Ben Greenfield Fitness: Diet, Fat Loss And Performance

Ever heard of "orthorexia"? It's is an eating disorder characterized by an extreme or excessive preoccupation with avoiding foods perceived to be unhealthy.  In other words, it's being absolutely obsessed with eating all things paleo, gluten-free, vegan, raw, non-GMO, organic, and fair-trade, and counting every friggin' calorie of it. Or how about "body dysmorphic disorder?" This one is characterized by an obsessive preoccupation that some aspect of one's own appearance is severely flawed and warrants exceptional measures to hide or fix it. In other words, you must maintain a nice body, at all costs. Unfortunately, it's all-too-common to see eating-obsessed, exercise-obsessed people destroying their bodies and their minds with worrying and an obsessive-compulsive approach to nutrition and fitness. Heck, I just released a book yesterday about "30 Ways To Reboot Your Body", and while everything in the book is sound advice, you could also stress your brain and hurt your body trying to take an "all-or-nothing" ap