Day 037 - 14 Oct 94 - Page 73
1 reading your second statement if it helps.
2 A. Thank you.
3
4 Q. Mr. Cox, I am not going to ask you anything about sugar at
5 all. Do you still have that reference that I gave you?
6 A. Yes, I do.
7
8 Q. Could you, please, turn to the second page of 212 of the
9 original publication?
10 A. Yes.
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12 Q. At the top of the column on the left-hand side: "Studies
13 have shown that even a malnourished foetus will result in
14 smaller brain capacity than normal. Thus, a retarded or
15 partially retarded child may be born forever doomed to a
16 life of mental incapacity, Lathan 1969, Smith 1976. A
17 lack of animal protein has shown to be the main factor in
18 these cases although other elements are also essential."
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20 Do you still maintain that carnivores have smaller brains
21 less capable of adaptive behaviour?
22 A. Well, if you compare, say, an orangutan to a tiger
23 certainly that is the case.
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The reference in the newspaper is to that
26 paragraph start, "and his feelings extend to the animal
27 world". So, you are only talking about the animal world
28 there, are you?
29 A. Yes.
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31 MR. RAMPTON: So you would accept the proposition that animal
32 protein is important to the development of a foetal brain?
33 A. Oh, not at all.
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35 Q. I did not think you would.
36 A. I would just add on to that, that this is a review
37 paper whose purpose is to demonstrate the negative effects
38 of sugar in the diet and its addictive quality. It
39 mentions, in passing, reference to two other papers, 1969
40 and 1976. Now, if we are to discuss the conclusion which
41 is reported here, we really do need to see those papers.
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43 Q. Could you go back, please -- be assured, Mr. Cox, that if
44 Mr. Morris or Ms. Steel want you to discuss anything in
45 any further detail, or, indeed, his Lordship for that
46 matter, or at any further length than I do, they will
47 ensure that you get the opportunity. It is not my
48 business, Mr. Cox, to allow you to expatiate, as it were,
49 at your own convenience.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: How are we doing, Mr. Rampton?
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53 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I am nearly finished; whether that means
54 that the Defendants will finish in time.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will finish your cross-examination and
57 then I will ask Ms. Steel and Mr. Morris.
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59 MR. RAMPTON: I have a couple more questions only.
60 (To the witness): Will you go back, please, Mr. Cox, to
