Orthorexia Shine Cutar da Ba ku taɓa Ji ba

Wadatacce

• Menene Orthorexia?
• Wanene Ya Shafi?
• Yadda Ya Shafi Rayuwa
• Ci gaban Orthorexia
• Hanyar Cin Mayar da Cutar Ciwo
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A kwanakin nan, yana da kyau ku kasance masu kula da lafiya. Ba abin mamaki ba ne a ce kai mai cin ganyayyaki ne, marar yalwa, ko paleo. Maƙwabtanka suna yin CrossFit, suna gudanar da marathon, kuma suna ɗaukar darussan rawa don nishaɗi. Sannan akwai yanayin tasirin motsa jiki. Tsakanin rashin ƙarancin mutanen da suka dace don dubawa da ɗimbin hotunan sauye -sauye da ke fitowa a cikin labaran labaran mu na Instagram, kusan ba zai yuwu a rasa gaskiyar cewa kiwon lafiya babba ne a yanzu.

Amma akwai duhu ga halin yanzu shakuwa tare da kasancewa lafiya: Wani lokaci yana wuce gona da iri. Ɗauki, alal misali, labarin Henya Perez, mai shekaru 28 mai cin ganyayyaki mai cin ganyayyaki wanda ya sauka a asibiti bayan ya yi ƙoƙari ya warkar da ciwon yisti tare da yawancin abincin abinci. Sosai ta gyara zama tana shan ’ya’yan itace da kayan marmari don samun lafiyarta har ta gama yin kanta mara lafiya a maimakon haka. Bayan abin da ya faru mai ban tsoro, an gano ta da yanayin da ake kira orthorexia nervosa, Rashin cin abinci wanda ke sa wani ya sami "rashin lafiya" game da abinci "lafiya". (Duba: Bambancin Tsakanin Cin Abinci da Ciwon Ciki) Yayin da labarin Perez zai iya zama kamar matsananci, wannan buƙatar tantance yanayin lafiyar duk abin da kuke ci wataƙila ya ɗan saba muku, don haka muna amsa wasu tambayoyi masu mahimmanci-menene daidai. shin wannan rashin lafiya ne, kuma ina layin da ke tsakanin “cin lafiya” da rashin cin abinci mara kyau?

Menene Orthorexia?

Kalmar, wanda Steven Bratman, MD, ya tsara, a cikin 1996, ba a yarda da shi a matsayin ganewar asali a cikin Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders, 5th Edition (aka the DSM-5), wanda shine ma'auni wajen gano cutar tabin hankali. Wannan ana cewa, masu aikin kula da lafiyar hankali da likitoci suna ƙara fahimtar kasancewarsa. "Orthorexia sau da yawa yana farawa a matsayin ƙoƙari marar laifi don cin abinci da lafiya, amma wannan yunƙurin na iya ɗaukar juzu'i don daidaitawa akan ingancin abinci da tsabta," in ji Neeru Bakshi, MD, darektan likita na Cibiyar Farfadowar Cin abinci a Bellevue, Washington. Abubuwan da aka fi sani da su shine gujewa abubuwa kamar launuka na wucin gadi, dandano, abubuwan kiyayewa, magungunan kashe ƙwari, samfuran da aka gyara, kitse, sukari, gishiri, da samfuran dabbobi da kiwo, in ji ta. Gabaɗaya, mutanen da ke fama da cutar suna damuwa da abin da kuma nawa za su ci don ingantaccen lafiyar. (Mai dangantaka: Me yasa Abincin Cirewa Ba zai Taimaka muku Rage nauyi ba)

"Babban bambanci tsakanin orthorexia da sauran rikice -rikice na cin abinci shine wannan ra'ayin cewa waɗannan halayen sune ba don dalilai na asarar nauyi, amma saboda imani cewa suna inganta lafiya, "in ji Rachel Goldman, Ph.D., masanin ilimin halayyar kwakwalwa wanda ya mai da hankali kan lafiya da cin abinci mara kyau. Goldman, wanda kuma shi ne mataimakin farfesa a fannin ilimin likitanci a Makarantar Magunguna ta NYU, ya ce orthorexia yana da alamun alamun jiki da na tunani kamar rashin abinci mai gina jiki, rashin nauyi mai tsanani, ko wasu matsalolin likita saboda irin wannan ƙuntataccen abinci, da kuma raunin zamantakewa, makaranta, ko rayuwar aiki.

