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Patrick Holford is a British nutritionist/nutritional therapist and author. He appears regularly on television and radio in the UK and abroad. He has 34 books in print in 24 languages. His work promotes a wide variety of alternative medical approaches such as orthomolecular medicine and homeopathy, many of which are considered pseudoscientific by mainstream science and medicine.

Holford is also a major proponent of a low Glycemic Load diet as ideal for weight control, diabetes, heart disease and cancer prevention. Holford proposes that many chronic diseases are better treated with diet and supplements than with pharmaceutical drugs and that modern medicine has become too dependent on pharmaceutical drugs.

Holford's claims about HIV and autism are not in line with modern medical thought, and have been criticised for putting people in danger and damaging public health.

Career

Holford obtained a BSc in experimental psychology from the University of York in 1979. As a psychology student, he became interested in the biochemistry of mental health problems. His research brought him in contact with Dr Carl Pfeiffer and Dr Abram Hoffer, both of whom have had success in treating mental illness with nutritional therapy.

In 1984, Holford founded the Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION). At that institute, he has worked on nutritional approaches to clinical depression, schizophrenia, ADHD and eating disorders. In 1995, the Board of Trustees of ION (of which he was a director) awarded him an Honorary Diploma in Nutritional Therapy.

He retired as Director of ION in 1998 and was awarded ION's Award for Excellence in 2009.

He is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder (with Professor André Tylee of the Institute of Psychiatry) of the special interest group that developed into Food for the Brain Foundation, a registered charity which has the stated aim of promoting mental health through nutrition. He is also director of the Brain Bio Centre, which specializes in a nutrition-based approach to mental health problems.

Holford is a Fellow of the British Association for Nutritional Therapy (BANT), one of a number of professional bodies that seek to represent nutritional therapists in the UK. He is also the Patron of the South African Association of Nutritional Therapy and the Irish Association of Nutritional Therapy.

Between 2007 and 2008 Holford was Visiting Professor at the University of Teeside and in 2007 was appointed as Head of Science and Education at Biocare, a nutritional supplement company.

Advertising

There has also been an adjudication by the Advertising Standards Authority against Patrick Holford's 100% Health leaflet. "On this point, the ad breached CAP Code clauses 3.1 (Substantiation), 7.1 (Truthfulness), 50.1 (Health & beauty products and therapies - General) and 50.20 (Health & beauty products and therapies - Vitamins, minerals and other food supplements)." A previous adjudication by the ASA also went against Mr Holford.

Books

  • The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
  • The Whole Health Manual: Comprehensive Guide to Nutrition and Better Health (1988)
  • The Better Pregnancy Diet: The Definitive Guide to Having a Healthy Baby (1993)
  • The Optimum Nutrition Bible (1997)
  • Say No to Heart Disease (1998)
  • Boost Your Immune System (1998)
  • Balancing Hormones Naturally (1998)
  • 30-Day Fatburner Diet (1999)
  • 100% Health (1999)
  • Beat Stress and Fatigue (1999)
  • Say No to Cancer (1999)
  • The Optimum Nutrition Cookbook (1999)
  • Improve Your Digestion (2000)
  • Say No to Arthritis (2000)
  • Supplements for Superhealth (2000)
  • Solve Your Skin Problems (2001)
  • Six Weeks to Superhealth (2002)
  • Optimum Nutrition for the Mind (2002)
  • Natural Highs: Chill - 25 Ways to Stay Relaxed and Beat Stress (2003)
  • Natural Highs: Energy - 25 Ways to Increase Your Energy (2003)
  • The H Factor - Homocysteine - the biggest breakthrough of the century (2003)
  • Boost Your Child's Immune System (2003)
  • 500 Health and Nutrition Questions Answered (2004)
  • New Optimum Nutrition Bible (2004)
  • Optimum Nutrition Before, During and After Pregnancy (2004)
  • The Alzheimer's Prevention Plan (2005)
  • The Holford Low-GL Diet (2005)
  • The Holford Low-GL Diet Cookbook (2005)
  • Hidden Food Allergies (2005)
  • The Holford Diet GL Counter (2006)
  • The Holford Low-GL Diet Made Easy (2006)
  • Optimum Nutrition For Your Child's Mind (2006)
  • Food is Better Medicine Than Drugs (2006)
  • Smart Food for Smart Kids (2007)
  • New Optimum Nutrition for the Mind (2007)
  • The Holford 9-Day Liver Detox (2007)
  • Optimum Nutrition Made Easy: How to Achieve Optimum Health (2008)
  • Optimum Nutrition For Your Child (2008)
  • How to Quit without Feeling S**t: The Fast, Highly Effective Way to End Addiction to Caffeine, Sugar, Cigarettes, Alcohol, Illicit or Prescription Drugs (2008)
  • Food Glorious Food: Incredibly Delicious Low-GL Recipes for Friends and Family (2008)
  • The Low-GL Diet Bible by Patrick Holford (2009)
  • The 10 Secrets of 100% Healthy People (2009)
  • The Perfect Pregnancy Cookbook (to be published in 2010)

Bibliography

  • Goldacre, Ben (2009). Bad Science. HarperPerennial. ISBN 000728487X
  • Thomspon, Damian (2008). Counterknowledge: How We Surrendered to Conspiracy Theories, Quack Medicine, Bogus Science and Fake History. Atlantic Books. ISBN 1843546760

References

  1. Patrick Holford Foreign Editions
  2. Food is Medicine
  3. ^ Holford, Patrick. Patrick Holford: Profile howtoquit.co.uk. Accessed 29 May 2009.
  4. Doctored information on celebrity nutritionist, , The Guardian, 6 Januaryu 2007, retrieved 25 May 2010
  5. British Association of Nutritional Therapists
  6. ION Awards
  7. About Patrick
  8. "IoP: Primary Care Mental Health". Iop.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  9. STEEL, www.steel-london.co.uk. "Our mission". Food for the Brain. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  10. Brain Bio Centre
  11. The British Association of Nutrition Therapy, “About BANT”. Retrieved 7 January 2007.
  12. South African Association of Nutritional Therapy
  13. Irish Association of Nutritional Therapists
  14. "ASA 2007 Judgement". Asa.org.uk. 2007-09-19. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
  15. "ASA 2003 Judgement". Cap.org.uk. 2003-03-26. Retrieved 2009-05-30.

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