Day 270 - 28 Jun 96 - Page 53
1 MR. ATKINSON: My Lord, they are at Volume 1C, section H, 4 and
2 5.
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Are you going to read Dr. Miller first?
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6 MR. MORRIS: Yes, as he is a day before, I suppose. Can I just
7 make a note? Yes, Dr. Miller first and I was not going to
8 read the whole -- probably not going to read any of the
9 abstract of the actual summary of the -----
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Does his statement not really contain the
12 essence of it?
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14 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I suggest is you read the statement of
17 Dr. Michael Miller, MD FACC, dated 13th May, 1996. He is
18 Director of the Center for Preventative Cardiology at the
19 University of Maryland School of Medicine. Why not read
20 the body of the statement?
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22 MR. MORRIS: Yes, and it was sent directly to us for the
23 purposes of this case.
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25 "This statement is a testimonial to recent data that we
26 presented at the 68th Annual Scientific Sessions of the
27 American Heart Association in November 1995. The aim of
28 our study was to determine whether a diet high in total and
29 saturated fat adversely impacts on the ability to break
30 down blood fat after a fat-enriched meal. We studied 20
31 healthy men and women who were instructed by a dietician to
32 adhere to a diet high in total and saturated fat for a one
33 month interval. The fat" -- is that symbol "around"?
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think it means "about", yes.
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37 MR. MORRIS: About, yes: "... (about 40 per cent of the caloric
38 intake) was primarily derived from animal sources,
39 including beef, lard, cream as well as tropical oils. At
40 the end of the one month, each subject drank a specially
41 concocted milkshake. Blood was then drawn at two hour
42 intervals for ten hours. Measurements of blood fats
43 (triglycerides), cholesterol and other chemistries were
44 assessed. Each subject was then instructed on a low-fat
45 diet for one month as outlined by the National Cholesterol
46 Education Program. During this period, subjects derived
47 less than 30 per cent of their total caloric intake from
48 fat. At the conclusion of this dietary phase, each subject
49 consumed another milkshake (containing the same
50 ingredients) and blood was then collected and analyzed in
51 the same manner as outlined during the high fat dietary
52 phase.
53 The results of our study demonstrated that after
54 abiding to a high fat diet for a 1 month period, the body's
55 ability to clear blood fats was significantly impaired
56 compared to the low fat phase. In other words, more fat
57 remained in the bloodstream after subjects consumed a diet
58 containing significant quantities of total and saturated
59 fat compared to a diet low in fat. A potentially important
60 implication of persistent amounts of fat in the bloodstream
