Julian Graves: Not Just Nuts – Dangerously Irresponsible
So. Today. I had a quite jaw dropping conversation in my local branch of Julian Graves. For my American readers, Julian Graves is a shop […]
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Neutrahealth in Trouble
In the last few days, vitamin pill company Neutrahealth (NUT.L), has seen a precipitous drop in its share price. Its investors look like they believe […]
Sip Drink: Unnatural, Unethical, Farcical
If you were a dodgy plumber or made misleading double glazing adverts, you could expect Trading Standards to fine you and the BBC to make […]
How Life Healthcare Coped with the Terror of an ASA Investigation.
The Advertising Standards Authority is one of the few regulatory bodies in the UK regularly prepared to tackle the untruthful and unsubstantiated claims made routinely […]
Natural Disasters, Corporate Nutrition and the Confusopoly of Diet
The louder a food screams ‘natural’ or ‘healthy’ at you, the further you should run. That is the somewhat counter-intuitive message of Michael Pollan’s essay, […]
The Myths of Patrick Holford
Bertrand Russel said, What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires — desires of which he himself is often […]
Bionetics: Untruthful Quacks, But Still Trading
There are many laws in the UK that ought to make trading in quackery difficult. In practice though, the laws are often skirted around or […]
Dr Ann Walker and Her Neanderthal Theories
In this story, a supplement industry spokesperson resorts to Creationist ‘Science’ for their evidence to support the ‘crucial’ nature of supplement pills, shows how we […]
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 […]
Quack Word #39: ‘Superfood’
Regular listeners to BBC Radio 4’s Womans‘ Hour will have recently heard nutritionist Suzi Grant extolling the virtues of so-called superfoods. Quackery, I say. But […]