As the desire to bring people to a healthy lifestyle stress and depression

There is something in the neurotic compulsion to clean up my life from the slightest harm. No, no, we're not talking about the natural human desire for hygiene, health and good physical condition. We are on the cases where this desire over the edge, turning into a neurosis. But it happens, and unfortunately, very often. Many of us can remember the friends of dependent food gluttons turned into the same dependent, but on the simulator and chicken breast. Revision Website


Recently, scientists conducted a study in which 30,000 consumers from 60 countries participated. According to the survey, 32% millenialov (those born in the late 1980s - early 1990s) are willing to pay more for "healthy products" compared to 21% of baby boomers (born in the late 1940's - early 1950 x).

Younger consumers, who were born after 2000, the trend is even brighter: they figure reaches 41%. All studies confirm that the youth of today strives to keep yourself in shape: According to the same researchers from the 2013 millenialy visit the gym more often than representatives of any other generation. According to research firm Technavio, millenialov concern about their health contributes to the development of gluten-free food.

However, it is possible that this pursuit of a healthy lifestyle is undermining mental health. more than 25% of people aged 18 to 24 years admitted that in the past year suffered from a high level of anxiety. Respondents aged 35 to 44 years, the figure was 23%, while those older than 65 - 11%
Undoubtedly, a fitness and a healthy diet help to maintain mental health. But if you think you can not meet all the requirements, components of a healthy lifestyle, then the problems started. Just observe the diet is no longer enough, it is necessary to keep in the closet of cocoa beans and chia seeds, and go to training. Everyday. If we suddenly forget about these high standards, the social network immediately remind us of them. As a result, feelings of guilt and despair is served immediately after the first eaten chocolate.

Women could formulate the problem as follows: "If someone can look like, why can not I? I like sport and proper nutrition. However, the time for a healthy lifestyle is not completely take away his job and friends. It makes me worry and do

soul-searching. " Men have the right to grieve in a similar occasion: representatives of previous generations of drinking, smoking and eating everything but our contemporaries have to repent for each sandwich with bacon. Their lamentations only confirmed by the recently published report of the World Health Organization that processed meat products are harmful to the body as much as tobacco. Moreover, superfudy and avocado salad really cost a pretty penny. < Healthy life has turned into a form of conspicuous consumption.
< For some general obsession with healthy eating turns full psychosis. Jordan Younger (in the past - the author of a blog about veganism) told me what happened to her during the detox. She arranged for a "cleansing juices" and consume only 800 calories a day. As a result, her hair began to fall out, the skin covered with spots, and menstruation gone for six months due to vitamin deficiency. It's a pretty extreme example, but it demonstrates that the beautiful pictures in social networks can not always be trusted. This story also demonstrates that perfect health is unattainable, for that matter, anything else "perfect" in this world.

As paradoxical as it may sound, the desire to be healthy may well be the result of our constant anxiety
Let's be frank: perfectly healthy lifestyle can lead to a lot of stress. In addition, it can be wildly boring. Why do we spend so much money on these seeds? Do you really want to exhaust himself torments of whether it is possible to eat a croissant or not? In my view, too many young people came to extreme makeovers in the diet, rather than to seek a reasonable balance in the diet, and in life in general. < How to me one day a wise man said: "If you want to eat it, eat it. Life is too short. »


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