Books

• The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
• The Whole Health Manual: Comprehensive Guide to Nutrition and Better Health (1988)
• The Better Pregnancy Diet: The Definitive Guide to Having a Healthy Baby (1993)
• The Optimum Nutrition Bible (1997)
• Say No to Heart Disease (updated 2012)
• Boost Your Immune System (1998)
• Balancing Hormones Naturally (1998)
• 30-Day Fatburner Diet (1999)
• 100% Health (1999)
• Beat Stress and Fatigue (1999)
• Say No to Cancer (1999)
• The Optimum Nutrition Cookbook (1999)
• Improve Your Digestion (2000)
• Say No to Arthritis (2000)
• Supplements for Superhealth (2000)
• Solve Your Skin Problems (2001)
• Six Weeks to Superhealth (2002)
• Optimum Nutrition for the Mind (2002)
• Natural Highs: Chill – 25 Ways to Stay Relaxed and Beat Stress (2003)
• Natural Highs: Energy – 25 Ways to Increase Your Energy (2003)
• The H Factor – Homocysteine – the biggest breakthrough of the century (2003)
• Boost Your Child’s Immune System (2003)
• 500 Health and Nutrition Questions Answered (2004)
• New Optimum Nutrition Bible (2004)
• Optimum Nutrition Before, During and After Pregnancy (2004)
• The Alzheimer’s Prevention Plan (2005)
• The Holford Low-GL Diet (2005)
• The Holford Low-GL Diet Cookbook (2005)
• Hidden Food Allergies (2005)
• The Holford Diet GL Counter (2006)
• The Holford Low-GL Diet Made Easy (2006)
• Optimum Nutrition For Your Child’s Mind (2006)
• Food is Better Medicine Than Drugs (2006)
• Smart Food for Smart Kids (2007)
• New Optimum Nutrition for the Mind (2007)
• The Holford 9-Day Liver Detox (2007)
• Optimum Nutrition Made Easy: How to Achieve Optimum Health (2008)
• Optimum Nutrition For Your Child (2008)
• How to Quit without Feeling S**t: The Fast, Highly Effective Way to End Addiction to Caffeine, Sugar, Cigarettes, Alcohol, Illicit or Prescription Drugs (2008)
• Food Glorious Food: Incredibly Delicious Low-GL Recipes for Friends and Family (2008)
• The Low-GL Diet Bible by Patrick Holford (2009)
• The 10 Secrets of 100% Healthy People (2009)
• The Perfect Pregnancy Cookbook (2010)^{[needs update]}
• 100% Health Survey (2010)
• The Optimum Nutrition Cookbook (2010)
• The Feel-Good Factor (2010)
• Boost Your Immune System (2010)
• Say No to Cancer (2010)
• Say No to Diabetes (2011)
• 10 Secrets of Healthy Ageing (2012)
• 10 Secrets of 100% Health Cookbook (2012)
• Say No to Heart Disease (2012)
• Burn Fat Fast (2013)
• The Stress Cure (2015)
• Good Medicine (2013)
• The Chemistry of Connection (2016)
• Improve Your Digestion (2017)
• The Hybrid Diet (2019)
• Flu Fighters (2020)
• The 5 Day Diet (2020)
• Optimum Nutrition for Vegans (2020)

Published Materials

Holford P, Carr AC, Jovic TH, Ali SR, Whitaker IS, Marik PE, Smith AD. Vitamin C-An Adjunctive Therapy for Respiratory Infection, Sepsis and COVID-19. Nutrients. 2020 Dec 7;12(12):3760. doi: 10.3390/nu12123760. PMID: 33297491; PMCID: PMC7762433.

Jovic TH, Ali SR, Ibrahim N, Jessop ZM, Tarassoli SP, Dobbs TD, Holford P, Thornton CA, Whitaker IS. Could Vitamins Help in the Fight Against COVID-19? Nutrients. 2020 Aug 23;12(9):2550. doi: 10.3390/nu12092550. PMID: 32842513; PMCID: PMC7551685.

• P Holford, ‘The Prevention of Memory Loss and Progression to Alzheimer’s Disease with B Vitamins, Antioxidants, and Essential Fatty Acids: A Review of the Evidence’, Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine(2011); 26(2): 53-58.
• P Holford, C Trustram-Eve, D Fobbester, ‘The Association of Various Food Group Consumption with Overall Health Ratings: A Survey of 55,570 United Kingdom Respondents’, Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine (2010); 25(3): 115-124.
• P Holford et al, ‘100% Health Survey’, 2010
• P Holford and D Fobbester, Food for the Brain Child Survey: A survey of over 10,000 children in Britain comparing food intake with academic performance, behaviour and health, Food for the Brain Foundation, 2007.
• P Holford et al, ‘The Effects of a Low Glycemic Load Diet on Weight Loss and Key Health Risk Indicators’, Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine (2006); 21( 2): 71-78
• ONUK Survey, ION, 2004.
• P Holford, ‘Alzheimer’s and Dementia: the nutrition connection’, Primary Care Mental Health (2004); 2: 5-12.
• A Chaudary, A Porter-Blake, P Holford, ‘Indices of Pyridoxine Levels on Symptoms Associated with Toxicity: A Retrospective Study’, Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, (2003); 18(2); 65-76.
• P Holford, S Heaton, ‘Vitamin B6: Extract of Submission to the UK’s Food Standards Agency’, Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine (2003); 18 (3 & 4): 161
• P Holford ‘Depression: the nutrition connection’, Primary Care Mental Health (2003); 1: 9-16.
• P Holford, ‘Food for thought – and feelings: nutrition’s role in restoring mental health’, Human Givens, Winter 2003; 9 (4).

