Re: FW: [Chirolist-CA] Fwd: Choosing healthy foods now called a mental disorder

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I bet there are a bunch of us on this list serve who are "mentally ill" by that criteria.Lets keep watching Monsanto as well as big Pharma.AnnetteOn Jun 29, 2010, at 9:37 AM, Sunny Kierstyn wrote:Now if this isn't the height of absurdity, I don't know what is! SunnySunny Kierstyn, RN DC Fibromyalgia Care Center of Oregon 2677 Willakenzie Road, 7CEugene, Oregon, 97401541- 654-0850; Fx; 541- 654-0834www.drsunnykierstyn.com > Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:15:01 -0700> From: menkeemail (DOT) arizona.edu> chirolist-cachirolists> Subject: [Chirolist-CA] Fwd: Choosing healthy foods now called a mental disorder> > All communication within this forum is private and is for the benefit of the members of this forum> and may NOT be forwarded without express permission from the list administrators.> ******************************************************************> ---------- Forwarded message ----------> From: Aurelio Figueredo <ajf@....edu>> Date: Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:11 AM> Subject: Re: Choosing healthy foods now called a mental disorder> BUGLABlistserv (DOT) arizona.edu> > > Dear Buglab, Evo-Devo, and EGAD,> Give me a freaking break!> AJ> > > At 08:20 AM 6/29/2010, you wrote:> > > Choosing healthy foods now called a mental disorder> > Tuesday, June 29, 2010> > by Mike , the Health Ranger> > Editor of NaturalNews.com> >> > (NaturalNews) In its never-ending attempt to fabricate "mental disorders"> > out of every human activity, the psychiatric industry is now pushing the> > most ridiculous disease they've invented yet: Healthy eating disorder.> >> > This is no joke: If you focus on eating healthy foods, you're "mentally> > diseased" and probably need some sort of chemical treatment involving> > powerful psychotropic drugs. The Guardian newspaper reports, "Fixation with> > healthy eating can be sign of serious psychological disorder" and goes on to> > claim this "disease" is called orthorexia nervosa -- which is basically just> > Latin for "nervous about correct eating."> >> > But they can't just called it "nervous healthy eating disorder" because> > that doesn't sound like they know what they're talking about. So they> > translate it into Latin where it sounds smart (even though it isn't). That's> > where most disease names come from: Doctors just describe the symptoms they> > see with a name like osteoporosis (which means "bones with holes in them").> >> > Getting back to this fabricated "orthorexia" disease, the Guardian goes on> > to report, "Orthorexics commonly have rigid rules around eating. Refusing to> > touch sugar, salt, caffeine, alcohol, wheat, gluten, yeast, soya, corn and> > dairy foods is just the start of their diet restrictions. Any foods that> > have come into contact with pesticides, herbicides or contain artificial> > additives are also out."> >> > Wait a second. So attempting to avoid chemicals, dairy, soy and sugar now> > makes you a mental health patient? Yep. According to these experts. If you> > actually take special care to avoid pesticides, herbicides and genetically> > modified ingredients like soy and sugar, there's something wrong with you.> >> > But did you notice that eating junk food is assumed to be "normal?" If you> > eat processed junk foods laced with synthetic chemicals, that's okay with> > them. The mental patients are the ones who choose organic, natural foods,> > apparently.> >> > What is "normal" when it comes to foods?> > I told you this was coming. Years ago, I warned NaturalNews readers that an> > attempt might soon be under way to outlaw broccoli because of its> > anti-cancer phytonutrients. This mental health assault on health-conscious> > consumers is part of that agenda. It's an effort to marginalize healthy> > eaters by declaring them to be mentally unstable and therefore justify> > carting them off to mental institutions where they will be injected with> > psychiatric drugs and fed institutional food that's all processed, dead and> > full of toxic chemicals.> >> > The Guardian even goes to the ridiculous extreme of saying, "The obsession> > about which foods are "good" and which are "bad" means orthorexics can end> > up malnourished."> >> > Follow the non-logic on this, if you can: Eating "good" foods will cause> > malnutrition! Eating bad foods, I suppose, is assumed to provide all the> > nutrients you need. That's about as crazy a statement on nutrition as I've> > ever read. No wonder people are so diseased today: The mainstream media is> > telling them that eating health food is a mental disorder that will cause> > malnutrition!> >> > Shut up and swallow your Soylent Green> > It's just like I reported years ago: You're not supposed to question your> > food, folks. Sit down, shut up, dig in and chow down. Stop thinking about> > what you're eating and just do what you're told by the mainstream media and> > its processed food advertisers. Questioning the health properties of your> > junk food is a mental disorder, didn't you know? And if you "obsess" over> > foods (by doing such things as reading the ingredients labels, for example),> > then you're weird. Maybe even sick.> >> > That's the message they're broadcasting now. Junk food eaters are "normal"> > and "sane" and "nourished." But health food eaters are diseased, abnormal> > and malnourished.