BBC's Working Lunch has effectively given an uncontested platform for Sahar Hashemi to claim that her Skinny Candy products are 'sugar-free, natural and guilt-free'. We think you'll find that it's a bit more complicated than that and you will end up delving into the meaning of sugar-free as distinct …
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Patrick Holford is the self-styled leading nutritionist in the UK. Holford Watch uses basic science and research to challenge some of his writings and more outlandish claims. Holfordism, truthiness and referenciness undermine science.
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Working Lunch, Skinny Candy and the Implausibility of Sugar-Free Sweets
http://holfordwatch.info/2009/01/07/working-lunch-skinny-candy-and-the-implausibility-of-sugar-free-sweets/More Dore: now it’s “Dyslexia and ADHD The Miracle Cure”
http://holfordwatch.info/2009/01/06/more-dore-now-its-dyslexia-and-adhd-the-miracle-cure/Dr Ben Goldacre recently said: "the "barefaced cheek of [certain] characters will never cease to amaze and delight me". We draw your attention to the re-issue of Wynford Dore's book, Dyslexia - the Miracle Cure, which is now re-titled, Dyslexia and ADHD - the Miracle Cure.…
Seriously, What Do They Teach at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition Judging by the IONistas in the Public Eye?
http://holfordwatch.info/2009/01/05/seriously-what-do-they-teach-at-the-institute-for-optimum-nutrition-judging-by-the-ionistas-in-the-public-eye/Dr Ben Goldacre pwnd detox and Detox in a Box on the BBC Today programme. Oddly enough, Detox in a Box has nutritional expertise that is supplied by Diane Green, a diplomate nutritionist from the Institute of Optimum Nutrition. The sample menus are full of unevidenced assertions and the sort of nonsense that passes for wisdom in nutritionism. …
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Wedding Countdown Challenge - Day 25
http://thecanuck.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/wedding-countdown-...they were going out of style, drinking lots of water, and (today) gently telling me that I should be drinking tea instead of coffee. She’s usually right about these things Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) arigatou 1 « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science Cold Weather Workouts - Do You Dare? Busting The Vitamin C Myth
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Bad Science
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The Voyage: life with autism in Northern Ireland
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Letting Off Steam
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Thinking Is Dangerous
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Effortless Incitement
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The detoxification fraud
http://nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com/2009/01/detoxification-fraud....favourite Pink Floyd LP. Dairy So, who is on the “team” at Detox in a Box? Who is advising Nas about nutrition? It’s Diane Quick. She trained at the Institute for Optimum Nutriton. As so often, all roads lead to Patrick Holford. Caveat emptor. Angela Voisey is the office manager: Angela Voisey "As a mum of two lively children I am always aware of what I am eating and what I am feeding them. So when I was introduced to Detox-in a box, it was very exciting to hear that such a
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Jack of Kent
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Keeping it unreal
http://draust.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/keeping-it-unreal/doctor who said his vitamins would cure AIDS” ( The Guardian, Sept 12 th 2008 ) ”The Matthias Rath case exposes the difference between science and its imitators” ( The Times, Sept 20 th 2008 ) ”One small additional reason to despise Matthias Rath – he sues over good honest journalism” (Holfordwatch, 12 th Sept 2008 ) ”Matthias Rath drops his million pound legal case against me and the Guardian” (Badscience.net 12 th Sept 2008 ) ”The Gripes of Rath” (DC’s Improbable Science, Sept 13 th
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