Day 254 - 22 May 96 - Page 13
1 of fat is greater than for any other source of nutrition,
2 so it is only sensible to recommend to people that they
3 should avoid getting obese.
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5 If alcohol is related to cancer of the mouth and cancer
6 oesophagus, they should be at least reasonably careful in
7 their alcohol intake. I have already said to you that the
8 most convincing piece of evidence in all of these studies
9 has been the protective, or potential protective of fruit
10 and vegetables, so therefore it seems sensible that one
11 should recommend to their patients that they eat plenty of
12 fruit and vegetables because it is just simple, basic, good
13 advice to patients.
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15 Q. That is for patients who have already got cancer?
16 A. No. I have to say that I am obviously faced patients
17 with patients who have cancer, but one would recommend this
18 to anybody as being sensible advice.
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20 Q. Right.
21 A. It is like most things in life. If you have excesses
22 of it, it is not usually too good for you.
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24 Q. Right, and certainly over 30 per cent of energy from fat in
25 your diet is considered to be excessive by virtually
26 everybody's standards?
27 A. I would not say that is necessarily true actually,
28 because if you look at countries like Spain and Greece, and
29 I have quoted these countries, they have a very large fat
30 intake, and yet they have very low incidence of things like
31 heart disease and breast and bowel cancer.
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33 Q. This is substantially because their fat intake is largely
34 from olive oil which is believed to have a protective
35 effect?
36 A. It may be.
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38 Q. That is correct; is it not?
39 A. No, I am saying it ----
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41 Q. That is what it is believed to be. That is correct; is it
42 not?
43 A. No. I think that in fact people have suggested-- this
44 is a hypothesis -- that this may be why they have a lower
45 instance but it is by no means clear.
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47 Q. That is the belief in one of the papers that you have
48 actually referred to and quoted in your testimony?
49 A. No, the ----
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us refer to the part and see the actual
52 words.
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54 MS. STEEL: I was coming onto it later because it is a matter
55 of----
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, well ----
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59 MS. STEEL: If you want to look at it, it is in the European
60 Journal of Cancer Prevention, page 32.
