Veganism witnessed a major rise across the world last year. The interest of people in this food habit is soaring gradually, especially among millennials.

Cutting down on animal diet and animal products is said to be beneficial, but turning vegan could also be a cover-up of an eating disorder.
Eating disorders are referred to as not eating certain types of food. Often viewed as a lifestyle choice, eating disorder, in reality, is a serious and fatal illness. Obsession with food, body weight may be some signals of an eating disorder.
We are not saying that everyone who follows veganism suffers from an eating disorder, but it has been found that they use it as an excuse to control their eating and hide behind it.
A number of studies conducted in 2013, revealed about the eating disorders among vegetarians. Researchers from the University of Dusseldorf, in a recent study, found out the relation between “orthorexia” and restrained eating behaviours among vegans and vegetarians.

The study conducted by the University of Dusseldorf revealed that people following a vegan and vegetarian diet are more prone to orthorexia, an obsession with healthy eating, as compared to the non-vegetarians.

Most people choose to follow veganism so that no one could question what they were eating and the restriction they would put on themselves. Following a vegan lifestyle not only allows a person to get obsessed with food and but also to showcase their eating disorder in public.

Similarly, following a vegan diet does not cause an eating disorder, but if a person is inclined towards eating disorder then restricting some sort of food can trigger the eating disorder.

Veganism can be healthy, but one needs to question why they want to choose this eating habit. Do they really want to turn vegan or are they using it as a mask for their eating problems?

Source: indiatimes.com