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Miley Cyrus blasts anorexia reports

By Lauren Moraski

April 9, 2012 / 5:10 PM EDT / CBS News

Miley Cyrus arrives at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on Aug. 28, 2011, in Los Angeles. Getty

(CBS News) Miley Cyrus has taken to Twitter to clear up recent reports suggesting she has anorexia.

Cyrus has been looking a little more slender these days, but the 19-year-old star insists she's eating; she's just on a new health plan.

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For everyone calling me anorexic I have a gluten and lactose allergy. It's not about weight it's about health. Gluten is crapppp anyway!
— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) April 9, 2012

She also told a fan why she thinks it's smart to go gluten-free:

@RealFloydCyrus everyone should try no gluten fora week! The change in your skin, phyisical and mental health is amazing! U won't go back!
— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) April 9, 2012

The singer-actress mentioned that she ate a lot at Easter brunch, adding, "all of it was healthy and even more fulfilling! Health is happiness!"

Cyrus stars in the new movie, "LOL," with Ashley Greene and Demi Moore, and will also appear in "So Undercover" alongside Jeremy Piven.

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