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A database that tracks dubious medical claims.
Claimant: Patrick Holford
Type: Individual
Website: http://www.patrickholford.com/
Claims and Responses
- Claim no 40: Patrick Holford Improves Mood made on 2011-05-18 - Untested
Holford does a voice-over advertising his Mood Food supplement.
- Response no 82: ASASA Ruling on 2012-01-26
ASASA rules that Patrick Holford has not shown that Mood Food improves mood or reduces depression.
- Response no 82: ASASA Ruling on 2012-01-26
- Claim no 54: Patrick Holford Improves Mental performance made on 2011-08-10 - Untested and implausible
Holford does a voice-over advertising this supplement aimed at children.
- Response no 72: Equal Education Complaint to ASASA on 2011-08-18
Complaint lodged by education rights organisation against Holford's advert aimed at children
- Response no 73: Harris Steinman Scientific Debunking on 2011-09-02
Detailed rebuttal of Holford's claim that his product improves child mental performance
- Response no 99: ASASA ASA Directorate Ruling on 2012-05-10
The ASA found that claims by Patrick Holford about Smart Kids Brain Boost are unsubstantiated and have to be removed.
- Response no 72: Equal Education Complaint to ASASA on 2011-08-18