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Catherine Collins: "Patrick has [given] an absolutely perfect example of why one should be wary of nutritional therapists."

A new Cochrane review of the evidence on antioxidant supplements and mortality [PDF] has found that taking anti-oxidant supplements caused significantly increased mortality by vitamin A…beta-ca… more →

Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Catherine Collins: "Patrick has [given] an absolutely perfect example of why one should be wary of nutritional therapists." — 23 comments

jonhw wrote 4 months ago: A new Cochrane review of the evidence on antioxidant supplements and mortality [PDF] has found that … more →

Tags: patrick holford, Supplements, Antioxidants, Cochrane Review, Holford, nutrional therapists, Nutritionism, radio 5, Victoria Derbyshire

Patrick Holford and The Wright Stuff/YouTube Debate — 2 comments

Shinga wrote 1 year ago: Patrick Holford participated in a Nutritionists Debate sponsored by The Wright Stuff and YouTube. A … more →

Tags: Ben Goldacre, British Dietetic Association, Goldacre, Holford, patrick holford, Sarah Jarvis

Patrick Holford gives the British Dietetic Association the benefit of his high quality research on autism — 6 comments

jonhw wrote 1 year ago: As Dr Crippen notes, Patrick Holford has taken it upon himself to educate the British Dietetic Assoc … more →

Tags: bda, Food Is Better Medicine Than Drugs, Jerome Burne, patrick holford

Patrick Holford Believes That He Is More Knowledgeable Than the BDA? — 4 comments

Shinga wrote 1 year ago: Patrick Holford and his Magic Answers have come to Dr Crippen’s attention recently: mostly bec … more →

Tags: Holford, patrick holford, bda, Andrew Wakefield, Wakefield, British Dietetic Association, Kruger, Dunning, Dr Crippen

Is Holfordism Harmless? Part 1 — 46 comments

Shinga wrote 1 year ago: A commenter recently posted some thoughts, opinions and questions that raised the wider question: Is … more →

Tags: BANT, bda, British Association for Nutritional Therapy, dietician, dietitian, Holfordism, institute for optimum nutrition, institute of optimum nutrition, ION

Do Superfoods Have Super Powers or Is It Marketing Hype? — 5 comments

Shinga wrote 1 year ago: Sadly, super has no legal definition when used to market foodstuffs. Superfoods do not have to give … more →

Tags: Algae, Berries, Food Is Better Medicine Than Drugs, patrick holford, SuperFoods, Wheatgrass

What's The Excitement About Turmeric? — 16 comments

Shinga wrote 1 year ago: There have been lots of exciting news stories about turmeric over the last few years: from claims th … more →

Tags: bioavailability, Cancer, curcumin, Holford, patrick holford, Supplements, Turmeric, Ben Goldacre

Holford Watch in the BMJ! (OK, in a BMJ rapid response) — 3 comments

jonhw wrote 1 year ago: I’ve previously written about Holford’s failure to declare his competing interests when … more →

Tags: BMJ, competing interests, curcumin, patrick holford


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