more often
Pain relieved by exercise (1996)
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780
39.1%
20% more often
Convulsions (156)
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61
39.1%
20% more often
Implant / Prosthesis (787)
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308
39.1%
20% more often
Restricting Food Intake (15613)
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6107
39.1%
20% more often
Fainting (2169)
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845
39%
20% more often
Difficulty expressing desires (9207)
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3593
39%
20% more often
Pale menstrual blood (461)
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179
38.8%
20% more often
Small breasts (2618)
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1017
38.8%
20% more often
Palpable Mass in Abdomen (267)
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103
38.6%
10% more often
Preoccupied with sex / lust (2530)
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976
38.6%
10% more often
Macrobiotic diet (1127)
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435
38.6%
10% more often
Tight/tense chest (3234)
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1247
38.6%
10% more often
Distress when sweets unavailable (4006)
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1547
38.6%
10% more often
Avoid social events due to appearance (7275)
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2811
38.6%
10% more often
Gray sclera (white part of eye) (231)
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89
38.5%
10% more often
Eat when lonely / depressed (9688)
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3729
38.5%
10% more often
Eating without realizing it (4049)
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1559
38.5%
10% more often
Orangish skin (495)
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190
38.4%
10% more often
Insufficient cleanliness (4471)
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1716
38.4%
10% more often
Enlarged Spleen (328)
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126
38.4%
10% more often
Psychiatric Treatment (3639)
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1395
38.3%
10% more often
Chronic Peeling (1173)
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449
38.3%
10% more often
Multiple weight loss programs (10770)
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4121
38.3%
10% more often
Venereal Disease (781)
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298
38.2%
10% more often
Complications of Those Reporting Preoccupied with healthy eating
In this research study, people who report Preoccupied with healthy eating were likely to report the following:
REPORTSCASES WITH BOTHINCREASE%NORMALLY Prolonged bleeding when cut (Poor clotting)
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427
+2.3 times
4%
1.74% (1,259 cases)
Painful menstruation & menstrual cramps
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4827
+2.0 times
44%
21.59% (13,471 cases)
Exercising as punishment
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928
+2.0 times
9%
4.43% (2,175 cases)
Pretend Eating / Playing with Food
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278
+2.0 times
3%
1.48% (461 cases)
Chewing and spitting food
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746
+2.0 times
7%
3.47% (1,294 cases)
Exercising after eating too much
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1228
+2.0 times
11%
5.47% (2,548 cases)
Restricting Food Intake
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6107
+2.0 times
56%
28.12% (15,613 cases)
Purging Food
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1476
+2.0 times
14%
7.06% (2,856 cases)
Bluish / Purple Tongue
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165
+1.9 times
2%
1.04% (472 cases)
Compulsive exercising
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876
+1.9 times
8%
4.18% (1,909 cases)
Anorexia, past or current
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1902
+1.9 times
18%
9.45% (4,050 cases)
Slow, heavy digestion
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4662
+1.9 times
43%
22.89% (21,898 cases)
Bulimia, past or current
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1573
+1.7 times
14%
8.43% (3,506 cases)
Currently/recently on a diet
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4374
+1.6 times
40%
24.25% (11,960 cases)
Preoccupied with food
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3158
+1.6 times
29%
17.94% (5,772 cases)
Tongue deviates to right/left
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170
+1.6 times
2%
1.26% (484 cases)
Body dysmorphia / Distorted self-image
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2840
+1.6 times
26%
16.44% (5,887 cases)
Eating vegetables to suppress hunger
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4780
+1.6 times
44%
28.2% (9,352 cases)
Self Mutilation
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838
+1.5 times
8%
5.17% (1,881 cases)
Omitting Food Groups
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5504
+1.5 times
51%
33.04% (10,981 cases)
Tongue frothy on edges
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278
+1.5 times
3%
1.96% (739 cases)
Artificial sweeteners
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2843
+1.5 times
26%
17.04% (8,589 cases)
Trauma-induced overeating
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749
+1.5 times
7%
4.62% (1,603 cases)
Spending all day in the kitchen
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1514
+1.5 times
14%
9.25% (3,076 cases)
Laxatives to lose weight
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1373
+1.5 times
13%
8.63% (2,812 cases)
Restricting Water Intake
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277
+1.5 times
3%
2.02% (650 cases)
Peanut allergy
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287
+1.5 times
3%
2.05% (788 cases)
Preoccupied with size, shape or weight
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5556
+1.5 times
51%
35.03% (12,085 cases)
Dilated Pupil
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195
+1.4 times
2%
1.38% (518 cases)
At odds with local community
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716
+1.4 times
7%
4.83% (1,665 cases)
Uneasy when food unavailable
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2079
+1.4 times
19%
13.17% (4,533 cases)
Body Checking
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5557
+1.4 times
51%
35.36% (12,680 cases)
Exercising without eating
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2643
+1.4 times
24%
16.67% (7,501 cases)
Yellow bump on eye
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182
+1.4 times
2%
1.39% (535 cases)
Exercising when emotional
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2026
+1.4 times
19%
13.22% (5,575 cases)
Scheduling time alone to eat
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1644
+1.4 times
15%
10.44% (3,314 cases)
Joint pain after eating
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320
+1.4 times
3%
2.1% (712 cases)
Exercising 6+ times per week
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2128
+1.4 times
20%
14.07% (6,093 cases)
Fasting during daytime hours / bingeing at night
