September 10, 2025

245: Patrick Holford – Food For The Brain

1 hour 2 minutes

Patrick Holford

Patrick Holford, BSc, DipION, FBANT, NTCRP, is a leading spokesman on nutrition and mental health and founder of both the Food for the Brain Foundation, VitaminC4Covid and the Institute for Optimum Nutrition, an educational charity that offers degree accredited training in nutritional therapy.

Originally trained in psychology. Patrick was involved in groundbreaking research showing that multivitamins can increase children’s IQ scores – the subject of a Horizon television documentary in the 1980s. He was one of the first promoters of the importance of zinc, essential fats, low-GL diets and homocysteine-lowering B vitamins and their importance in mental health and Alzheimer’s prevention, working closely with David Smith, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford.

He is CEO of the charitable Food for the Brain Foundation and Director of the Alzheimer’s is Preventable campaign and Chair of their Scientific Advisory Board.

He is the author of several papers and 46 books, translated into over 30 languages, including The Optimum Nutrition Bible, Optimum Nutrition for the Mind, Food is Better Medicine than Drugs, the Ten Secrets of Healthy Ageing and Upgrade Your Brain, as well his latest book Alzheimer’s:Prevention is the Cure. He is a retired visiting professor at the University of Teeside and is in the Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame and on the Editorial Board for the Orthomolecular News Service. Patrick brings 40 years of research and experience in the field of nutrition.

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Patrick’s Top Tips

Eat stuff that you can pull out of the ground or out of a tree or eggs, meat fish.

Get sugar down.

Take fish seriously especially oily fish.

Move towards whole foods that have not been sprayed with pesticides.

Patrick’s Books

Alzheimer’s:Prevention is the Cure: You are the master of your brain’s future health – Patrick Holford

Upgrade Your Brain: Unlock Your Life’s Full Potential – Patrick Holford

And many more books

Resources Mentioned

Cognitive Function Test

Connect with Patrick Holford on social media

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrickholford

Instagram: patrickholford.uk

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FabulouslyKeto

Website Details:

https://foodforthebrain.org

https://www.patrickholford.com

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