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Can you believe this? If you want to eat healthy and you are concerned about what you put in your body, you now have a mental disorder called orthorexia nervosa.

I know we’re not normal – but a mental disorder? That’s a bit strong, don’t you think?

Well, that’s the take on it from Mike Adams over at Natural Health (read his post here) . But he always takes things to a radical extreme. If you read the article he references, they make a good point.

There are some people who are so concerned with clean eating that they will starve themselves.  Mike Adams could clearly be suffering from this disorder. If he were to see the foods that we eat, he would shudder. He would call me a healthy eating fraud because I recommend a balanced diet. Imagine that.

Yes, I think we should do everything we can to avoid pesticides, chemicals, GMOs and such. But geez, these people take it way too far – and they are usually misinformed, or have twisted the facts to meet their agenda – exactly what they have accused big industry of doing. Extemism sells I guess.

That’s why we’re Rebels. Login and find something good to eat.  

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