Orthorexia: When healthy living makes you sick

In today’s health rave a new eating disorder has been born. Orthorexia, when healthy living makes you sick.

Is it possible to eat too healthy? Can regular exercise turn into a bad obsession? According to, Hanna Kihlander – from the Swedish support group, “Frisk och fri” (Healthy and free) – we can become poorly by being too obsessed with being healthy.

Overseas, the new health rave has seen no boarders and protein drinks and marathons have become a regular part of the Swede’s life. Many uses apps on their mobile phones and …read more