Comments on: Never Mind the Research Quality, Feel the Fear: Justifying Homocysteine Tests

By: Patrick Holford Claims More People Die, Prematurely, From Cardiovascular Disease Than Actually Die, Prematurely, From All Causes « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:55:22 +0000

[...] 2007, HolfordWatch pointed out that Holford had made some arithmetical errors in reporting some frightening statistics relating to coronary heart disease and stroke and using those figures to justify a regime of expensive blood tests and supplements. HolfordWatch [...]

By: Patrick Holford Promotes His Apocryphal Homocysteine Gospel in The News of the World « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:06:10 +0000

[...] Never Mind the Research Quality, Feel the Fear: Justifying Homocysteine Tests Homocysteine: Helpful or Hoax Asks Patrick Holford How Relevant Are Holford’s Claims About Homocysteine Levels? Part 1 How Relevant Are Holford’s Claims About Homocysteine Levels? Part 2 Patrick Holford, Alzheimer’s Disease, Homocysteine Tests and Supplements Polypills or Vitamins for Homocysteine and Cardiovascular Risks: the Hype is Ahead of the Evidence Gene Sherpa on homocysteine [...]

By: Patrick Holford: “conventional medicine, doesn’t have a very good track record” « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:58:57 +0000

[...] relating to premature death, diabetes and cancer, but it is sufficient to say that he has been spectacularly wrong about similar numbers of previous occasions. Plus, it is rather a truism, but more men die with prostate cancer than from prostate cancer, it [...]

By: Homocysteine: Really Not a Crystal Ball « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:14:59 +0000

By: Polypills or Vitamins for Homocysteine and Cardiovascular Risks: the Hype is Ahead of the Evidence « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Wed, 07 May 2008 20:22:55 +0000

By: Statins and Why Patrick Holford Is Breaking My Heart: Part 2 « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:37:23 +0000

[...] and engaging in cover-ups: this is the more remarkable in the light of his own gaffes concerning premature mortality rates. Holford’s constant refrain is that “the information we get just simply isn’t the [...]

By: How Relevant Are Holford’s Claims About Homocysteine Levels? Part 2 « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:19:52 +0000

[...] 30, 2007 · 1 Comment Patrick Holford gives a remarkable overview of history to support his claims for the value of homocysteine testing in helping you “to eliminate your risk of ever having a heart attack”. He swoops from [...]

By: Homocysteine: Helpful or Hoax Asks Patrick Holford « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:17:08 +0000

[...] the quality of evidence that Patrick Holford put forward to support his claims that we could learn, How to Eliminate Your Risk of Ever Having a Heart Attack. Since then, I’ve been reading through the intervention trials that have experimented with [...]

By: Patrick Holford, Alzheimer’s Disease, Homocysteine Tests and Supplements « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:17:45 +0000

[...] Never Mind the Research Quality, Feel the Fear: Justifying Homocysteine Tests [...]

By: Patrick Holford and More Oddities in the Biography and CV? « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:32:23 +0000

[...] Watch is interested because Holford has made some notable errors in number handling and the understanding of statistics which rather jibes with someone who has a degree in [...]