Orthorexia: when good eating becomes an obsession. The orthorexic planning meals a week in advance, reads and rereads the labels at the grocery store, check the source of food for responsible consumption, does not allow food too rich or too sweet ... And he (she) thinks constantly about what she eats! And no ... I'm not all that. I sometimes lack time to plan my meals, but I try. I sometimes feel like your sweet tooth, so to hell with nutrition facts! Nobody is perfect, even nutritionists. And it does not make us bad shoe shod, to paraphrase the expression. Because healthy eating is also afford to waive any recommendations on nutrition. Recall that in the right food, there is first and foremost ... fun!
But sometimes, I confess I am a little extreme, even a little "sanctimonious." I want to empower people so that I want to tell them too! "Watch it, watch it, watch it, check it ... I do not want to orthorexics person, especially not a headache to people who are a point of" not too fat, especially Omega-3 ... ... more fiber less salt ... "is enough! This little story will make you understand why I will now always careful about give advice ...
This weekend, I went grocery shopping. Nothing extraordinary you'll tell me, but this time, I was not alone. I was with my father. Phew! With him, it is not easy. You know, the kind of man you want in every aisle after two seconds left eye? Well, it's him.
Joking! Male, 64, Papounet his second name is in excellent health (he runs 3 times a week and going to the gym 2 times a week !!!). He never really cared what he ate. But fortunately, he likes pasta and vegetables brown! In terms of legumes, brown rice and tofu, he spends his lap! He, his "dada" are cookies, tarts, date squares, cakes ... And I thought it cook more nutritious versions of homemade cookies, whatever: for him, it seems to be most fun when it comes out of a box! I know that as a nutritionist, we try as little as possible to interfere in "family matters". It is a source of endless obstinacy. But here on Saturday at Metro, I made my nutritionist a little "moralizing . I cracked:
- "Jennifer, it's me good for health? "
-" Dad, these are chocolate cookies. "
-" Yes, but they look homemade, and look on the package, it says: "Source of fiber and energy. "
(In my head: Grrr ... How many times have I told him not to rely on packaging and allegations?)
And I reply (I admit, I was impatient in addition, that day):
- "Pappy, throws So a look at the ingredients list ... White flour, vegetable oil shortening, sugar, glucose, fructose, honey, brown sugar, sorbitol, molasses ... This is as good as plastic dipped in sugar that case there! "From
plastic sugar ... Naughty girl I am. Maybe it was his little pleasure for the rest of the week! In reality, I knew we had a box of Whippets (but dark chocolate 70%, the excuse was "health" of my father ...) at home and had also bought 3 liters of cream Special Coaticook ice in recent weeks ... Although I am not perfect, I still like my pantry looks like the recommendations in nutrition!
But to prove to you how happy this little "sugar plasticized" precedence over everything and that my speech has served in no moralizing, Papuan returned the next day to buy a pint of milk and her cookies ... !
So ladies and gentlemen, I will not do with you what I did with my father. To preach, it does not work. I give you the maximum possible advice. Take-away and leave-in. Make small changes gradually, without becoming obsessed by the contents of your plate. That's how, in the long term, you can enjoy all the benefits of a healthy diet (which also includes small gourmet dishes!) Do not be adamant on yourself, allow yourself imperfection. To be balanced in your body and your mind, there is a balance to everything!
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