Some of Meghan Markle’s neighbors and employees in her luxurious Montecito development wouldn’t mind at all if their stress and anxiety limits were lowered. On the other hand, it is already too late for Charles, William, Catherine, the members of the British royal family and the courtiers who, being at their command, had to endure mood swings, complaints, anger, obsessions and capricious demands at five in the morning. tomorrow (some still refer to her as a “hysterical Californian”).
Without going into who is right in the “Windsor war”, the conventional family or the exiles of Santa Barbara, the Duchess of Sussex seems to have recognized that she has a problem: she has been photographed with an anti-stress and anti-anxiety patch on her left wrist. , popular among actors, athletes and biohackers, the millionaire businessmen of the Silicon Valley determined to “optimize their bodies” to live as long as possible.
Meghan’s patch is the best possible advertising for its manufacturer, the company NuCalm, which promotes it in a jargon that is almost impossible to understand, and basically says that it emits beta frequencies to the brain that, thanks to a complex combination of algorithms, physical laws, and mathematics, reduce anxiety and stress levels, and facilitate – with the help of headphones, a mobile application, special glasses and music – “a restful sleep of twenty minutes is equivalent to two hours of normal sleep.”
The company assures that American football coaches, players of the Golden State Warriors basketball team, pilots of the Federal Express fleet and members of the army put on their patches to reduce tension, rest, and do their work in the best conditions. possible or combat post-traumatic stress syndrome. But in appearance it is nothing more than a round sticker with a symbol, like the ones children put on, which makes it difficult to imagine how it “processes biological signals and sends them from the wrist to the brain, using neuroacoustic software that uses oscillations and vibrations to positively alter the mental state.”
The scientific community – and not so scientific – is divided regarding Meghan’s patch between believers and non-believers, in the same way that there are those who place their faith in alternative medicine or Chinese medicine, and those who consider it to be a story. . Professor Edzard Ernst, of the University of Exeter, accepts its merits in combating anxiety and stress, but his colleague Guy Leschziner, of the Department of Neurology at Kings College London, does not believe the claim that twenty minutes of “NuCalm sleep” is equivalent to two hours, and he says it seems more like “pseudo science” to him.
The most skeptical see the catch in the cost ($30 per month) of the application necessary to access the software that sends vibrations, oscillations and biological signals to the median pericardium (a traditional acupuncture pressure point) through its neuroacoustic technology, without no wire or needle, and the $80 the company charges for a package of miracle (or scientific) patches. In any case for Meghan, the basketball players and the biohackers of the Silicone Valley it is not an exorbitant amount, taking into account the thousands of euros they spend. Without going any further, the Duchess of Sussex, in the photo in which she appears with her anti-stress device, is wearing Chanel sneakers and a very expensive Hermes scarf.
A placebo for the gullible, a hoax like the old elixirs of eternal youth or a success of alternative medicine? Anything that calms Meghan down, the Windsors say, is welcome.
