http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/macrobiotics http://jezebel.com/tag/macrobiotics Get with the times: Anorexia is out and orthorexia is in. Orthorexia is when a person essentially refrains from eating certain things under the guise of being on a special diet (like Gwyenth's macrobiotics or Nat Portman's veganism). Okay, not everyone who chooses a special diet is an aspiring anorexic. But don't we all have that one friend who uses "vegan" as an excuse to consume nothing but a single glass of carrot juice and two kernels of brown rice in a week? Now you can stop telling her you're worried she's an anorexic. She's an orthorexic. Clear? [Telegraph]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=359763&view=rss&microfeed=true The artificial sweetener sorbitol has been found by the British Journal of Medicine to cause severe intestinal problems that result in extreme weight loss. Sorbitol, FYI, is a sweetener found in most sugar-free gums...and it turns out to be a laxative too. One question: this news going to disgust women or intrigue them? [Pittsburgh Channel]

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