people like to pretend that orthorexia (being obsessed with “healthy” unprocessed, “clean” food) is a virtue rather than an eating disorder
Hot take into the void: "ultra-processed food" is basically the antivaxx conspiracy theory for people who think they're far too well informed to get hooked into anything like antivaxx.
April 30, 2026 at 11:59 AM
people like to pretend that orthorexia (being obsessed with “healthy” unprocessed, “clean” food) is a virtue rather than an eating disorder
Orthorexia by proxy.
July 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Orthorexia by proxy.
"clean eating" is a euphemism for orthorexia imho
January 21, 2026 at 1:30 AM
"clean eating" is a euphemism for orthorexia imho
orthorexia era??
March 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
orthorexia era??
big big money to be made in orthorexia by proxy
November 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
big big money to be made in orthorexia by proxy
[to him] yeah man that’s called having an eating disorder and orthorexia
January 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
[to him] yeah man that’s called having an eating disorder and orthorexia
The tech bros have discovered orthorexia.
January 29, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The tech bros have discovered orthorexia.
See also: orthorexia. Ask me anything 🙃
October 8, 2026 at 2:01 AM
See also: orthorexia. Ask me anything 🙃
*extremely "the aristocrats" voice* orthorexia!
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
*extremely "the aristocrats" voice* orthorexia!
Anorexia is for girls and orthorexia is for boys 🫶
The ‘ultra-processed food’ panic is pretty clearly just a mix of wishful thinking and classism
May 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Anorexia is for girls and orthorexia is for boys 🫶
Orthorexia, but make it fascist too.
February 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Orthorexia, but make it fascist too.
Orthorexia?
February 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Orthorexia?
Orthorexia is a thing for sure
July 6, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Orthorexia is a thing for sure
The thing about Paltrow is that she was always selling a kind of fascist vision of white womanhood. "Natural" and orthorexia obsessed. So this tracks.
June 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The thing about Paltrow is that she was always selling a kind of fascist vision of white womanhood. "Natural" and orthorexia obsessed. So this tracks.
Jfc as someone who had orthorexia she can fuck off into the burning, hellacious sun
I read Casey Means' book last year and wrote about her "salvation through orthorexia" ideology so you don't have to. This woman being Surgeon General will entail enormous amounts of harm buttondown.com/theswordandt...
You Are What You Eat
Casey Means, Influencer General Casey Means, the Trump administration’s new nominee for Surgeon General of the United States, has a prescription for America....
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February 25, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Jfc as someone who had orthorexia she can fuck off into the burning, hellacious sun
develop acute orthorexia nervosa while being rich
May 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
develop acute orthorexia nervosa while being rich
Definitely orthorexia adjacent, but I think it needs a secondary name for the people who are avoiding certain foods because of their supposed "feminine hormone" content. It's like misogynistic orthorexia.
February 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Definitely orthorexia adjacent, but I think it needs a secondary name for the people who are avoiding certain foods because of their supposed "feminine hormone" content. It's like misogynistic orthorexia.
Orthorexia kills 👍🏻
May 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Orthorexia kills 👍🏻
I’m always thinking about the obvious orthorexia personally
June 9, 2024 at 4:00 PM
I’m always thinking about the obvious orthorexia personally
This rocks. The phrase "salvation through orthorexia" is excellent. FWIW, and as someone who grew up in a family w/ orthorexia-ish parents, I think it's also useful to think of it as anti-pleasure, the clean eating movement. They'll use all kinds of framings to make pleasure/joy a danger or illusion
I read the Surgeon General nominee's book so you don't have to, and it's hot fucking trash, and I wrote about it! buttondown.com/theswordandt...
You Are What You Eat
Casey Means, Influencer General Casey Means, the Trump administration’s new nominee for Surgeon General of the United States, has a prescription for America....
buttondown.com
May 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This rocks. The phrase "salvation through orthorexia" is excellent. FWIW, and as someone who grew up in a family w/ orthorexia-ish parents, I think it's also useful to think of it as anti-pleasure, the clean eating movement. They'll use all kinds of framings to make pleasure/joy a danger or illusion
You cannot micromanage your way to never experiencing an adverse health outcome, but you CAN micromanage your way to orthorexia and worsening mental health!
July 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
You cannot micromanage your way to never experiencing an adverse health outcome, but you CAN micromanage your way to orthorexia and worsening mental health!
Oh yeah. Or body dysmorphia, plus often orthorexia
February 14, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Oh yeah. Or body dysmorphia, plus often orthorexia
So looksmaxxing is basically an eating disorder, right? Along the lines of orthorexia
Oh, we're NOT supposed to inject yourself with gold to gain superhuman abilities cuz you'll go running around a Thai neighborhood screaming and bleeding then run from the cops into a pond and die? Sure 🙄 okay
July 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
So looksmaxxing is basically an eating disorder, right? Along the lines of orthorexia