Ga Lindsey Hall, 28, duk ya fara ne lokacin da ta yanke shawarar fara mai da hankali kan cin abinci mai kyau a farkon 20s bayan ta yi fama da rashin cin abinci a cikin ƙuruciyarta. "Na yi tunanin idan na 'ci abinci lafiya,' duk damuwar rashin cin abinci za ta tafi ta ba ni ainihin jagora," in ji ta. "Har yanzu ban ci isashen abinci ba saboda na shagaltu, yanzu, da zama mai cin ganyayyaki da 'tsabta, ɗanyen ci.' Yayin da nake yin bincike, haka nake kara karanta abubuwan ban tsoro na nama, wanda ya kai ni ga ramin zomo na karanta game da sunadarai da magungunan kashe qwari da sarrafawa da wannan da wancan. Ya samo asali har ya zuwa lokacin da babu abin da na ci ya zama karbabbe." (Mai alaƙa: Lily Collins Ta Raba Yadda Wahalar Cin Abinci Ta Canza Ma'anarta na "Lafiya")

Wanene Ya Shafi?

Saboda ƙungiyar likitocin kwanan nan ne kawai suka gane orthorexia, babu ingantaccen binciken da ake samu akan wanda zai iya samun sa ko daidai yadda yake. Ofaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da aka sani na haɗarin sa (da sauran rikice -rikicen cin abinci), a cewar Goldman, yana kan tsananin cin abinci. Ƙarin ƙuntataccen abincin shine, mafi girman haɗarin ya zama, wanda ke da ma'ana la'akari da ƙira wasu abinci a matsayin "ƙuntatawa" babban ɓangaren cuta ne. Abin sha'awa, Goldman ya lura cewa "akwai wasu shaidun da ke nuna daidaikun mutane a fannin kiwon lafiya da abinci mai gina jiki na iya kasancewa cikin haɗari mafi girma."

Haka lamarin yake ga Kaila Prins, mai shekara 30, wacce ta bar shirinta na digiri na biyu don zama mai horar da kanta a lokacin da take fama da ciwon orthorexia. "Ina so in kasance kusa da mutanen da suka 'samu' ni," in ji ta. "Wanda ke nufin janyewa daga duk wanda bai fahimta ba kuma ya ƙi duk wani abin da ya hana ni girki a gida da samun nau'in 'abinci mai gina jiki' da nake tsammanin ina buƙata."

Baya ga gaskiyar cewa bincike yana da iyaka, akwai kuma gaskiyar cewa waɗanda ke fama da ita sau da yawa suna gogewa a ƙarƙashin rugar. "Da yawa daga cikin waɗannan mutanen wataƙila ba sa ganin alamun su ko halayen su a matsayin matsala, don haka ba za su je likita ba ko dai a gano su da alamun cutar ko kuma da wannan yanayin," in ji Goldman. Bugu da ƙari, tana tsammanin cutar na iya ƙaruwa. "Tare da mutane da yawa da ke yin waɗannan abubuwan kawar da abinci da kuma shiga cikin ƙuntataccen abinci, ina bakin ciki a ce yawan mutanen da ke da orthorexia na iya karuwa." A zahiri, dangane da gogewarta, tana tunanin orthorexia, ko alamun da ke da alaƙa da shi, na iya zama na kowa fiye da yadda ake tattauna matsalar cin abinci kamar anorexia ko bulimia. (PS Shin kun ji labarin motsa jiki bulimia?)

