Day 269 - 25 Jun 96 - Page 31
1 Q. It comes to this though, does it not; what we are actually
2 talking about is diet and not food? I know food
3 constitutes diet or diet is composed of food, but we are
4 actually talking about diet, are we not?
5 A. Well, we are talking about the food that makes up the
6 diet, yes.
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8 Q. Yes, but unless such food is consumed regularly, given that
9 it is not toxic --
10 A. Yes.
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12 Q. It only constitutes or starts to constitute or present a
13 risk to health if it forms a substantial or dominant part
14 of the diet?
15 A. That is correct.
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17 Q. That is right?
18 A. Yes.
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20 Q. Can I clear some air. Have you got your recent statement
21 in front of you?
22 A. Yes, I do.
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24 Q. On page 1 at paragraph 1.1 anti-oxidants strengthens the
25 evidence. Yes?
26 A. Yes.
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28 Q. You have written in the last sentence of that first
29 paragraph under the heading, this:
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31 "That is, the food sources that provide the richest
32 sources polyunsaturated fatty acids known to protect
33 against heart disease are the richest in anti-oxidants."
34 A. Yes..
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36 Q. I take it by that you mean in their natural form?
37 A. That is correct.
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39 Q. Not when they have been made into oils?
40 A. That is incorrect.
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42 Q. That is incorrect?
43 A. Yes.
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45 Q. Well, then --
46 A. If you take a vegetable oil and cold press it, you will
47 do relatively little damage to its nutrient content, that
48 is its polyunsaturated content and its vitamin E content.
49 If you process it by heat and extraction, then you can lose
50 a certain amount of vitamin E and the recommendations are
51 that vitamin E lost in processing should be replaced.
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53 Q. I am with you on the vitamin E. I was wondering about
54 vitamin C, betacarotene and selenium and zinc?
55 A. You would not find any of those substances because
56 they are water soluble in the oils.
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58 Q. Am I also right, it may not matter, but am I also right
59 that saturated fat or saturated fatty acids is a
60 blunderbuss term for a number of different molecules?
