Day 014 - 20 Jul 94 - Page 48
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Q. I am not sure my intervention was very helpful.
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MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, it is for this reason: It may help if
3 I ask Professor Wheelock this further question: Are you
conscious of work which shows that in a population which
4 has both a high intake of dietary fibre and a high intake
of fat, nonetheless, the incidence of bowel cancer was
5 low?
A. That is right, yes. I am aware of at least one study
6 where that occurred.
7 Q. I think it was a Finnish study?
A. That is right, yes.
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Q. My Lord, Dr. Arnott will tell us more about that next
9 week; it is one of his references. Can we then go on to
the Panel's conclusion, so far as DRV is concerned, about
10 fibre? 4.9 on page 67 at the bottom?
11 MR. MORRIS: 4.9.
12 MS. STEEL: Could we have the name of that Finnish study?
13 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, if Ms. Steel will give me a moment, I will
find it. Whether it is actually copied into Dr. Arnott's
14 report or whether it is referred to in one of the other
reports, I cannot possibly remember at the moment. Could
15 I leave this until later, my Lord? Mr. Atkinson will find
it and will give the reference at the end of the day.
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: If Mr. Atkinson can find it before the end
17 of ---
18 MR. RAMPTON: At any time.
19 MR. JUSTICE BELL: -- Professor Wheelock's evidence-in-chief.
20 MR. RAMPTON: Yes. It may have been referred to in one of the
other papers that I cannot remember. At the bottom of
21 page 67, we see what the panel suggested is a DRV for
dietary fibre 4.9.1: "In the light of the above
22 observations the Panel felt that there was a basis for
DRVs for non-starch polysaccharide in the UK diet.
23 Quantitatively the best evidence relates to bowel habit.
Other factors may influence bowel habit, both dietary
24 (such as resistant starches) and non dietary, but NSP is
usually the most effective. Then it goes on about stool
25 weights. I need not read that.
26 At the end of that paragraph we see this: "The Panel
proposed that adult diets should contain an average for
27 the population of 18 grammes a day (individual range 12 to
24 grammes a day) non-starch polysaccharide from a variety
28 of foods whose constituents contain it as a naturally
integrated component.
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This recommendation is based on data from adults and is
30 not applicable to children. There are no data on
physiological effects of NSP in children." Does that
