Day 297 - 08 Nov 96 - Page 29
1 and it was something like 78 grams of fat per day, which
2 was equivalent to the, I think it is, UK recommendations of
3 either 30 or 35 percent of calories in the diet coming from
4 fat, as a maximum.
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, I remember you mentioning that.
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8 MS. STEEL: Obviously, our position is that the maximum should
9 be a lot lower than that.
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11 So here they are talking about a risk of 40 percent
12 increased risk of death at a rate of fat intake which is
13 half of what is the maximum recommended in the UK, although
14 that is --
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Well, I will look up the reference. You
17 cannot remember where the risk started? I mean, I remember
18 quite late in his evidence I think Dr. Barnard said it
19 started the moment you had any animal fat at all. But I
20 will check on that point. Anyway, I have the reference for
21 it.
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23 MR. MORRIS: That was the same view as, I think, Professor
24 Campbell as well.
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26 MR JUSTICE BELL: Yes. May be I am thinking of Professor
27 Campbell.
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29 MS. STEEL: Dr. Barnard said that persistent oestrogenic
30 stimulation in women caused by high fat and obesity
31 affecting oestrogen levels increases their risk of
32 disease. That was day 24, page 25. This evidence was well
33 accepted as far back as 1985. Day 24, page 26.
34 Dr. Barnard referred to Toniolo's study, 'Calorie-providing
35 Nutrients and the Risk of Breast Cancer', which showed that
36 women on a lower fat diet had a substantially lower risk of
37 breast cancer. That was day 24, page 38.
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39 He then referred to a report by Kinlan, 'Fat and Breast
40 Cancer'.
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What was that report? The first one.
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44 MS. STEEL: 'Calorie-providing Nutrients and Risk of Breast
45 Cancer'.
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Who wrote it?
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49 MS. STEEL: Toniolo.
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51 MR. RAMPTON: That is one word?
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53 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. I am sure I will find it. I just
54 wanted to make a note.
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56 MS. STEEL: I cannot remember how it was supposed to be
57 pronounced.
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59 MR JUSTICE BELL: And the second one?
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