Lesi sifo akubhekwa njengesifo ngokwesayensi. Emphakathini wethu, ukudla okunempilo kubukwa kahle, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuqhuma kwenani lamacala okukhuluphala. Kodwa-ke, ku-orthorexia, ukudla okunempilo kuthathwa ngokwedlulele futhi kuphenduke ukuthatheka. I-Orthorexia idala ukuhlupheka kwangempela futhi ithinta izimpilo zansuku zonke zalabo abathintekile.

Akekho azikho izincomo ezithile yokwelapha i-orthorexia. Impatho izofana naleyo ehlongozwayo yokwelapha abanye yokuphazamiseka kwemikhuba yokudla (i-anorexia, i-bulimia). Kuzobandakanya ukumisa ukulandelana kwemikhakha eminingi okuhlanganisa izinhlobo ezahlukene zokungenelela: ukuhlolwa okuphelele kwezokwelapha, ukwesekwa, ukulandelelwa kwezokwelapha, ukwelashwa kwengqondo kanye nezimo ezithile imithi.

Ezengqondo

La i-psychotherapy izohlose ngokwengxenye ukubuyisela umqondo we fun ngenkathi edla. Intshisekelo yokwelashwa wukuphatha ukuthi angabe esabuswa wukushisekela kwakhe ukudla okunempilo nokuhlanzekile ukuze aphinde akwazi ukuzilawula ngokuvumela izifiso zakhe zikhulume ngaphandle kokuzizwa enecala.

Ukwelashwa yokuphazamiseka kwemikhuba yokudla (TCA) ngokuvamile idlula ku-a ukwelashwa kokuziphatha kanye nokuqonda kuqhathaniswa nalokho okusetshenziselwa ukunciphisa ukuphazamiseka okukhulu-okucindezelayo(I-TOC). Lokhu kwelashwa kuhloswe ukunciphisa ukukhathazeka okuhlobene nokudla ngokweqile kanye nokunciphisa ukucindezelwa (amasiko okukhetha nokulungisa ukudla) okubangelwa yilokhu kukhathazeka. Amaseshini angaqukatha izivivinyo ezingokoqobo, umuntu azithole ebhekene nezimo azesabayo, ukuphumula noma ukudlala indima ethile.

Ukwelashwa kweqembu kanye nokwelashwa kwesistimu yomndeni kungase kuhlinzekwe.

Imithi

Ukusetshenziswa kwemithi kuzokhawulelwa ukukhululeka kwezimpawu okuhlotshaniswa ne-orthorexia (i-obsessive-compulsive, ukucindezeleka, ukukhathazeka), hhayi ukungenelela ekuphazamisekeni ngokwayo.