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Orthorexia Nervosa – fixation on righteous eating

Healthy Eating

Orthorexia Nervosa Orthorexia nervosa is a term which literally means “fixation on righteous eating.” Orthorexia starts out as an innocent attempt to eat more healthfully, but orthorexics become fixated on food quality and purity. They become consumed with what and how much to eat. A person with orthorexia will be obsessed with defining and maintaining …

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Smoking: Habit or Addiction

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Do you consider smoking a bad habit or an addiction? It can be both. There is a chemical addiction to smoking. When you first start smoking your body gets used to the nicotine and it can start to miss the nicotine as the levels in your body drop when you stop smoking. This can give …

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