帕特裏剋·霍爾福德，世界健康和營養領域的領導權威之一。他畢業於英國約剋大學，在校期間研究實驗心理學，這使他對頭腦疾病的生化因素和應用最佳營養療法來治療大腦健康問題産生瞭濃厚的興趣。後來，他求學於此領域的先驅，及兩屆諾貝爾奬得主萊納斯’鮑林。

1984年，他創立瞭最佳營養研究所(ION)，該機構是一個營養學繼續教育和研究的獨立教育慈善團體。現在，ION已經成為國際上最負盛名的臨床營養師培訓學校。

在ION，他一直緻力於研究營養對人類智力的影響。1987年，他的一項著名研究有力證實瞭補充營養可以提高大腦的智商。他還努力尋找治療抑鬱癥、精神分裂癥以及進食紊亂癥的營養療法，並發展瞭滿足人最佳營養需求的營養補充療法，該方法已經成功地治愈瞭10萬多名患者。

目前他負責指導英國的國民健康計劃，該計劃的目的在於建立一些精神病門診和過渡康復中心，以幫助那些精神疾病患者盡快恢復健康，返迴社會。

從1997年起，他已經齣版瞭《營養聖經》《補腦直通車》等20餘種暢銷書。其中，《營養聖經》在全球銷售量達到數百萬冊。他的著作已被翻譯成17種語言。

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