Tag Archives: University of Teesside
Food for the Brain still describing Holford as a Teesside Visiting Professor
The charity Food for the Brain are currently referring to Holford as “Visiting Professor at the University of `Teesside, School of Social Sciences and Law” Continue reading
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Post #350: “If you think I have been overly critical, I would invite you to notice that they win”
This is our 350th post on HolfordWatch. Over the course of these posts, we have found a number of inaccuracies in Holford’s self-presentation and many serious errors in his work. These errors overwhelmingly remain uncorrected or inadequately corrected, and Holford … Continue reading
FOIA reply: what work did Holford do for Teesside University?
Former Visiting Professor Patrick Holford really does not seem to have represented value for money for the University of Teesside. Continue reading
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Patrick Holford Now A Partner in Birmingham’s TriHealth Consultants Ltd
Birmingham Mail reports that Patrick Holford has joined Birmingham TriHealth Consultants Ltd as a partner. The piece contains many errors for so few words: inappropriate use of the title of Professor; over-interpretation of the value of vitamin supplements in raising the IQ of children; the date that Holford founded the Institute of Optimum Nutrition. Etc. Etc. Continue reading
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CAM Magazine reports on Holford’s resignation from Teesside and on “hard-core science bloggers”
The industry magazine CAM has run a news item of Patrick Holford’s resignation as a Visiting Professor at the University of Teesside’s School of Social Sciences and Law. They refer to science-bloggers who mentioned this issue as ‘hard-core’ which is an odd equivalence for people who care about fact-based CVs and decent recent quality. Continue reading
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Visiting Professor Patrick Holford, Not Even for a Thousand Days
Former Visiting Professor Patrick Holford was in post for less than a year. I shall lose no time in assuming that he is sorely missed by his colleagues. Continue reading
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Patrick Holford is an ex-Professor: he has resigned his Visiting Professorship at Teesside. UPDATE: Teesside’s Cactus Clinic also ceases to operate
Patrick Holford has resigned his visiting professorship at the University of Teesside. The Cactus Clinic has ceased to operate: this is unfortunate for the parents who benefited from its services. However, the nutritional assessment programme with its emphasis on unproven tests such as hair mineral analysis and IgG blood tests for food intolerance was not pursuing an evidence-based approach and it is unsettling that this was considered appropriate with such a vulnerable clientele. Continue reading
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Patrick Holford and Natural Products magazine get things badly wrong about nutrition and allergy
Just a quick post – to note that Prof Patrick Holford of Teesside University has a pretty terrible article on hayfever on the Natural Products website.
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Patrick Holford and Scientific Accuracy and Attention to Detail: He Needs It
Visiting Professor Patrick Holford of Teesside University has a subscription 100%health service. Subscribers pay for information that will transform their life and health. As ever, Holford neglects to provide references and make similar faux pas such as failing to notice that a paper on which he relies has been retracted. Just what does the University of Teesside hope to gain from their continuing association with Holford? Continue reading
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