> >> > But why, you ask, would they attack healthy eaters? People like Dr. > > Cousens can tell you why: Because increased mental and spiritual awareness> > is only possible while on a diet of living, natural foods.> >> > Eating junk foods keeps you dumbed down and easy to control, you see. It> > literally messes with your mind, numbing your senses with MSG, aspartame and> > yeast extract. People who subsist on junk foods are docile and quickly lose> > the ability to think for themselves. They go along with whatever they're> > told by the TV or those in apparent positions of authority, never> > questioning their actions or what's really happening in the world around> > them.> >> > In contrast to that, people who eat health-enhancing natural foods -- with> > all the medicinal nutrients still intact -- begin to awaken their minds and> > spirits. Over time, they begin to question the reality around them and they> > pursue more enlightened explorations of topics like community, nature,> > ethics, philosophy and the big picture of things that are happening in the> > world. They become "aware" and can start to see the very fabric of the> > Matrix, so to speak.> >> > This, of course, is a huge danger to those who run our consumption-based> > society because consumption depends on ignorance combined with> > suggestibility. For people to keep blindly buying foods, medicines, health> > insurance and consumer goods, they need to have their higher brain functions> > switched off. Processed junk foods laced with toxic chemicals just happens> > to achieve that rather nicely. Why do you think dead, processed foods remain> > the default meals in public schools, hospitals and prisons? It's because> > dead foods turn off higher levels of awareness and keep people focused on> > whatever distractions you can feed their brains: Television, violence, fear,> > sports, sex and so on.> >> > But living as a zombie is, in one way quite "normal" in society today> > because so many people are doing it. But that doesn't make it normal in my> > book: The real "normal" is an empowered, healthy, awakened person nourished> > with living foods and operating as a sovereign citizen in a free world.> > Eating living foods is like taking the red pill because over time it opens> > up a whole new perspective on the fabric of reality. It sets you free to> > think for yourself.> >> > But eating processed junk foods is like taking the blue pill because it> > keeps you trapped in a fabricated reality where your life experiences are> > fabricated by consumer product companies who hijack your senses with> > designer chemicals (like MSG) that fool your brain into thinking you're> > eating real food.> >> > If you want to be alive, aware and in control of your own life, eat more> > healthy living foods. But don't expect to be popular with mainstream mental> > health "experts" or dieticians -- they're all being programmed to consider> > you to be "crazy" because you don't follow their mainstream diets of dead> > foods laced with synthetic chemicals.> >> > But you and I know the truth here: We are the normal ones. The junk food> > eaters are the real mental patients, and the only way to wake them up to the> > real world is to start feeding them living foods.> >> > Some people are ready to take the red pill, and others aren't. All you can> > do is show them the door. They must open it themselves.> >> > In the mean time, try to avoid the mental health agents who are trying to> > label you as having a mental disorder just because you pay attention to what> > you put in your body. There's nothing wrong with avoiding sugar, soy, MSG,> > aspartame, HFCS and other toxic chemicals in the food supply. In fact, your> > very life depends on it.> >> > Oh, and by the way, if you want to join the health experts who keep> > inventing new fictitious diseases and disorders, check out my popular> > Disease Mongering Engine web page where you can invent your own new diseases> > at the click of a button! You'll find it at:> > http://www.naturalnews.com/disease-...> >> > About the author: Mike is a natural health researcher and author with> > a strong interest in personal health, the environment and the power of> > nature to help us all heal He has authored and published thousands of> > articles, interviews, consumers guides, and books on topics like health and> > the environment, impacting the lives of millions of readers around the world> > who are experiencing phenomenal health benefits from reading his articles.> > is a trusted, independent journalist who receives no money or> > promotional fees whatsoever to write about other companies' products. He is> > the writer and singer of 'I Want My Bailout Money,' 'Don't Inject Me' and> > other popular hip-hop songs on socially-conscious topics. He also launched> > an online retailer of environmentally-friendly products> > (BetterLifeGoods.com) and uses a portion of its profits to help fund> > non-profit endeavors. He's also the founder and CEO of a well known email> > mail merge software developer whose software, 'Email Marketing Director,'> > currently runs the NaturalNews email subscriptions. is currently the> > executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501©3 non-profit,> > and regularly pursues cycling, nature photography, Capoeira and Pilates.