Day 266 - 20 Jun 96 - Page 25


     
     1        combination.
     2
     3   Q.   You said a moment ago, if I am not mistaken.  I will just
     4        check it, and I assume you were talking about McDonald's
     5        food?
     6        A.   Can you wait a moment while I find the information?
     7
     8   Q.   Yes, of course.
     9        A.   Could somebody help me as to where they are?
    10
    11   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   Yes.  It is pink 6 and it is divider 5, and
    12        then page 52 stamped at the bottom of the page
    13
    14   MR. RAMPTON:   Can you tell me...  I am sorry, because I do not
    15        know.  Which document are you looking at?
    16        A.   I am not sure.  If you give me a McDonald's meal I
    17        will be able to look at it.
    18
    19   Q.   I cannot do that.  You said a moment ago, talking about
    20        McDonald's food, that it was low in minerals and vitamins,
    21        and I ask you what are the minerals in which you think, no
    22        doubt on the basis of research, are the minerals in which
    23        McDonald's food is low or deficient?
    24        A.  I think, when I was talking about vitamins and minerals
    25        I was talking about a healthy diet in general.  When you
    26        look at a healthy diet in general, for example, the report
    27        on the diets of British school children there were certain
    28        minerals like calcium which were quite low in the diets of
    29        British school children.  So, it would obviously depend on
    30        exactly what meal you are referring to, but I would suggest
    31        calcium is one that would be low.
    32
    33   Q.   If with your hamburger, your milk shake or your cheese on
    34        top of it, you are getting bags of calcium?
    35        A.   But not everybody would put cheese and have a milk
    36        shake with McDonald's food.
    37
    38   Q.   There is plenty of calcium in meat is there not?
    39        A.   No, there is not very much calcium in meat.
    40
    41   Q.   And there is lots in dairy products?
    42        A.   Meat is particularly low in calcium.  If you want to
    43        increase the calcium content of your diet eating more meat
    44        would not do that.
    45
    46   Q.   What about dairy products?
    47        A.   Dairy products are a good source of calcium.  That is
    48        true, yes.
    49
    50   Q.   And meat is full of vitamins too is it not?
    51        A.   There are certain vitamins that meat is particularly
    52        low in. 
    53
    54   Q.   I know, but it also has vitamins which we all need does it
    55        not?
    56        A.   You could pick any food and say, you know, that this
    57        food has vitamins that we need, but there are some vitamins
    58        that meat is lacking in.  For example, vitamin C, it is not
    59        very high -- well, it is particularly low in vitamin C.  I
    60        have heard of instances of school children who have a diet

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