Comments on: Holford is sceptical about off-label prescribing, but thinks that secretin for autism is "Worth considering"

By: amanda

amanda — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:08:47 +0000

is there anything i can use as a natural medicine to calm my daughters tantrums that can last up to 2 hours. She is diagnosed autistic, she is high functioning.

By: Patrick Holford and Zeitgeist Addendum « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:15:04 +0000

[...] research literature, and so forth. He recommends, ironically, considering a number of drugs – from secretin to kava kava – although we are not convinced that Holford has adequately assessed the evidence of [...]

By: Michael Ash/Food for the Brain seminar on ‘The Gut Brain link in Autism, Depression and Mental Health’ (part 1) « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:42:34 +0000

[...] critiqued on Holford Watch and elsewhere). For example, both believe – contrary to the evidence – that secretin is an autism treatment worth considering (p. 5), that hair mineral analysis is worthwhile (p. 2), and that IgG blood tests are valuable (p. [...]

By: Shinga

Shinga — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:42:17 +0000

I think that what we have here is the irregular verb theory, Jon.

In line with this theory, Patrick Holford may believe that he has impeccable moral and scientific compass that would alert him to inappropriate off-label uses. He may also believe that when others recommend off-label uses then they may have a conflict of interest or even be a pharma/industrial/medico complex shill.

It is distressing to note that there are people (signatory 5764 of the Nigel Thomas petition) who consider Holford's writings on this or related topics to be reliable. "The evidence as explained in Mr Holford's email is very compelling." As you know, there are even people (signatory 4805) who claim that family decisions on whether or not to vaccinate were based on Holford's work. One has to assume that there are people who may be influenced by Holford's recommendations for diet, secretin treatment etc.