Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Really interesting post from Coracle, in response to a comment on this blog. Coracle argues that:

Coenzyme Q10 levels may have a role to play, but it is by no means the be all and end all of statin-induced myopathy. And this is where it gets interesting at a social level. By misappropriation and misuse of scientific work, by a blind assumption that supplements are preferable to rigorously tested pharmaceutical products and by market-driven distortion of facts, those in the alternative medicine industry are being closed-minded and profit driven in exactly the manner that evidence-based medicine is accused. Without considering the full range of evidence, seizing a single element of the issue, the alternative medicine crowd blinds itself to further possibilities and impoverishes its’ own world view by a selective short sightedness.

While - I would hope - some of those involved in complementary medicine avoid this trap, I can certainly see the dangers that Coracle refers to.