MEET DR SIDDHANT BHARGAVA .

Dr. Siddhant Bhargava

Co-Founder of Food Darzee, Fitness & Nutritional Scientist at JG’S Fitness Centre.

Dr Siddhant Bhargava, 26, comes from a family of doctors. But he lost interest in formal medicine when he was diagnosed with lupus in his fifth year of medical school. Today, he’s one of the four partners at Food Darzee, a healthy kitchen, plans diets for celebrities like Alia Bhatt and is known for his super informative medical Reels.

You can do many more things with your degree now, but you are still bound to that field. I’m not sitting in a clinic but my Reels teach aspects of medicine. The degree gives me credibility,” says SiddhantIn a world rife with fad diets and trendy workout regimens, it can be overwhelming for the layman to make an educated choice towards a healthier lifestyle. There are, however, those who aim to decode diets and put an end to formulaic fitness.

This is exactly where Dr. Siddhant Bhargava – medical doctor, Ketogenic diet specialist, celebrity nutritionist and co-founder at Food Darzee gains an upper hand. The son of an internationally renowned performance enhancement coach, Shalini Bhargava, Dr. Sid (as he is popularly known) is a disruptor in the truest sense. He has shaken up conventional nutrition ideas and affirms that there is no one-size-fits-all policy when it comes to meeting fitness goals. Till date he has dealt with close to 3,500 clients leading them to shed around 20,000 kgs of stubborn body fat, thus supporting their weight loss goals.

After having completed MBBS from Nair Hospital in Mumbai, Siddhant proceeded to co-found Food Darzee – a health and nutrition company that prepares customized meals based on individual dietary requirements coupled with fitness goals.

Adding another feather to his professional qualification, Dr. Siddhant Bhargava is also a certified personal and a Stott Pilates trainer at JG’S Fitness Centre which is one of the most well-equipped fitness stations in Mumbai. His fitness credentials from the Indian Fitness & Aerobics Institute add to an already unique skill set. His first-ever stint with fitness came after he was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition at a young age. Back then Siddhant experienced weight gain as a side effect of his treatment. The young go-getter instead of getting disheartened embraced this discouragement and channeled it towards bettering his lifestyle choices. This led to the birth of an all-consuming hunger (quite literally) for seeking out the best in nutrition and fitness.

Siddhant functions in consultation with over 3,500 clients including some esteemed celebrities such as Sonam Kapoor, Sarah Ali Khan, Amit Sadh, Zaira Wasim, Rohit Roy, Sonakshi Sinha, Sohail Khan, Esha Gupta, Prince Narula, Minisha Lambha, Sharman Joshi, Samir Soni, Harman Baweja, Sweta Salve, Yuvika Chaudhari, Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla, Archana Kocchar, Rohit Verma, Alia bhatt, Akanksha Ranjan Kapoor, Jubin Nautiyal, Rahul Vaidya, Helen & Anita Hassanandani under his belt.

 randomly met someone I had known in school who was also into fitness, and we sat there cribbing about how our mothers won’t let us get chicken into the house. That’s when the idea of Food Darzee was born,” says Siddhant.

For millennials, careers are about survival. “How is a young doctor supposed to compare with a doctor who has 30 years of experience? Youngsters have to do things differently due to overpopulation,” Siddhant says.

Siddhant brings a unique perspective as well as medical legitimacy to the brand and is undoubtedly the driving force behind the brand’s success story.