Those of us who have lived for decades with relatives and friends who are eating disordered--anorexic, bulimic and orthorexic--see that their obsession with bizarre eating rituals and yes, sadistic treatment of oneself is sick and self-destructive.
Dining and living with these people turns into the same thing as living with an alcoholic or crack addict. Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston are prime examples of those, who were also vegetarians/vegans. A lot of good their food religion did for them!
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