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    Orthorexia: Anxiety of Healthy Eating

    Kimberley Quinlan is a psychotherapist at the OCD Center of Los Angeles. She discusses the disorder Orthorexia Nervosa, a condition where people become obsessed with eating healthily.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Kimberley Quinlan is a psychotherapist at the OCD Center of Los Angeles. She discusses the disorder Orthorexia Nervosa, a condition where people become obsessed with eating healthily. This segment includes an excerpt from

    The Terrible Tragedy of the Healthy Eater. It first appeared on Erica’s Strauss’s blog, Northwest Edible Life

    nwedible.com

    , and was then republished in 2013’s Best Food Writing compendium.

    Music: "Soul Dressing" by Booker T and "Ways to Go" by Grouplove

    The full episode

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    Orthorexia, Going Paleo, the Industrialized Meat Conundrum
    1. 0:00Orthorexia: Anxiety of Healthy EatingYou’re reading this
    2. 8:11Nom Nom Paleo
    3. 15:03Hunters on the Rise
    4. 22:52Every Twelve Seconds
    5. 36:31The Impact of the Beef Recall on Local Slaughterhouses
    6. 44:25Jonathan Gold Reviews Church & State
    7. 50:10Market Report with Nicole Rucker and Lucia Trevino
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Sarah Rogozen

      Associate Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    1 of 7
    Orthorexia, Going Paleo, the Industrialized Meat Conundrum
    1. 0:00Orthorexia: Anxiety of Healthy EatingYou’re reading this
    2. 8:11Nom Nom Paleo
    3. 15:03Hunters on the Rise
    4. 22:52Every Twelve Seconds
    5. 36:31The Impact of the Beef Recall on Local Slaughterhouses
    6. 44:25Jonathan Gold Reviews Church & State
    7. 50:10Market Report with Nicole Rucker and Lucia Trevino
    Back to Good Food