Bibliography

• Goldacre, Ben (2008). Bad Science. HarperPerennial. ISBN 000728487X
• Thompson, Damian (2008). Counterknowledge: How We Surrendered to Conspiracy Theories, Quack Medicine, Bogus Science and Fake History. Atlantic Books. ISBN 1843546760
• Walker, Martin Dirty Medicine Handbook (2011) Slingshot Publications ISBN 978-0956409317

Articles

Article in Conservative Woman by Neville Hodgkinson, former Medical and Science correspondent at the Sunday Times, about the use of Vitamin C and COVID-19 [https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/aids-covid-and-the-same-blunders-all-over-again/].

Article in Positive Health by VitaminC4Covid team discussing Vitamin C deficiency in COVID-19 patients [http://www.positivehealth.com/article/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-issue-269].

Article in psychreg.org highlighting The Linus Pauling Research at Oregon State University concerning the levels of Vitamin C required by the older population to remain healthy [https://www.psychreg.org/care-home-residents-scurvy-levels-vitamin-c/].

Article in Pharmafocus discussing a study conducted in Wuhan on Vitamin C and COVID-19. [https://en.calameo.com/read/0061133855d4f5abf85be?page=10].

Article in Epoch Times by Dr Joseph Mercola, Osteopathic Physician discussing Vitamin C effects on COVID-19 [https://www.theepochtimes.com/landmark-publication-on-vitamin-c-for-covid-19_3650421.html]

Article in psychreg.org discussing a study on COVID-19 pilot trial on effects of Vitamin C [https://www.psychreg.org/fewer-covid-19-deaths-vitamin-c/].

Article in Technology Networks by Senior Science Writer, Molly Campbell on pilot trial investigating high-dose intravenous Vitamin C (Annals of Intensive Care). [https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/a-pilot-trial-of-high-dose-vitamin-c-in-covid-19-patients-344503].

Article in General National Council by Roger Groos concerning use of Vitamin C in COVID-19 prevention [https://gncouncil.co.uk/the-use-of-vitamin-c-in-covid-19-prevention-and-treatment/].

YouTube interview with Patrick Holford and Steve Bennett in The Food Bank Show about Vitamin C and COVID-19 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp1s8k1q6OA].

Article in psychreg.co.uk surrounding the global campaign involving Vitamin C and COVID-19 [https://www.psychreg.org/vitamin-c-for-covid-global-campaign/].

Article in Alliance Natural Health about Vitamin C and COVID-19 campaign [https://www.anhinternational.org/news/campaign-to-put-the-c-into-covid/].

Article in Pathology in Practice about the use of Vitamin C and COVID-19 patients [https://www.pathologyinpractice.com/story/34397/vitamin-c-a-game-changer-for-covid-19-patients].

Article in Daily Express about Vitamin C and COVID-19 treatment [https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1369945/coronavirus-update-latest-news-vitamin-c-symptoms].

Article in Daily Express about the use of Vitamin C in preventing COVID-19 [https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1352756/vitamin-c-coronavirus-supplement].

Article in medical.net by Dr Ramya Dwivedi reviewing Vitamin C and COVID-19 [https://www.news-medical.net/news/20201023/Vitamin-C-and-COVID-19-A-Review.aspx].

Article in Daily Mail by Jerome Burn about Vitamin C and COVID-19 [https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20200421/282149293452799].

Article in Sunday Mirror about protecting the brain from Alzheimer’s [https://www.patrickholford.com/uploads/pdfs/press-articles/alzheimers-sunday-mirror.pdf].

References

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• Smith AD, Refsum H. Dementia Prevention by Disease-Modification through Nutrition. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2017;4(3):138-139. doi: 10.14283/jpad.2017.16. PMID: 29182704.
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External Links

• Patrick Holford’s Website
• Food for the Brain
• The Brain Bio Centre at ION – https://www.ion.ac.uk/pages/category/the-brain-bio-centre
• Ben Goldacre’s blog posts on Patrick Holford
• HolfordWatch, a critical blog
• HolfordMyths, an offshoot of Holford’s main site providing answers to some of his criticisms
• Martin Walker’s book on Patrick Holford and Ben Goldacre
• British Association of Nutritional Therapists
• Institute for Optimum Nutrition
• Nutritional Therapy Council – NO LONGER EXISTS