63. Simmi Chopra Ayurveda Practitioner Explains How India’s Ancient Traditional Healing Can Address Illness, & How Medical Science Can Now Track Its Success Through Study of Genes Host EAB 2. 20.2025

Simmi Chopra Bhatia speaks to us about her incredible challenges such as surviving cancer, to going from being a molecular biologist to an ayurvedic practitioner now in NYC. She tells us about the specific system used to address each person's health, and how it is broken down by constitution, what foods best fit each type of person, how the purity of supplements are to be requested by patients, and how to be careful about taking up the next popular food on the horizon. Often not understanding that something like popular recipes online or on TV such as  smoothies with raw greens like kale or broccoli, when taken daily without cooking them can start to affect the body negatively without the person's knowledge, leading to other unseen health issues that have to be addressed. She put some light on the new way medical science has found that by studying how genes react to this form of healing it can track if this form of healing is a successful way to prevent disease or of healing of a disease or illness.  

Music Featured:
Will Be By Your Side by MeloMance, and Superstar by Lee Seung Hyub (J.Don) (featuring Cheeze) Solo Debut 

Guest Bio:

Simmi Chopra Bhatia is an .Ayurvedic Practitioner NYC She has completed the Ayurveda Doctor program from Kerala Ayurveda, based on BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery.)with internships in Kerala Ayurvedic hospitals and clinics. She has a double Masters in Biostatistics and Molecular Biology from Rutgers University and JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University.) She has published research articles on Ayurveda for Columbia University’s Journal of Public Health, as well as mainstream articles on Alzhiemers’ and Statins when she worked at Mt Sinai hospital and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

She has presented at NAMA (National Ayurveda Medical Association), Integrative Mental health, Global Ayurveda, Holistic lifestyle Conferences where she has spoken on topics ranging from Autoimmune diseases, chronic health problems, mental health problems, geriatric health and how Ayurveda can help in these problems. She was on a panel discussion on Millets, the non gluten grain, hosted by the Consulate General of India, in New York.  She has appeared on TV – Fox 5 DC, Good Day Chicago to discuss benefits of Ayurveda. She has done interviews for the Wall Street Journal, Green Matters, Whole Foods, The Times USA, New Beauty, and many more. She has been featured on numerous podcasts, speaking on different aspects of Ayurveda. And written blogs for News India Times newspaper. She has nearly 30k followers on TikTok where she provides simple Ayurvedic tips for health problems. She does webinars and workshops on Ayurveda nutrition at local libraries, yoga centers, and events hosted by mainstream Ayurvedic doctors in NYC, Westchester and the NJ area. She has been practicing in New York City for the past few years at SIDH Ayur, and also collaborating and working with Acupuncturist and Chiropractors.

 

Guest Contact:

https://sidhayur.com  You can contact Simmi Chopra for an appointment in person or online.

Host Contact: 

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