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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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59 Q. Probably it is. So I am not proposing to you that they are
60 gospel?
