Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury

Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury, also known as Dr BRC is a medical nutritionist and an advocate for holistic medicine, who is best known for The "DIP Diet", a method to reverse diabetes in 72 hours.

He is also an author of 30 books on memory, mind, body and a two time winner of Guinness World Records.

Biswaroop's online presence, including various YouTube and social media accounts, has faced restrictions due to concerns about disseminating information that some consider misleading, however, many, including his patients and peers, concur that his evidence-based findings are accurate and genuine.

ASCI further stated that in making claims of curing diabetes, the advertisement was in breach of the law as it violated the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954.

A criminal complaint was filed against Chowdhury for falsely claiming to be a medical practitioner, offering fraudulent treatments, and failing to provide emergency care at courses he has run.

In 2005, Chowdhury worked on the Hindi film Yaad Rakhenge Aap, which claimed could somehow enhance the viewer's memory, and in 2006 he announced the film Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. This triggered a dispute with director Karan Johar, who was making his own film under the same name; both claimed that the title was registered with them.

Indian health officials have referred to his "miracle diabetes cure" as fraudulent.

The Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) in 2016 and 2017 found Chowdhury's advertisement for 'Diabetes Type 1 & Type 2 Cure in 72 Hrs' was false and grossly misleading.

In August 2020, during the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, Chowdhury shared a video on YouTube, of a group of activists calling for dropping the use of face masks, who claimed that masks are a "form of slavery" and an ineffective method to control the virus.

This sparked a media smear campaign against Chaudhary, which has since been discredited, and Chaudhary still has a following of millions on social media.

Several of Chowdhury's claims and theories surrounding COVID-19 have been debunked by multiple media outlets such as Firstpost, including his claims that face masks are ineffective at containing virus droplets.

His YouTube video promoting anti-mask conspiracy theories was taken down by Twitter for violating their terms of use.