Day 256 - 04 Jun 96 - Page 22

     
     1   MR. MORRIS:  Do you have the "Diet and Chronic Degenerative
     2        Diseases Perspectives from China"?
     3
     4   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If you turn to the front of that divider
     5        behind the letter of 27th July 1994.  You looked at it a
     6        while ago.
     7        A.  Before the letter of July 27th?
     8
     9   Q.   No, immediately after it.  That is your article.
    10        A.  OK.
    11
    12   Q.   That is what Mr. Morris is referring to now.
    13        A.  OK.
    14
    15   MR. MORRIS:  It is written by yourself and Chen Junshi?
    16        A.  Right.
    17
    18   Q.   The general drift of this is summarised in that earlier
    19        statement that I read out; is that correct?
    20        A.  Yes.
    21
    22   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I have read that quite carefully yesterday
    23        and made various markings and, as a summary, one has the
    24        abstract at the beginning and then the last paragraph as
    25        well of the article.
    26
    27   MR. MORRIS:  Right.  If I just read the last part of the
    28        abstract:
    29
    30        "There appears to be no threshold of plant-food enrichment
    31        or minimisation of fat intake beyond which further disease
    32        prevention does not occur.  These findings suggest that
    33        even small intakes of foods of animal origin are associated
    34        with significant increases in plasma cholesterol
    35        concentrations, which are associated in turn with
    36        significant increases in chronic degenerative disease
    37        mortality rates."
    38
    39        you stand by that presumably?
    40        A.  Yes.
    41
    42   Q.   I was going to go lower down on the first page, the last
    43        paragraph on the first column that starts:
    44
    45        "The 30 per cent of energy target level chosen for the
    46        dietary fat intake recommendationthrough various dietary
    47        guidelines deliberations" -- this is in the United States,
    48        yes?
    49        A.  Yes.
    50 
    51   Q.   -- "has generally been based on estimates of what consumers 
    52        might be willing to accept.  This is illustrated by the 
    53        1982 report of the National Academy of Sciences Committee
    54        on Diet, Nutrition and Cancer, which admittedly chose this
    55        level of intake for practical reasons, not because of
    56        scientific evidence available at that time.  This committee
    57        concluded (in its executive summary) that 'the scientific
    58        data do not provide a strong basis for establishing fat
    59        intake at precisely 30 per cent of the total calories.
    60        Indeed, the data could be used to justify an even greater