Posts Tagged ‘ Patrick Holford ’

How to Turn your Whole House into a Big Bad Wi-Fi Aerial.

May 28, 2007
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How to Turn your Whole House into a Big Bad Wi-Fi Aerial.

So, with all this hot air blowing around about the inevitability of our imminent deaths due to mobiles and Wi-Fi, it is no surprise that nutrient supplement salesman Patrick Holford starts using his extensive physics knowledge to keep us safe from the evils of the ‘New Big Pharma’, the mobile-wifi-EMR conspiracy of ‘Vested Interests’. Patrick rids his home of Wi-Fi and in doing so starts a new experiment in the dangers of EMR – but that is to come. Patrick has sent his latest missive from 100% Health e-news, entitled ‘Wi-Fi Health Warnings: Is Your Broadband Harming Your Health?’. The short answer ought to be of course, ‘No’, but instead Patrick subjects his subscribers to his flaky knowledge of electromagnetic theory. Let’s pull his email apart… Read the rest...

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Patrick Holford and Scientology: the Church of Optimum Nutrition?

May 12, 2007
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Patrick Holford and Scientology: the Church of Optimum Nutrition?

Here is an odd one. Why would Patrick Holford’s Food for the Brain charity have associations with a Scientology linked organisation? His charity is working with schools to improve the ‘mental health’ of children. Should we be alarmed by this? What on earth has Scientology and Patrick got in common? My last rather large post concentrated on the philosophy of Patrick Holford, Optimum Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy. I made a comment that “Optimum Nutrition has more in common with Scientology than science.” I want to explore that thought a little more, because it highlights the similarities between the strange cult of L Ron Hubbard and the thinking of Nutritional Therapists. More worryingly, is how the Scientologists appear to have taken a significant interest in Patrick and his disciples, and...

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Holfordism: Understanding Patrick, Optimum Nutrition, and the Nutritionist Industry

May 10, 2007
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Holfordism: Understanding Patrick, Optimum Nutrition, and the Nutritionist Industry

Patrick Holford has built up a very impressive and comprehensive empire; networks of web sites, charities, a college, educational trusts and of course, books, TV shows, supplements sales, and licensing deals. It is a very impressive achievement and it would be hard to argue that Patrick, and his philosophies, did not pretty much dominate the UK nutritionist scene. Some nutritionists might outsell him in book sales, but none have created such influence. Patrick has had his set-backs over the past 30 years, but now, mention ‘nutritional therapy’ in the UK and you will soon come across the name of Patrick Holford. The energy and drive required make this happen over the years is indeed remarkable. It is a far reaching network. Even the bodies that set themselves up to...

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Pulling My Hair Out

April 26, 2007
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Pulling My Hair Out

or, The Role of Mineral Hair Analysis in the Sale of Food Supplements initially posted on Holford Watch. Patrick Holford has set up a charity. Not poorly, fluffy kittens or unwanted donkeys, but a charity dedicated to helping kids do better at schools with better ‘nutrition’. The charity is called Food for the Brain. Being against such a venture would appear to be like being against sunshine or trying to ban Christmas, but I have some genuine concerns about the nature of this charity and will be writing more soon, but for now, I would like to concentrate on one rather strange aspect of it. The charity sets out to ‘promote awareness of the link between learning, behaviour, mental health and nutrition.’ Great. But this is no Jamie-Oliver-Throw-Out-The-Turkey-Twizzlers-And-Eat-Seared-Carpaccio-of-Beef style...

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Watch Holford Watch

April 17, 2007
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Just to let you know that I am proud to be able to contibute a little to a new blog, “Holford Watch”, a site about ‘top media nutritionist’ Patrick Holford. This site aims to provide a counterpoint to much of what “Britain’s best-selling author and leading spokesman on nutrition and mental health issues” has to say as there are very many people who would consider that much of what he says is mistaken, or even at times, dangerous. Hop on over to Holford Watch and enjoy.

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