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Cutting out food groups can be 'damaging'

New research from retail analysts Nielsen suggests four in ten of us are eating a specialised diet. This includes cutting out groups such as sugar, salt, grains, eggs and dairy.

However, Laura Dennison, founder of the website 鈥楴ot Plant Based,鈥� says we should exercise caution when choosing to exclude whole food groups.

鈥淚 think we need to assess where the information is coming from,鈥� she told 5 live Drive.

鈥淥ften it comes from people without a medical background and they base the information they put out on their own experiences and I think that can be quite damaging.鈥�

This clip is originally from 5 live Drive on 27 September 2016.

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