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FIRST/INTRO SECTION First Paragraph Please remove “Patrick Holford is a British author and entrepreneur who endorses a range of controversial vitamin tablets.” And replace with “Patrick Holford is a British nutritional therapist, author, researcher, teacher, entrepreneur and health and wellness spokesperson. He also formulates and endorses a range of vitamin supplements. He has published over 45 books in 30 languages.

Reference for quality of vitamin supplements: Trust Pilot Reviews www.holfordirect.com and Amazon Reviews: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Holford+Direct/page/AA6D661D-23B6-4F32-8314-990D0FF0252E?ref_=ast_bln

Please add after “…science and medicine” the following “He is a proponent of healthy eating and promotes carbohydrates as a primary driver of weight gain and advocates a low glycemic load (GL) diet as a preferential diet to the conventional low-fat diet.

Reference for his acceptable approach to diet: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/ and https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/8-principles-of-low-glycemic-eating

Second Paragraph Please add before “Holford’s Claims..” the following “He claims that high dose vitamin C is an effective anti-viral agent and has promoted the use of vitamin C for COVID-19 prevention and treatment advocating intravenous vitamin C for critically ill covid patients and high dose use to shorten duration and severity at the onset of colds and flu. He is co-author of two reviews published in peer-reviewed journal Nutrients, on vitamins, vitamin C and COVID-19.” Reference: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/12/3760 and https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/9/2550 Please add “Holford has advocated homocysteine-lowering B vitamins for the prevention of dementia, working closely with David Smith, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford”, whose research has reported substantial reduction in the rate of brain shrinkage with B vitamins.

Reference: https://www.pharm.ox.ac.uk/team/a-david-smith https://patrickholford.podbean.com/e/brainstorm-series-how-alzheimers-is-a-preventable-disease/

Third Paragraph Please delete “In 2006 Holford was discovered…page’ as this is listed further down under heading ‘Criticism’ so is repetition.

CAREER SECTION Fourth paragraph Remove “which has the stated aim’ and replace with “has the aim”.

Last Line Please delete “36 books in print in 29 languages.[11] and change to “over 46 books in over 30 languages”.

ADVERTISING SECTION Please add after “…South Africa” the following “The ASA ruling against Holford related to his statement that ‘you can’t get all the vitamins you need from a well-balanced diet’ citing vitamin D in the winter as an example. The UK government now say “Everyone is advised to take a supplement of vitamin D during winter months.”[ref - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vitamin-d-supplementation-during-winter-phe-and-nice-statement/statement-from-phe-and-nice-on-vitamin-d-supplementation-during-winter] thus supporting Holford’s claim.

BOOKS SECTION Please add books: • 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) • Say No to Arthritis (2021)

References in order with Amazon website links to substantiate/verify them:

Good Medicine – Piatkus – Little Brown https://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Medicine-natural-common-problems/dp/0749959193/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=good+medicine&qid=1633688191&sr=8-1 Chemistry of Connection – Hay House - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chemistry-Connection-Happier-Fulfilling-Meaningful/dp/1781807574/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=chemistry+of+connection&qid=1633688268&sr=8-2 Improve Your Digestion – Piatkus, Little Brown - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Improve-Your-Digestion-make-against-ebook/dp/B01KTSJNQ4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=improve+your+digestion&qid=1633688306&sr=8-1 The Hybrid Diet – Piatkus, Little Brown https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hybrid-Diet-discover-healthier-alternating/dp/0349419442/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=hybrid+diet&qid=1633688359&sr=8-1

Flu Fighters – Holford Press - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flu-Fighters-Boosting-Non-Toxic-Nutrients/dp/B089DLYP52/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Flu+Fighters&qid=1633688386&sr=8-1

The 5 Day Diet (Piatkus, Little Brown) https://www.amazon.co.uk/5-Day-Diet-weight-supercharge-energy/dp/0349425795/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+5+day+diet+patrick+holford&qid=1633688482&s=audible&sr=1-1-catcorr

Optimum Nutrition for Vegans (Piatkus, Little Brown) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Optimum-Nutrition-Vegans-optimally-plant-based/dp/0349425817/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1MH2RTLQC4PDP&dchild=1&keywords=optimum+nutrition+for+vegans&qid=1633688547&s=books&sprefix=optimum+nutr%2Cstripbooks%2C196&sr=1-1

Say No to Arthritis (Piatkus, Little Brown) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Say-Arthritis-drug-free-preventing-relieving-ebook/dp/B08WX2YV6P/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1E08K65S6GOLJ&dchild=1&keywords=say+no+to+arthritis+patrick+holford&qid=1633688582&s=books&sprefix=say+no+to+ar%2Cstripbooks%2C202&sr=1-1

PUBLISHED MATERIALS

Please add:

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.

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