Day 266 - 20 Jun 96 - Page 10


     
     1   MS STEEL:  But presumably not a whole cabbage, unless it was a
     2        small one?
     3        A.   Perhaps, yes.
     4
     5   Q.   I mean, do you know off the top of your head where that
     6        reference is, or is that in the same book?
     7        A.   In the World Health Organisation report.  I would very
     8        quickly find if you give me a moment:  Page 112.  So the
     9        fruit and vegetables 400 grammes is the lower limit
    10        recommended a day.
    11
    12   Q.   Right.  It says on the following page:  "For the purposes
    13        of this recommendation 'fruit and vegetables does not
    14        include potatoes other tubers or cassava'"?
    15        A.   Yes.  So they will be included in the carbohydrates
    16        recommendations as opposed to the fruit and vegetable
    17        recommendation, yes.
    18
    19   Q.   Right, and that is the lower limit?
    20        A.   Yes.
    21
    22   Q.   Going back to the statement:
    23
    24        "A poor diet that is low in fibre, fresh fruit and
    25        vegetables and high in fat and animal products has been
    26        scientifically linked with some cancers, particularly bowel
    27        cancer and heart disease.  It has been estimated that 30-70
    28        per cent of all cancers are linked to diet an certain
    29        cancers, such as bowel, breast and prostate are clearly
    30        diet related by cancer expert Professor Doll (1990
    31        Symposium on Diet and Cancer published by the Nutrition
    32        Society, volume 49, pages 119-31)".
    33
    34             I do not know whether we have got that document.
    35
    36   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Well, unless there is some particular point
    37        to make out of it, has it not been mentioned before?  Is it
    38        a new Doll report?
    39
    40   MR. RAMPTON:  I do not know, my Lord.
    41
    42   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  An additional Doll report?
    43
    44   MR. RAMPTON:  I really cannot say.  I have 4 or 5 Dolls dotted
    45        about the place to different effects at different times,
    46        starting in 1975, I think.
    47
    48   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The thing is, the 30-70 per cent figure I
    49        have had from a Doll article we looked at previously.  That
    50        very wide bracket.
    51
    52   MS. STEEL:  OK. 
    53        A.   The consensus now by the Health Education Authority
    54        is--
    55
    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  By whom?
    57        A.   By the Health Education Authority, the Government
    58        sponsored organisation which promotes healthy eating
    59        amongst other health promotion activities.  It is around 35
    60        per cent of cancers.

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