Category Archives: yorktest
Patrick Holford, YorkTest and a Migraine Study
Former Visiting Professor Patrick Holford but still Head of Science and Education at Biocare has an enthusiasm for interventions that we wish we might share but, too frequently, when we examine the studies on which he relies, the results do … Continue reading
Filed under food intolerance, IgG tests, intolerance, patrick holford, yorktest
Homocysteine, B Vitamins, Brain Atrophy and Mild Cognitive Impairment
A new PLoS article has been published, arguing that The accelerated rate of brain atrophy in elderly with mild cognitive impairment can be slowed by treatment with homocysteine-lowering B vitamins I don’t have time to deal with this in as … Continue reading
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Patrick Holford: Why Did BBC Oxford Radio Give Him Free Advertising?
BBC Radio Oxford broadcast an infomercial for Patrick Holford’s books and his commercial diet programme. They did not invite any experts to discuss his diet or claims, question whether the ‘free diet trial’ involved purchasing supplements or blood tests, nor ask for detail of the ‘science’ that he claims supports his advice. Continue reading
Filed under GL diet, glycaemic load, glycemic load, Low GL Diet, patrick holford, supplements, yorktest
Patrick Holford and the Vitamins for Asthma That Become All About Food Intolerance and YorkTest
Patrick Holford cites the wrong study in a discussion of antioxidants and asthma which gives rise to the suspicion that he has not read the correct paper. However, he rapidly moves to eulogising the advantages of York Test and supplements for controlling asthma although there is no trial or case-series to support such optimism. Continue reading
Filed under patrick holford, supplements, vitamin c, yorktest
Anton Emmanuel on why IgG testing for intolerances is not a useful diagnostic tool
Dr Anton Emmanuel sounds an appropriate note of caution about people wasting their money on IgG blood tests for the diagnosis of food intolerance. So, why is he on the expert panel of a charity that promotes those tests? Continue reading
Filed under food intolerance, patrick holford, yorktest
Allergy UK Wants YorkTest IgG Food Intolerance Tests Available on NHS
YorkTest has yet more credulous write-ups in local media. Allergy UK appears to be supporting their call for the provision of IgG food intolerance tests on the NHS although clinical allergists and immunologists state that the test has no role in the diagnosis of food intolerance. Continue reading
Filed under food intolerance, home test, IgG tests, patrick holford, yorktest
Patrick Holford, Still Claiming IgG Levels Are Relevant to Food Intolerance and Weight Loss
Patrick Holford claims that food intolerance is linked to resistant weight loss. He continues to advise people to purchase YorkTest’s IgG blood test to diagnose food intolerance although many associations of immunologists and clinical allergists have reported that the test has no clinical support or relevance. He also advises that people should take the supplements that he recommends that are made by the company for which he works. Continue reading
Filed under food intolerance, IgG tests, patrick holford, weight loss, yorktest
Patrick Holford: “conventional medicine, doesn’t have a very good track record”
Former Visiting Professor Patrick Holford announces that “conventional medicine, doesn’t have a very good track record”. You might think that you need some strong evidence to match the strength of that claim but it doesn’t seem as if Holford thinks so. Oddly enough, he uses these claims to justify his recommendation that you should purchase his services, services that don’t seem to represent value for money, judging by the inaccuracies contained in his writings. Continue reading
Filed under Ben Goldacre, blood sugar, patrick holford, yorktest
Holford on alcohol, home liver testing kits, and evidence
I had thought that the stream of Holford’s comedy health/marketing e-mails had dried up, so I was surprised to see him tell his mailing list yesterday that “One in two daily drinkers have liver dysfunction”. Not, in itself, an implausible … Continue reading
Filed under home test, liver, patrick holford, yorktest
You and Yours on Which? Investigation into Food Intolerance Tests
Radio 4′s You and Yours ran an intereresting segment about the Which? investigation into food intolerance testing. Dr Mike Walker of Cambridge Nutritional Sciences participated and attempted to defend the scientific basis for the IgG food intolerance test. However, he argued that the IgG food intolerance test is not diagnostic of food intolerance. Oddly enough, YorkTest have also made similar statements. Somebody should send Allergy UK and Patrick Holford the memo about this. Continue reading
Filed under allergies, food intolerance, patrick holford, yorktest
