Day 270 - 28 Jun 96 - Page 53


     
     1   MR. ATKINSON:  My Lord, they are at Volume 1C, section H, 4 and
     2        5.
     3
     4   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Are you going to read Dr. Miller first?
     5
     6   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, as he is a day before, I suppose.  Can I just
     7        make a note?  Yes, Dr. Miller first and I was not going to
     8        read the whole -- probably not going to read any of the
     9        abstract of the actual summary of the -----
    10
    11   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Does his statement not really contain the
    12        essence of it?
    13
    14   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.
    15
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I suggest is you read the statement of
    17        Dr. Michael Miller, MD FACC, dated 13th May, 1996.  He is
    18        Director of the Center for Preventative Cardiology at the
    19        University of Maryland School of Medicine.  Why not read
    20        the body of the statement?
    21
    22   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, and it was sent directly to us for the
    23        purposes of this case.
    24
    25        "This statement is a testimonial to recent data that we
    26        presented at the 68th Annual Scientific Sessions of the
    27        American Heart Association in November 1995.  The aim of
    28        our study was to determine whether a diet high in total and
    29        saturated fat adversely impacts on the ability to break
    30        down blood fat after a fat-enriched meal.  We studied 20
    31        healthy men and women who were instructed by a dietician to
    32        adhere to a diet high in total and saturated fat for a one
    33        month interval.  The fat" -- is that symbol "around"?
    34
    35   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think it means "about", yes.
    36
    37   MR. MORRIS:  About, yes: "... (about 40 per cent of the caloric
    38        intake) was primarily derived from animal sources,
    39        including beef, lard, cream as well as tropical oils.  At
    40        the end of the one month, each subject drank a specially
    41        concocted milkshake.  Blood was then drawn at two hour
    42        intervals for ten hours.  Measurements of blood fats
    43        (triglycerides), cholesterol and other chemistries were
    44        assessed.  Each subject was then instructed on a low-fat
    45        diet for one month as outlined by the National Cholesterol
    46        Education Program.  During this period, subjects derived
    47        less than 30 per cent of their total caloric intake from
    48        fat.  At the conclusion of this dietary phase, each subject
    49        consumed another milkshake (containing the same
    50        ingredients) and blood was then collected and analyzed in 
    51        the same manner as outlined during the high fat dietary 
    52        phase. 
    53             The results of our study demonstrated that after
    54        abiding to a high fat diet for a 1 month period, the body's
    55        ability to clear blood fats was significantly impaired
    56        compared to the low fat phase.  In other words, more fat
    57        remained in the bloodstream after subjects consumed a diet
    58        containing significant quantities of total and saturated
    59        fat compared to a diet low in fat.  A potentially important
    60        implication of persistent amounts of fat in the bloodstream

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