In this conversational interview, host Bhavna speaks with Dr. Preeti Nanda Sibal, a functional‑medicine practitioner, about her upcoming masterclass titled “Master the Art of Losing Weight Without Dieting” scheduled for 21 June, 5‑6 PM. Dr. Sibal explains functional medicine as a “why” approach that looks beneath symptoms (the iceberg model) and integrates physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health. She shares her personal experience with yo‑yo weight and identifies emotional eating as the hidden driver. The discussion highlights how restrictive dieting triggers stress‑induced bingeing, especially during periods of change such as the COVID‑19 lockdown. Dr. Sibal outlines three concrete takeaways for participants: (1) a self‑assessment to determine if one is an emotional eater and a grading system from 1 to 6; (2) learning “food freedom” – creating personal, non‑restrictive food rules that sustain health; and (3) rekindling self‑love. The interview serves both as an introduction to functional‑medicine concepts and a promotional preview of the masterclass, urging listeners to attend for lasting transformation.
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Good afternoon, Dr. Preeti. I'm happy to have you today. I've been really listening a lot about you and every Every time I listen, the one thing which attracts me is your functional medicine expert. So what it is exactly?
So Bhavna, thanks for having me here. And functional medicine basically means we work on the why of the problem. So in functional medicine, we believe that physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health are one because we are one human being. So if you are having mood swings, we will work on your gut health. And your hormone balancing and your mood swings will improve.
Okay, so you are talking about something called iceberg model where you work beneath the problem instead of the symptoms which are openly visible, isn't it?
Yes, yes, and you have put it very beautifully. Yeah, thank you.
Okay, I recently got attracted towards your upcoming, uh, you know, event which is on Sunday at 5 PM. And it says that master the art of losing weight without dieting. So yes, everyone would like to, you know, master art of losing weight. So how come without dieting? Are you, you know, challenging all the dietitians, or you're challenging my way of dieting?
No, so I think I'm not doing that, but yes, I'm wanting to bring forth a new concept which I understood in the last 10 years. I have always been obese and I come from obese Punjabi family, right? So I was always doing— my weight was like yo-yo all the time. But since I started doing functional medicine, I realized what's the why of my yo-yo weight. And what came up was, Bhavna, very interesting. I do emotional eating.
Don't tell me. I think all of us are emotional and how emotional eating added the whole factor. Nothing for me.
Exactly, it does. Because what happens is when we are restricting because we are dieting, yeah, the moment we come under stress or something, our mind says, today is my day, I will go berserk and crazy. And whatever we have done in the last 1 month, 15 days or so, everything comes back.
Yes, even I have observed same during my periods or time around that. I tend to eat more 3-4 days before, and whatever maybe 2-3 kgs I try to shed off, I tend to eat and regain again. Right now I got simple hint behind it.
Yes, very beautiful, Babna, because And that's the reason why I took this time to bring this out, was because of COVID everybody's home.
True.
Everybody's, you know, learning a lot of new things, but at the same time, everybody is in stress. Why in stress? Because change is equal to stress. We've been forced to stay inside, and that's a change, and that means stress. So I thought, what better time to talk about emotional eating when everybody is eating emotionally. Wow.
So if I may ask you, I'm gonna spend almost 1 hour with you on that day. What will be major takeaway for me, you know, after that session?
Wow. So Bhavna, you will have 3 major takeaways. One, you will know whether you are an emotional eater or not.
Don't tell me. Can you tell me in that 1 hour?
Yes, and I will also grade you where you are between 1 and 6.
I'm excited.
Yeah. Second, you will learn food freedom, and from this Sunday, 21st June, 5 to 6 PM, from that day onwards, you will never stay in restrictive mode. You will make your own food rules, and you will follow those food rules, and they will be enough for you to live a healthy Life. Life.
I'm super interested now. The third reason—
third is you will fall in love with yourself once again, even more strongly than how much ever you love yourself till now.
So it is something like bring it on.
Exactly.
Looking forward for it. Thank you so much, and I'm so excited. And I would request all my friends and my acquaintances to just spare 1 hour and come and have an amazing session with Dr. Preeti and transform everybody's life forever.
Thank you, Bhavna. And my promise to all those who attend is you will remember this for life.
I'm sure, I'm sure. I'm so excited.
Me too. I'm looking forward to seeing you on 21st. Thank you.
