Day 269 - 25 Jun 96 - Page 79


     
     1        A.   There is no yes or no answer to that question, Mr.
     2        Rampton.
     3
     4   Q.   All right.
     5        A.   Because it depends on whether the cereals have been
     6        highly processed or not.
     7
     8   Q.   Yes.  Well, let us leave cereals and go over to spuds, the
     9        humble potato where you will see that the British consume
    10        nearly three hundred grammes of potato per day as against
    11        the French and the Germans which are roughly equal on 200
    12        grammes?
    13        A.   Yes.
    14
    15   Q.   In that respect at least we are getting more vitamin C than
    16        they are?
    17        A.   From potatoes.
    18
    19   Q.   Right.  Then if you go across the columns, and I will do
    20        this as quickly as I can.  Eggs, the next one?
    21        A.   Yes.
    22
    23   Q.   Roughly, it looks like this.  We have 38 grammes per person
    24        per day of eggs.  Germans 46, and the French 41?
    25        A.   Yes.
    26
    27   Q.   From a dietary point of view are those differences
    28        significant?
    29        A.   I doubt it very much.
    30
    31   Q.   Then look at cheese, please.  Cheese is high in saturated
    32        fat?
    33        A.  Yes, it is.
    34
    35   Q.   It is, is it not?  It is also, of course, high in calcium
    36        is it not?
    37        A.  Yes.
    38
    39   Q.   We find the French, as one would expect from one's
    40        anecdotal experience, way up near 200 calories per person
    41        per day from cheese?
    42        A.   Near the top.
    43
    44   Q.   The Germans are just short at 150.  We are over 150.  Do
    45        you see that?
    46        A.   Yes.
    47
    48   Q.   Are those significant differences?
    49        A.  Those are highly significant differences.
    50
    51   Q.   Highly.  If you drop down to butter?
    52        A.   Yes.
    53
    54   Q.   Again by my calculation, and it is only very rough, these
    55        are probably food disappearance figures are they not that
    56        we are looking at as opposed to household measurements?
    57        A.  I think that is correct.
    58
    59   Q.   Probably it is.  So I am not proposing to you that they are
    60        gospel?

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