The truth behind Miranda Hart's controversial chronic fatigue cure claims - as the star is accused of peddling pseudoscience READ MORE: What is Lyme disease? Miranda Hart reveals her long health battle By Emily Stearn, Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 12:03, 16 October 2024 | Updated: 12:06, 16 October 2024 e-mail View comments Comic Miranda Hart has this week come under fire for suggesting she had found a cure to her chronic fatigue syndrome. In her new autobiography the 51-year-old — best known for her BBC sitcom Miranda — recounted her three-decade battle that 'left her bedbound and without joy'. Initially diagnosed with agoraphobia, she later learned that undiagnosed Lyme disease had developed into chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).
But in her book, the star suggests the causes and solution to conditions such as long Covid and ME can be found in 'the brain's heightened stress response'. Critics have hit out at the Call The Midwife actor for peddling 'pseudoscience' and holding 'dangerously outdated' views on the conditions. In her new autobiography the 51-year-old — best known for her BBC sitcom Miranda — recounted her three-decade long health battle that initially saw her diagnosed with agoraphobia Responding to the backlash online, Hart acknowledged people had misunderstood that lessened stress was beneficial for her symptoms and that didn't mean she had found a cure in her book, the star suggests the causes a.
