For three years in a row, I quit gluten, dairy, sugar, soy, caffeine and alcohol for the month of January. I was so committed, that I “cleansed” three times a year.  I gave up cleansing three years ago and this is my story of what happened after 30 days (and 10 of these cleanses)... It’s perhaps the dark side, when healthy eating is taken too far. 

Is it possible to be too healthy or eat too clean? A few years back, I didn’t think so. In fact, it was my life’s mission to be as healthy as possible, to look after my own and my family’s wellness. After all, I thought, food is medicine. Nothing wrong with that, right? My orthorexia started with good intentions…

(Guest Post on Elephant Journal)

A few years back I wanted to “get healthy” and lose my baby weight. I knew I didn’t want to fad-diet-my-way to a slimmer body because that had previously been unsustainable for me, so I was looking for something different. This was when I discovered “wellness” and I jumped on the “clean eating” bandwagon…