[BPSDB] Patrick Holford’s book Optimum Nutrition for the Mind (ONM) includes information on a condition known as histadelia. Weirdly, it doesn’t seem to get a mention on his website. Similarly, a seach of Pubmed returns zero results.

Former Visiting Professor Patrick Holford really does not seem to have represented value for money for the University of Teesside.

Former Visiting Professor Patrick Holford of Teesside University frequently advocates that everyone should test their homocysteine levels and if it breaches his notion of what is high, they should take his recommended supplements to reduce those levels (at a cost of around £700-1000 pp pa).

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.

A Which? investigation into commonly available tests for food intolerance reported that the tests returned inconsistent results and flagged up health problems that don’t exist. Predictably, both YorkTest and Cambridge Nutritional Sciences have objected to the findings although it isn't clear what their grounds are.

A Which? investigation into commonly available tests for food intolerance reported that the tests returned inconsistent results and flagged up health problems that don’t exist. Predictably, both YorkTest and Cambridge Nutritional Services have objected to the findings although it isn't clear what their grounds are.

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.

93rd Skeptic’s Circle: A mystical reading with Master Woo is up at Skeptissa. Settle down with a favourite drink and prepare to be entertained with sceptical blogging.

Former Visiting Professor Patrick Holford and Dr Richard Halvorsen offer their combined wisdom on the topic of vaccination; they both argue that parents might consider delaying vaccination of children to reduce the risk of asthma.

Medscape's reaction to well-founded criticism of a recent article on the safety of the HPV vaccine was simply to withdraw it without comment. Unfortunately, excerpts from the flawed article appear on many "anti-vax" websites which are now difficult to counter given the lack of a formal correction.