Tamara has been worrying that her hair is chronically dirty. She is distressed because she cannot stop thinking about the dirt a
nd bacteria in her hair, and she realizes that these thoughts are inappropriate. Tamara tells her therapist that she has tried to suppress these thoughts by watching television or reading, but that the thoughts are being inserted in her mind by her next-door neighbor so she cannot stop them. Why would she NOT be diagnosed with OCD?
Explanation: malnutrition is essentially the lack of nourishment. An imbalance (less or more) of one or more nutrients certainly has the capacity of causing health issues. And as such it includes deficiencies, overabundance and imbalances.
