Orthorexia nervosa what it is, symptoms, treatments: the expert speaks

When we eat we don’t just introduce nutrients, calories, proteins and carbohydrates into our body. There is much more: symbolic meanings, emotions, relationships. Every culture has a food code of conduct that favors some ingredients over others. “With the term orthorexia reference has been made in recent years to a eating and eating disorder which, although it is not yet formally recognized in diagnostic manuals, like vigorousoxia, drukorexia, NES, has important consequences on the physical and mental health of those who suffer from it” he explains Anna Truzzipsychotherapist at MioDottore.