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HELEN TRUBY: So if we
think about the future

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and where we're heading
as food as medicine,

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perhaps what we're seeing is a
sort of a dichotomy in practice

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really, and also where
people seem to be

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wanting to get their food from.

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One end of that
spectrum is that people

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in clinical practice, and
particularly in dietetics,

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are experiencing more
people coming to see them

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that are living on very
restricted diets and sort

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of fad-type diets, and either
running into some nutritional

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depletion issues, or
indeed their diets

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are not particularly
adequate for their needs--

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so in other words, not
right for their life stage.

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So we're seeing quite a number
of quite high-profile type

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of fad diets coming through,
which have always existed,

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but perhaps take
food to one extreme.

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At the other end
of the spectrum,

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we're also seeing
people go much more back

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to basics-- so trying to
source their food locally,

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trying to think about
the environment more

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in sustainability, perhaps
eating more seasonally--

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almost like how people
would have eaten when

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they relied on living
from the food that

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was grown around them.

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We've seen a huge growth in
the functional food industry,

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so in terms of food that are
being manufactured specifically

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with health benefits in mind.

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And this is an area that has
enormous amount of interest

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and indeed could potentially
impact quite positively

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on our health and
health outcomes,

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again, at four specific
groups of people.

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So the functional
food elements are

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going to be very important
for us to understand them.

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But they do need to
be clinically proven

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so members of the public
are not misled by claims.

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And I think this will be
a very interesting area

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to follow into the future.

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The other area that we've
seen rapid increase in

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is the need for
personalized nutrition,

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so how as individuals might get
much more tailored and specific

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advice, and to eat
specifically for their needs.

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And this is another
area of massive growth.

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And as we understand
more about tailoring

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of nutritional
requirements, perhaps

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to people's genetic background
or their specific health needs,

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I think this is going to be
a massive area in the future.

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Certainly seeking advice
about tailoring specific needs

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for your health really needs
to be done in consultation

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with a health professional.

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