Day 256 - 04 Jun 96 - Page 81
1 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, thank you.
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3 Re-examined by the Defendants
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5 MR. MORRIS: Just on that subject, the oleic acid, you do not
6 know of any evidence that has found that is not protective;
7 is that correct?
8 A. There is a double negative there. You are saying that
9 is there any evidence where oleic acid is not
10 protective-----
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12 Q. Yes. I am trying to clarify the last question Mr. Rampton
13 was asking.
14 A. When you say "is not protective", of course, I can go
15 to the literature and find cases where oleic acid seems to
16 have no relationship to particular kinds of events
17 concerning coronary heart disease. So, I do not have an
18 answer to that question really.
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Are there any more questions?
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22 MS. STEEL: Yes. I will just briefly deal with a couple of
23 things. Just one thing which seemed to be hinted at, but
24 I am not sure whether it is going to be taken as a point,
25 but just in case it is, we had reference to the study about
26 the diet in China; there was some mention about Chinese
27 vegetables. Is it thought that there is some difference
28 between Chinese vegetables and the vegetables that the rest
29 of the world consumes that might have some significant
30 difference?
31 A. No.
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33 Q. Right.
34 A. No significant differences.
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36 Q. The other thing is if you could get the World Health
37 Organisation Report again.
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39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is in orange 4 at the back.
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41 MS. STEEL: Mr. Rampton asked you to look at page 91?
42 A. Yes.
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44 Q. The part about summarising the links between diet and
45 cancers suggesting that a high intake of total fat, and
46 they also promote the development of a number of cancers.
47 "The evidence cannot be considered sufficiently strong to
48 be termed 'causal', but most expert groups now consider it
49 prudent to reduce fat intakes in western societies from the
50 prevailing figure of about 40 per cent of energy towards
51 the 20 to 30 per cent figure", and you were starting to
52 say, I think, that that appeared to be somewhat
53 contradictory. Then it was suggested that those
54 recommendations about energy, about fat intake might be
55 based on other health concerns. If you look at annex 4; it
56 should be page 184.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is 176 in mine.
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60 MS. STEEL: Yes, but the particular chart I want is page 184.