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2524
+1.4 times
23%
16.26% (5,367 cases)
Celiac Disease
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386
+1.4 times
4%
2.85% (1,108 cases)
Diuretics to lose weight
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995
+1.4 times
9%
6.42% (2,085 cases)
Smoking to suppress appetite
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1533
+1.4 times
14%
9.99% (3,891 cases)
Exercising more than 1 hour a day
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1727
+1.4 times
16%
11.43% (4,529 cases)
Buy food for others then eat it
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1272
+1.4 times
12%
8.6% (2,759 cases)
Conflict makes me restless
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7924
+1.4 times
73%
52.33% (43,701 cases)
Macrobiotic diet
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435
+1.4 times
4%
2.87% (1,127 cases)
Bluish nail-beds
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845
+1.4 times
8%
5.76% (2,239 cases)
Pale menstrual blood
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179
+1.4 times
2%
1.44% (461 cases)
Strong hunger
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5993
+1.4 times
55%
39.61% (31,540 cases)
Burning sense of shame
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1644
+1.4 times
15%
10.82% (3,769 cases)
Difficulty expectorating
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505
+1.4 times
5%
3.62% (1,399 cases)
Overwhelmed by responsibilities
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6198
+1.4 times
57%
41.32% (19,304 cases)
Search for perfect bite
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1706
+1.4 times
16%
11.6% (3,999 cases)
Yellowish skin
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1040
+1.4 times
10%
7.29% (2,733 cases)
Feel guilty when skip exercise
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6252
+1.4 times
58%
42.31% (18,003 cases)
Feel like a failure after overeating
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4136
+1.4 times
38%
27.76% (9,279 cases)
Tense muscles when stressed
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3171
+1.4 times
29%
21.33% (9,005 cases)
Panic about size, shape or weight
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2945
+1.4 times
27%
19.92% (6,563 cases)
Exercise aggravates symptoms
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1581
+1.4 times
15%
11.1% (5,106 cases)
Stole food or money to buy food
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471
+1.4 times
4%
2.96% (1,041 cases)
Secretive eating
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3661
+1.3 times
34%
25.19% (8,337 cases)
Binging more than 1x monthly
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2194
+1.3 times
20%
14.86% (5,063 cases)
Worm / Parasite
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635
+1.3 times
6%
4.46% (1,615 cases)
Blood or pus in mucus
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182
+1.3 times
2%
1.49% (462 cases)
Sore eye muscles
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846
+1.3 times
8%
5.97% (2,328 cases)
Fasting to lose weight
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4755
+1.3 times
44%
32.89% (11,675 cases)
Feel unhealthy when skip exercise
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6235
+1.3 times
57%
42.65% (17,772 cases)
Kidney Infection
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601
+1.3 times
6%
4.49% (1,649 cases)
Solid foods aggravate abdominal pain
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509
+1.3 times
5%
3.75% (1,417 cases)
Famine / Underfed in Childhood
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721
+1.3 times
7%
5.25% (1,923 cases)
Non-healing sore / ulcer
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276
+1.3 times
3%
2.25% (816 cases)
Manic / giddy
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960
+1.3 times
9%
6.75% (2,385 cases)
Hide food
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1415
+1.3 times
13%
9.78% (3,231 cases)
Staph infection
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395
+1.3 times
4%
3.01% (1,066 cases)
Oppressed / disempowered
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1585
+1.3 times
15%
11.3% (3,669 cases)
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
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183
+1.3 times
2%
1.51% (555 cases)
Painful rash
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206
+1.3 times
2%
1.51% (516 cases)
Family prevents career development
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1365
+1.3 times
13%
9.83% (3,992 cases)
Interstitial Cystitis
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316
+1.3 times
3%
2.27% (878 cases)
Angry when someone eats my food
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2914
+1.3 times
27%
20.45% (7,138 cases)
Uncontrollable compulsion to eat
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1886
+1.3 times
17%
12.89% (4,198 cases)
Skin problems on nipples
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297
+1.3 times
3%
2.28% (827 cases)
Strong abdominal pulse
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946
+1.3 times
9%
6.85% (2,630 cases)
Bulky muscles
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850
+1.3 times
8%
6.11% (2,089 cases)
Poor discernment of temperature
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520
+1.3 times
5%
3.82% (1,393 cases)
Self-loathing
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2962
+1.3 times
27%
20.63% (6,841 cases)
Even liquid foods aggravate abdominal pain
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391
+1.3 times
4%
3.06% (1,126 cases)
Flat rash
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211
+1.3 times
2%
1.53% (526 cases)
Drinking coffee to replace food
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3194
+1.3 times
29%
22.19% (7,337 cases)
Pain with sense of fullness
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1705
+1.3 times
16%
12.26% (4,736 cases)
Eat when abdomen painful
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1232
+1.3 times
11%
8.44% (2,767 cases)
Malabsorption
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1580
+1.3 times
15%
11.52% (4,275 cases)
Fainting
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845
+1.3 times
8%
6.15% (2,169 cases)
Bluish Skin
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404
+1.3 times
4%
3.08% (1,150 cases)
Raised & bumpy rash
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607
+1.3 times
6%
4.62% (1,605 cases)
Frequent baking
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1189
+1.3 times
11%
8.47% (2,956 cases)
Voiding large quantity of stool
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1712
+1.3 times
16%
12.33% (4,675 cases)
Can't stop eating once I start
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2198
+1.3 times
20%
15.42% (4,901 cases)
Dizzy / Light-headed
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4123
+1.3 times
38%
29.32% (11,401 cases)
Gain weight easily
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6228
+1.3 times
57%
43.99% (35,031 cases)
Abdominal pain continuous
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384
+1.3 times
4%
3.09% (1,145 cases)
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