Category Archives: AIDS
Holford argues that “ignorance” is the main reason for not being healthy
‘Alternative’ nutritionism marketed by British media nutritionists would not be a helpful import to South Africa Continue reading
Filed under AIDS, HIV, patrick holford, South Africa
‘Dr’ Holford on the immune system in the Galway Advertiser
Here at HolfordWatch, we were interested to see the Galway Advertiser referring the ‘Dr Patrick Holford’: Holford is not a doctor. The paper has been contacted about this – and we are sure that Holford himself will be keen to … Continue reading
Holford on Tour: at last, South Africa has the help they need!
The excellent Moonflake blog has just posted to point out that Holford has featured on the KFM breakfast show (in the Cape). All I can say that, given South Africa’s problems with HIV/AIDS, their President’s unfortunate stance on evidence-based treatments … Continue reading
Filed under AIDS, Matthias Rath, South Africa
Private Eye: may contain nuts
‘Ratbiter’ has an excellent piece in Private Eye. In an article headlined May contain nuts, they ask Who is Patrick Holford, the British media’s favourite ‘nutritionist’? (issue 1197, p. 29). The article begins with a critical look at some of … Continue reading
Holford denies AIDS/vitamin C claims, again, and accuses Prof Colquhoun of having invented them
In a letter on the Guardian website, Professor Patrick Holford of Teesside University responds to Prof Colquhoun’s article on Endarkenment. Holford states that an example nutritional claim “given [in Colquhoun's article], apparently made by me, that ‘vitamin C is better … Continue reading
Filed under AIDS, David Colquhoun, patrick holford, The Guardian, vitamin c
For Holford, “vitamin C has been shown to outperform AZT in lab studies”
When touring South Africa, Holford was most upset at accusations he had “been saying that Vitamin C is more effective in treating AIDS than the anti-retroviral drug AZT. This is not true. I have never made this claim, nor will … Continue reading
Filed under AIDS, AZT, patrick holford, vitamin c
Why I’m not McCarthyite (boring, obvious response to Holford)
Holford has e-mailed me a number of criticisms of Holford Watch. I’ve already responded to most of these, but he raises a lot of points – some of which I probably ought to address here. Holford complains that I “first … Continue reading
Filed under AIDS, HIV, Jerome Burne, Matthias Rath, patrick holford
E-mail from Patrick Holford
Patrick Holford has e-mailed me with some comments about, and responses to, this website – and asked me to publish them here. I’m therefore pleased to reproduce his e-mail below (in full and unedited), but will first give a few … Continue reading
Filed under AIDS, autism, elimination diets, Food for the brain foundation, HIV, IgG tests, Matthias Rath, patrick holford
More on Burne, Holford, Rath and HIV/AIDS
UPDATE: Patrick Holford has been in touch to clarify his position – emphasising that nutritional approaches to HIV/AIDS should be used “alongside medication”, and stating that he has “never advised anyone to stop taking, or not to take ARVs”. Obviously, … Continue reading
Holford co-author applauds Matthias Rath
UPDATE: I have now reviewed some of the questions around this issue, in response to an e-mail criticising my approach. You can read the latest post on this here. Jerome Burne – science journalist, and co-author of Holford’s Food is … Continue reading
