Judy Denham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>>An interesting article on hypochondria. I am a bit so myself, always
>>thinking about health, other people have commented on it. Anyone else?
>
>The article defines hypochondria as excessive worry about contracting
>serious diseases.  I don't feel that I do that but I also am always
thinking
>about my health and how to improve it. I've often wondered why I'm like
>that. I do feel however, that you have to be like that in order to be
>willing to adopt a diet like the  paleo diet, so different from what
>everyone else eats.

Hypochondriacs have, by definition, imaginary symptoms and ailments. We
don't, at least not me. I would call us and many other
people  2anquiroeuthesiacs". "Euthesia" means "good health" in latin,
and "anquiro" means "to seek carefully", also in latin.

Fredrik