Permarexia: The eternal diet that enslaves you

You suffer from permarexia if you have an obsession with caloric control of food and being on a permanent diet, affecting men and women.

Permarexia is an eating disorder characterized by an unhealthy obsession with diets. That is, it is an obsession with what you eat, thinking that everything you eat makes you fat. Thus, it leads to a constant state of practicing all kinds of diets.

The person with permarexia has a constant and unusual concern about counting calories. Likewise, knowing how many each food has and figuring out how to burn them, without most of the time, actually achieving it.

Some of the symptoms of this disorder are: Concern about knowing and carrying out various types of diets.

Characteristics of a person with permarexia:

They look a lot for light products.
Their diets are low in calories and when they see that they have managed to lose weight, they feel good and have a lot of control over themselves. They may also have the characteristic of losing more and more of their diet.
Obsession with following a healthy diet at all times.
Avoidance of certain foods considered “unhealthy”.
Excessive concern about the ingredients of foods and their impact on health.
Anxiety when eating out or in social situations. Since these are foods that do not meet the criteria of “healthy”.
Self-imposition of strict rules in relation to food.
Emotional discomfort or feelings of guilt, that is, if self-imposed rules on food are broken.

Causes:

Social pressure: The pressure of today’s society to have a thin and healthy body. So, this can contribute to the development of permarexia.
Perfectionist people tend to set very high standards of demand in food.
Permarexia may be related to underlying emotional disorders, such as anxiety or depression.
Traumatic experiences related to food or weight in the past can trigger permarexia.

Treatment:

Antidepressants are the most common medications to treat eating disorders in which binge eating behaviors appear. That is why taking an antidepressant can be beneficial if you have bulimia or compulsive eating disorder.

Recommendations:

Be generous with vegetables.
Eat fruits.
Be careful with almost all foods rich in fat.
Limit very sweet flavors, very fatty ones, very salty ones, and crunchy or crunchy textures.
As well as foods with such a soft consistency that they slide with great pleasure.

Remember that permarexia causes you to have a constant obsession with caloric control of food, and to be on a permanent diet. In addition, this eating disorder affects men and women. That is why you should seek professional help if you have symptoms of an eating disorder.