Abstract
Abstract Objectives: To explore the experience lived by some women who are concerned with following a natural and organic diet. Method: The qualitative analysis of the discourse was done as a bricolage (thematic content analysis and phenomenological interpretative analysis, using different ad hoc techniques). Results: The subjective experience of women consists of a phenomenological field that defines their historicity: past, represented by the theme "Why did you choose to eat like this"; present, "An optimism recreated"; and imagined future, "Absence of disease as object of ideal consciousness". This phenomenological field evolves, in experience and discourse, as an intermittent dilation of the theme "The expansion of consciousness in the right appetite". Conclusions: The orthorexia construct and the correct appetite discourses should be explored in greater depth by the scientific community in order to investigate: social stigmatization of people concerned with healthy eating and, in an associated way, pathologization of condition.
Highlights
At present, observable realities that condition the human being's life at an organic, psychological, social and cultural level are established
The results are presented in a logical sequence, taking into account the two strategies of analysis used: result of the discovery of the data, a noetic-noematic correlation table was obtained; and as a result of codification, a memorandum has been developed that evolves in a sense of inquiry, deeper understanding and abstraction of the correct appetite phenomenon
The results represented in the present study with respect to the correct appetite are in tune with some studies in which the characteristics of people with orthorexia or with a pathological inclination are indicated for the food considered healthy;[23,27] that is, their ideology is in line with the themes expressed in this paper "The World of Healthy Eating", "Why I Choose to Eat It" and "Absence of Infirmity as an Object of Ideal Consciousness"
Summary
Observable realities that condition the human being's life at an organic, psychological, social and cultural level are established. Some of these are the overproduction of communication devices; the hyperbolic distribution of images and advertisements,[1,2] which foster concern and increase interest in body image;[3,4,5] the incidence, increasingly, of cancer, anxiety and stressful environments;[6,7] and the interest overwhelmed by aesthetic factors such as facial and body perfectionism, muscle hypertrophy and definition, and non-healthful antiaging.[8,9]. The human disposition for food and healthy food comes into play, since, among other reasons, it is a less researched subject and, in principle, it is given less risk to health
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