Tag Archives: Allergy UK
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
My (Paid) Friend Says This Product Is Really Good: FFTB and Cherry-Picking
More and more charities are raising money through strategic alliances with manufacturers and by selling endorsements of products. Charities have to raise funds somehow and this is sensible. However, there is a danger that charities are being used as proxies to endorse products and provide nutritional or health benefit claims that the manufacturers are restricted from making by various pieces of regulation or legislation. We consider the recent endorsement of CherryActive dried cherries by Patrick Holford and the Food for the Brain Foundation: this product does not seem to match the stated criteria for endorsement. Continue reading
Patrick Holford, IgG Food Intolerance Self-Testing and the House of Lords
Professor Patrick Holford is a staunch advocate of the “sound science” behind IgG food intolerance testing. A House of Lords report on allergy services in the UK finds that the test has no proven clinical efficacy. Continue reading
Filed under Electromagnetic Radiation, EMR, food intolerance, Holford, home test, IgG tests, intolerance, patrick holford
