Tag Archives: food intolerance
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
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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
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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
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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
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Totally Nourish using Food Intolerance Week to advertise Maharani ‘gluten free rice’
Although Holford is currently hoping to collaborate with an (as yet unknown to us) university – to (try to) research treatments for schizophrenia – we are not impressed by his learning. Given that we pulled apart the advertising of Maharani … Continue reading
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Holford gives poor advice about dietary restrictions for children. Again
Last year, Food for the Brain modified some advice on dietary exclusions for children – when we pointed out that such changes should be implemented under medical and/or dietetic supervision. We were therefore disappointed to see iAfrica reporting Holford’s advice … Continue reading
Ian Marber, The Food Doctor, The Mail and The Curate’s Egg
Ian Marber, The Food Doctor, recently outlined his plan to defeat abdominal bloating and gas. He correctly gave his opinion that there is little to support the notion that IgG tests are helpful for food intolerance diagnosis but then followed it up with what looks like an anti-candida diet that lacks clinical evidence. Continue reading
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When Constipation Becomes a National Pastime or Why Japan Is An Awful Warning to Us All
Troubled by the incidence of constipation amongst young children, there is a campaign in schools in Japan to teach children how to have healthy bowel movements and eliminate constipation. Japan seems to have a remarkable obsession with bathroom gadgetry that co-exists with social reticence about using the bathroom in earshot of others. In the UK, we have our own bowel obsessions. Continue reading
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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
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Update on Which?, YorkTest and Selective Quoting in Google Sponsored Links
As an interesting update to our recent discussion of the Which? investigation into food intolerance tests, YorkTest seems to have withdrawn its Google sponsored ads that had so egregiously quote-mined and distorted the results of the investigation. However, this incident speaks volumes about the state of transparency in the relationship between YorkTest and the customers that it has and the customers that they are attempting to attract. Continue reading
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