Day 297 - 08 Nov 96 - Page 27


     
     1        whether I have a reference for that actually.  Also that
     2        there is a risk from daily meat consumption.  That was day
     3        33, page 30.  That study did not find a statistical
     4        association between fat and breast cancer, but, as Dr.
     5        Barnard pointed out, the range of fat intake was very
     6        narrow so it might not be expected to find an association,
     7        and also because of the length of time that breast cancer
     8        took to develop.  That was day 33, page 31.
     9
    10        Dr. Barnard said it was widely accepted that a high fat
    11        diet encourages obesity and that obesity encourages breast
    12        cancer.  Day 33, page 32.
    13
    14        And he said that there was a causal link between a high fat
    15        and sodium diet and heart disease and between a high fat
    16        diet and obesity and hypertension.  Actually I am not sure,
    17        I think that is supposed to be sodium and hypertension.
    18        Day 33, page 33.
    19
    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You think it should be sodium, do you?
    21
    22   MS. STEEL:   I think that the ----
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Well, I will have a look at it.
    25
    26   MS. STEEL:   The former -- well, the high fat and obesity and
    27        sodium and hypertension.  I mean, I don't know whether it
    28        was specifically with Dr. Barnard, but I do remember that
    29        sodium and hypertension were -----
    30
    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You mentioned that earlier.
    32
    33   MS. STEEL:   Yes.  In any event, we have an admission about that
    34        from McDonald's.
    35
    36   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   You mentioned that in relation to Professor
    37        Keene.
    38
    39   MS. STEEL:   Right.  There was other evidence as well, I think.
    40        Dr. Barnard also identified the link between fat leading to
    41        obesity, leading to diabetes, which would be a causative
    42        role.  Day 33, page 40.
    43
    44        He said that there was also a body of evidence which
    45        suggests that fat intake alone can aggravate diabetes.
    46        That was day 33, page 41.
    47
    48        Although Dr. Barnard accepted that there was a minority who
    49        were sceptical of the association between fat intake and
    50        cancer, he considered that it would be dangerous and
    51        irresponsible to ignore the overwhelming information about
    52        the subject and that virtually every American research
    53        organisation had already issued recommendations based on
    54        the evidence.  That was day 33, page 48.
    55
    56        Dr. Barnard agreed that the age of menarche played a role
    57        in breast cancer and that in turn the age of menarche was
    58        influenced by the preceding diet.  That was day 33, page
    59        58.
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