Yadda Ya Shafi Rayuwa

Kamar sauran matsalolin cin abinci, orthorexia na iya shafar duk bangarorin rayuwar mutum, daga alakar su zuwa aikin su da komai a tsakanin su. Ga Prins, ta ce ta juya rayuwarta gaba daya. "Na rasa ƙarfi a cikin sana'ar da na taɓa so kuma ta ƙare a cikin $ 30,000 na bashi daga shirin grad ban taɓa gamawa ba." Har ta rabu da saurayin nata a lokacin don ta maida hankalinta gaba daya ga jikinta da cin abincinta.

Hall kuma ya ga dangantakarta ta wahala yayin da take fama da cutar. "Mutane sun daina sanin yadda zan yi magana da kai ko abin da zan faɗi. Na zama mai wahala in kasance a kusa-da kullun ina bincika gaskiyar abinci lokacin fita zuwa abincin dare, yin tambayoyi game da abincin, rashin nuna abubuwan da suka faru na abincin dare saboda ba na son zama kusa da abinci, "in ji ta. "Na yi rashin bukukuwan ranar haihuwa kuma koda lokacin da nake cikin abubuwan da suka faru, ban kula da komai da ke faruwa a kusa da ni ba."

Kuma bayan duk hanyoyin waje cutar ta shafi rayuwar mutane, tana kuma haifar da yawan damuwa na ciki. Prins ya tuna lokacin da ta firgita lokacin da mahaifiyarta ta yi jinkiri da mintuna biyar kawai ta ɗauke ta daga ɗakin motsa jiki, wanda ke nufin shiga cikin furotin bayan motsa jiki zai jinkirta.

Ci gaban Orthorexia

Duk da yake akwai, ba shakka, babu amsa mai sauƙi ga dalilin da yasa mutane da yawa ke fama da orthorexia, Dokta Bakshi yana tunanin cewa yana iya samun wani abu da ya shafi saƙon da ke can game da lafiya da dacewa a yanzu. Ta ce: "Mu shahararre ne kuma al'umma ce da ke jagorantar kafofin watsa labarun, kuma muna son yin koyi da mutanen da muke yabawa da mutuntawa," in ji ta. "Ina tsammanin akwai yuwuwar tasirin da taurarin kafofin watsa labarun ke da shi kan yadda mutane ke zaɓar farawa tare da cin abinci mai kyau da rage cin abinci, kuma za a sami wani rukuni na mutanen da za su ci gaba da wuce lafiyar su kuma za su damu. cikakken bayani game da abinci." Babu shakka, waɗannan masu tasiri da taurarin kafofin watsa labarun ba haddasawa mutane don haɓaka cutar, amma mayar da hankali kan asarar nauyi da "canzawa" gabaɗaya yana sa mutane sun fi dacewa su gwada yanke wasu abinci daga abincinsu sannan su ƙara zama matsalar cin abinci. Amma ba duka ba ne mara kyau: "Alhamdu lillahi, akwai kuma taurarin kafofin watsa labarun da yawa da mashahuran da suka yi magana game da gwagwarmayar da suka yi a baya tare da rashin cin abinci da kuma murmurewa," in ji ta.

Hanyar Cin Mayar da Cutar Ciwo

Hakazalika da sauran al'amurran kiwon lafiya na tunani, orthorexia ana bi da su tare da magani kuma wani lokacin magani. Game da yadda za a san lokacin da lokaci ya yi da za a nemi taimako? "Tare da kowace matsalar tabin hankali, lokacin da ta fara yin katsalandan ga ayyukan wani na yau da kullun, wannan alama ce cewa lokaci ya yi da za a sami taimako," in ji Goldman. Kuma ga waɗanda ke iya fama da cutar a halin yanzu, ban da samun taimako na ƙwararru, Prins yana da wannan shawarar: “Da zaran na koyi yadda zan bar wani ya dafa abinci na (kuma kada ku firgita game da nau'ikan mai da suka yi amfani da su. shi), Na ji kamar gaba ɗaya ɓangaren kwakwalwata ya sami 'yanci don yin tunani game da wasu abubuwa. Har yanzu kuna iya cin abinci lafiya yayin rayuwa."

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