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==Evidence == | ==Evidence == | ||
Evidence is largely limited to patient self-reports. The British Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints about the Gupta Programme being falsely advertised as a treatment for [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]/ME, [[fibromyalgia]] and "electrical sensitivities" due to the lack of scientific evidence supporting this claim.<ref name=":0" /> | Evidence is largely limited to patient self-reports. The British Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints about the Gupta Programme being falsely advertised as a treatment for [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]/ME, [[fibromyalgia]] and "electrical sensitivities" due to the lack of scientific evidence supporting this claim.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
==Reported harms == | |||
Some people have reported being harmed by brain training programmes, including [[Jen Brea]], who has ME/CFS, mold-related illness and [[mast cell activation syndrome]], and Anna Harris, who had mold-related illness.<ref name=JenTweets>{{Cite tweet|date=2018-02-08|user=jenbrea|title=I crashed really hard from doing Gupta|url=https://twitter.com/jenbrea/status/961677015286874112?lang=en}}</ref><ref>http://anaharriswrites.com/my-brain-retraining-story/</ref> | |||
==See also == | ==See also == | ||
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The Gupta programme or Gupta Amydala Retraining describes itself as a "brain training" or "brain re-wiring" technique designed to alter amygdala and insular activity in order to treat or cure chronic diseases including chronic fatigue syndrome.[1][2] The Gupta programme is based on the amygdala hypothesis of chronic fatigue syndrome, which is unproven and has not been a significant focus of research.[1] The Gupta Programme has previously claimed to treat fibromyalgia and electrical sensitivities as well as ME/CFS.
Evidence[edit | edit source]
Evidence is largely limited to patient self-reports. The British Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints about the Gupta Programme being falsely advertised as a treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome/ME, fibromyalgia and "electrical sensitivities" due to the lack of scientific evidence supporting this claim.[2]
Reported harms[edit | edit source]
Some people have reported being harmed by brain training programmes, including Jen Brea, who has ME/CFS, mold-related illness and mast cell activation syndrome, and Anna Harris, who had mold-related illness.[3][4]
See also[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gupta, Ashok (2002). "Unconscious amygdalar fear conditioning in a subset ofchronic fatigue syndrome patients" (PDF). Medical Hypotheses. 59 (6): 727–735.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Practice, Advertising Standards Authority | Committee of Advertising. "Harley Street Solutions Ltd". www.asa.org.uk. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ↑ @jenbrea (February 8, 2018). "I crashed really hard from doing Gupta" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ http://anaharriswrites.com/my-brain-retraining-story/
