Day 256 - 04 Jun 96 - Page 23

     
     1        reduction.'"
     2
     3        That is the committee that you were part of?
     4        A.  Yes.
     5
     6   Q.   That what you were referring to before when you said that
     7        the 30 per cent threshold could be much lower?
     8        A.  I am not sure I referred to that before but ----
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    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It was part of your ----
    11        A.  One of the snippets, I think.
    12
    13   Q.   Yes?
    14        A.  I am sorry.  Yes, correct.
    15
    16   Q.   It is a question I asked you about?
    17        A.  Correct.
    18
    19   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If there is a particular point you want to
    20        make on that article, then by all means do it, but
         otherwise it was served some considerable time ago and you
    22        can, if you wish, I suggest you do not read great parts of
    23        that but ask the witness if he -----
    24
    25   MR. MORRIS:  You will be glad to know there is nothing until the
    26        last page that I was going to read.
    27
    28   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Very well.
    29
    30   MR. MORRIS:  There were a couple of bits and pieces.
    31
    32   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  That article is still your view today, is it?
    33        A.  Yes.
    34
    35   MR. MORRIS:  Right.  One thing that I was going to ask you
    36        about:  We referred earlier on in the case to the huge
    37        Surgeon General Report 1988 about Diet and Cancer.  Were
    38        you involved in that report in any way?
    39        A.  Yes.  I was one of the major reviewers for that report.
    40
    Q.   On page 2, I wanted to ask you a question about this:  The
    42        second to last paragraph on the first column which starts
    43        "The 1982 DNC Report", that you were involved in, yes?
    44        A.  Yes.
    45
    46   Q.   In the middle of that paragraph there is a sentence: "Will
    47        it be acceptable" -- these are questions being asked about
    48        nutrient supplements, and it says:
    49
    50        "Will it be acceptable to continue consuming a high risk 
    51        diet, especially when the individual does not know which 
    52        undetectable disease he or she wishes to avoid because of 
    53        this diet."
    54
    55        Can you explain what you mean by a "high risk diet"?
    56        A.  The diet that is high in fat, salt and sugar and low in
    57        dietary fibre and also high in animal products, high in
    58        animal protein which goes along of course with high animal
    59        foods in general, lower in antioxidant nutrients.
    60