PATRICK
HOLFORD HOLFORD
Patrick Holford is a leading light in new approaches to health and nutrition. He started his academic career in the field of psychology. While completing his bachelor's degree in Experimental Psychology at the University of York he researched the role of nutrition in mental health and illness and later tested the effects of improved nutrition on children's IQ - an experiment that was the subject of a Horizon documentary and led to his first TV appearance in 1987.
In 1984 he founded the Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION), a charitable and independent educational trust for the furtherance of education and research in nutrition, now the largest training school in the UK for nutrition consultants and widely respected as a leading edge organisation by professionals and media alike.
Through his work in the field of nutrition and the media he has helped to establish the concept of 'optimum nutrition' and promote the role nutrition plays in promoting health, covering a wide range of issues from arthritis to schizophrenia. During the last decade he has written 14 books on the subject, selling close to half a million copies worldwide. His books include the best-selling Optimum Nutrition Bible, 100% Health, Balancing Hormones Naturally, Boost Your Immune System, Say No To Heart Disease, The 30 Day Fatbumer Diet, The Whole Health Manual, Optimum Nutrition, The Better Pregnancy Diet, The Energy Equation, How To Protect Yourself from Pollution, Say No to Arthritis, Living Food and Mental Health & Illness -The Nutrition Connection. He is also editor of Optimum Nutrition magazine, published by ION.
To see further details of any of these books, please click here.Patrick Holford is one of Britain's leading spokesmen on nutrition and health issues, often writing for and being quoted by major national publications. He frequently appears on radio and television on topical nutrition, food, environmental and health issues, both as a presenter, interviewer and as a guest. His knowledge, personality and enthusiasm, together with his strong scientific approach helps him to stimulate lively debates, simplifying complex issues and helping viewers to expand their understanding of health issues.
He also lectures throughout the world on a wide range of topics to the public and health professionals. In the UK he presents around 30 workshops and lectures a year.