I don’t know what they should do by way of disclosure for mainstream media pundits but we should be told more than we are at present.

Admin edit: we knew that but it just seemed as if this is the sort of translation that would attempt to render Giuseppe Verdi as Joe Green, as the old joke has it. Years ago there used to be a game-Cupertino-where people would run some text through a spellchecker and would accept whatever substitutions came up. The text was printed and distributed and people had to try and work out what the original text was. This seemed like that.

rambling on about nuts and vegetables and essential oils that seemed to cure everything from sunburn and insect bites to Quadraplegia.

You would loathe the UK shows, the producers adore that stuff and can’t give the public enough of it. It seems that we adore miracle vegetables and superfoods and like to know that we can cure almost anything with a handful of supplements.

Pear juice – fermented or not. Yum.

How should they signal conflicts of interest for pundits? A verbal disclaimer that the interviewer accepts and doesn’t question or a message that stays up on the screen like the small-print in adverts (not that that would help me or anybody with poor sight).

thats called ‘cider’ or ‘cyder’, innit?

recommended for its yummy taste (but obviously not to excess). No awful sickly aftertaste.

A ‘perfick’ antidote to too much Holford

I think I need a natural remedy after watching that – what’s the nutritional status of fermented organic apple juice?

UKdietitian, I only know that Patrick Holford’s advertising slots have the sort of music that is popular on Radio 2 but I will take your word that it would not be good for me to investigate any further.

We must all feel for South Africa under the circumstances. But the (admittedly few) South Africans that I’ve known all strike me as so level-headed that I can’t begin to understand his popularity. Or why he would be a suitable person to advertise on the TV (presumably, that is where those videos air?).

Just note the number of ‘Patrick Holford’ placed YouTube videos of adverts promoting (cough) Patrick in His Big South Africa Pill Pushing Expedition.

Patrick and his vitamins needed on your wedding day, Patrick’s vitamins needed when your kiddy collects the post, Patrick’s vitamins needed when you cuddle a baby, Patrick’s vitamins needed when you walk along the road…..
Not sure which is more nauseating – the adverts, or the Big Yin himself.

Admin edit: we’ve decided to be unkind enough to link to one of those adverts.