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And I've also talked a lot about dealing with an eating disorder known as orthorexia

and the cognitive and emotional strain that put on my life for many years.

If you don't know orthorexia, basically you constantly remove foods from your diet

because they're not pure or healthy enough.

And then in my case, you stress out about the things you do put into your body

so you end up skipping meals due to a paralysis of an action.

And I take responsibility for succumbing to my problems.

But the wellness industry I was working in at that time played a pretty large role in that.

Many yoga instructors were always talking about toxic bliss and don't get fat that.

And to be clear, I suffered the worst of orthorexia before social media existed

so I can only imagine the downward pressures that people are going through today.

I feel very liberated not having to worry about food and the ways that I did.

But that also doesn't mean I don't think about my current nutritional choices.

My wife and I are always talking about what we're buying, what we're eating, how we're preparing it,

where we're buying from.

I mean, I'll gladly crush a pizza or a burger.

But I also know that most of my meals are vegetable-based.

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