> >> > Source: NaturalNews> > http://www.naturalnews.com/029098_orthorexia_mental_disorder.html> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------> >> > Healthy food obsession sparks rise in new eating disorder> > Fixation with healthy eating can be sign of serious psychological disorder> >> > Amelia Hill> > The Observer, Sunday 16 August 2009> >> > Orthorexia nervosa sufferers like to focus on 'righteous' eating and have> > rigid rules about avoiding certain foods. Photograph: Getty> > Eating disorder charities are reporting a rise in the number of people> > suffering from a serious psychological condition characterised by an> > obsession with healthy eating.> >> > The condition, orthorexia nervosa, affects equal numbers of men and women,> > but sufferers tend to be aged over 30, middle-class and well-educated.> >> > The condition was named by a Californian doctor, Bratman, in 1997,> > and is described as a "fixation on righteous eating". Until a few years ago,> > there were so few sufferers that doctors usually included them under the> > catch-all label of "Ednos" eating disorders not otherwise recognised. Now,> > experts say, orthorexics take up such a significant proportion of the Ednos> > group that they should be treated separately.> >> > "I am definitely seeing significantly more orthorexics than just a few> > years ago," said Ursula Philpot, chair of the British Dietetic Association's> > mental health group. "Other eating disorders focus on quantity of food but> > orthorexics can be overweight or look normal. They are solely concerned with> > the quality of the food they put in their bodies, refining and restricting> > their diets according to their personal understanding of which foods are> > truly 'pure'."> >> > Orthorexics commonly have rigid rules around eating. Refusing to touch> > sugar, salt, caffeine, alcohol, wheat, gluten, yeast, soya, corn and dairy> > foods is just the start of their diet restrictions. Any foods that have come> > into contact with pesticides, herbicides or contain artificial additives are> > also out.> >> > The obsession about which foods are "good" and which are "bad" means> > orthorexics can end up malnourished. Their dietary restrictions commonly> > cause sufferers to feel proud of their "virtuous" behaviour even if it means> > that eating becomes so stressful their personal relationships can come under> > pressure and they become socially isolated.> >> > "The issues underlying orthorexia are often the same as anorexia and the> > two conditions can overlap but orthorexia is very definitely a distinct> > disorder," said Philpot. "Those most susceptible are middle-class,> > well-educated people who read about food scares in the papers, research them> > on the internet, and have the time and money to source what they believe to> > be purer alternatives."> >> > Deanne Jade, founder of the National Centre for Eating Disorders, said:> > "There is a fine line between people who think they are taking care of> > themselves by manipulating their diet and those who have orthorexia. I see> > people around me who have no idea they have this disorder. I see it in my> > practice and I see it among my friends and colleagues."> >> > Jade believes the condition is on the increase because "modern society has> > lost its way with food". She said: "It's everywhere, from the people who> > think it's normal if their friends stop eating entire food groups, to the> > trainers in the gym who [promote] certain foods to enhance performance, to> > the proliferation of nutritionists, dieticians and naturopaths [who believe> > in curing problems through entirely natural methods such as sunlight and> > massage].> >> > "And just look in the bookshops all the diets that advise eating> > according to your blood type or metabolic rate. This is all grist for the> > mill to those looking for proof to confirm or encourage their anxieties> > around food."> >> > Source: Guardian> >> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/aug/16/orthorexia-mental-health-eating-disorder> >> > Comment:> > Obsessive compulsive behaviour can take many forms, but trying to name each> > one is pointless in the extreme ~ it is like characterising depression by> > the things that people are depressed about rather than by the underlying> > disease. A similar pointless naming exercise is naming all the things that a> > person can selectively fear (the phobias) or irrational cravings (the> > philias) as if they are each separate conditions.> >> > Let's try to act like grown-ups and not get caught up in this faddish> > compulsive obsession with naming every variation of a general condition as> > if they really are separate illnesses (note that I identified one obsession> > they didn't think to name ~ I wonder why...)> >> > Posted by> > Karl Stonjek> >> > > > -- > Menke> Evaluation Group for Analysis of Data> Departments of Psychology and Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy, and Outcomes> Research> University of Arizona> ********************************************************************************> "Building Chiropractic Community through enhanced communication."> > To change your preferences or unsubscribe:> http://ww3.chirolists.com/mailman/listinfo/chirolist-ca> email: Chirolist-CA-requestchirolists?subject=unsubscribe> List options tutorial:> http://www.chirolists.com/index.cfm?nid=6> Email filters tutorial:> http://www.chirolists.com/index.cfm?nid=7> *********************************************************************************The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. 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