Background
Lonsdale, Derrick was born on April 22, 1924 in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, England. Son of Edward Lonsdale, Kate R. Bode.
Lonsdale, Derrick was born on April 22, 1924 in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, England. Son of Edward Lonsdale, Kate R. Bode.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University London, 1948.
Thiamine is a special vitamin because as the cause of beriberi it is one of only four vitamins associated with a named pandemic deficiency disease. Of these four vitamins, only thiamine requires transport proteins to diffuse throughout the body. A thiamine derivative called TTFD is a thiamine precursor that does not require transport proteins to freely diffuse.
Doctor Lonsdale was a practitioner in pediatrics at the Cleveland Clinic for 20 years.
He became Head of the Section of Biochemical Genetics at the Clinic. The Cleveland Clinic is rated as the third best hospital in the United States.
In 1982, Lonsdale retired from the Cleveland Clinic and joined the Preventive Medicine Group to specialize in nutrient-based therapy. He is also on the Scientific Research Advisory Committee of the American College for Advancement in Medicine and is an editor of their Journal.
Lonsdale has written over 100 published papers and the conclusions tend to support the idea that healing comes from the body itself rather than from external medical interventions.
Lonsdale has studied the use of nutrients to prevent diseases and his work has been favorably reviewed. He is particularly interested in Vitamin B1, also known as thiamine. Lonsdale"s research on the effect of high doses of thiamine has been described as "pioneering".
Lonsdale Doctorate, Shamberger RJ. Red cell transketolase as an indicator of nutritional deficiency.
Am J Clin Nutr. 1980 February;33(2):205-11. Autism
Lonsdale led a successful (uncontrolled) study on the treatment of autism spectrum children with thiamine.
He also led a study (uncontrolled) of secretin in the treatment of autism spectrum disorder. Both of these studies are controversial because they link nutrition with autism.
The study, Lonsdale Doctorate and Shamberger R J (2000) "A clinical study of secretin in autism and pervasive developmental delay." Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, Volume(s) 10 (4), pp 271–280, has been cited by the National Autistic Society.
Sudden deaths
The World Health Organisation have cited three of Lonsdale"s papers on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome:
Lonsdale Doctorate. Thiamine deficiency and sudden deaths. Lancet. 1990 August 11;336(8711):376. Lonsdale Doctorate. Erythrocyte transketolase activity and sudden infant death.
Am J Clin Nutr.
1981 October;34(10):2326-2327. Child violence
Lonsdale put this down to "high calorie malnutrition" where children overeat high calories foods that lack vital nutrients resulting in an upset to "brain balance". He pointed the finger at a range of "normal" foods as well as generally accepted junk foods.
Board trustees United Church of Christ, Strongsville, since 2000. President Philosophical Club of Cleveland, 1970. Fellow: American College Nutrition.
Member: American College for Advancement in Medicine.
Married Sydney Adele Brew, October 20, 1951. Children: David, Michael, Susan, Sally.