Ukuphazamiseka kwemikhuba yokudla ngezinye izikhathi okweqile kakhulu, i-orthorexia ingaba nemiphumela emibi kakhulu imizimba et ingqondo. Ukuthatheka ngokudla okunempilo okulawula indlela yokuphila nokucabanga.

Izinkinga zizoncika ku- nobukhali i-orthorexia kanye nokudla lapho umuntu ephoqelelwe khona.

Ezimweni ezibucayi, i-orthorexia ngeke ibe yingozi enkulu yezempilo kunaleyo etholwe abantu abalandela i-a Ukudla kwemifino (ukudla okungabandakanyi ukusetshenziswa kwenyama yezilwane) noma I-Vegan (ukudla okungabaliwe ngaphezu kwenyama yabo, ukudla okutholwe futhi kukhiqizwa izilwane ezifana namaqanda negelatin).

Iphushelwe ngokwedlulele, i-nervous orthorexia kungabangela ukungondleki futhi ukufa. Ukubukeka kwe ukwehluleka (amavithamini, amaminerali, nezinye izakhi) kuvamile ngenxa yokudla okuqinile ngokweqile. Lokhu kushiyeka kungathinta imisipha (kuhlanganise nenhliziyo), the os (ingozi yokuba buthakathaka kwamathambo noma ngisho ne-osteoporosis ngaphambi kwesikhathi), ukusebenza kwe-hormonal futhi futhi Ubuchopho. Ukwehla kwesisindo okubalulekile kungabuye kubhekwe.

Ecatshangelwe ngokufuna ukudla okuphelele, umuntu one-orthorexic angakwazi zihlukanise emphakathini futhi ulahlekelwe isifiso sokuphila. Ukukhathazeka kokudla kungaholela ekuhlukaniseni, ukuhoxa kuwe, ngezinye izikhathi ukuphazamiseka kwezifundo noma umsebenzi wobungcweti, futhi kwandise ukuphazamiseka kwemikhuba yokudla, kudaleke umbuthano ononya.