Dr BRC Clinic in Varanasi by Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury

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Dr BRC Clinic in Varanasi at a glance: who we are and how to reach us [वाराणसी में डॉ. बीआरसी क्लिनिक: एक नज़र में]

Dr BRC clinic Varanasi is not the name of one hospital. The Dr BRC organisation's own clinic directory listed 13 Varanasi entries on 12 October 2026 and does not single out one of them, so this page treats no clinic as "the" Dr BRC clinic.^[1] Lucknow Naturopathy, in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, delivers Dr. BRC protocol-based diet and lifestyle programmes in Varanasi, alongside your own doctor, never instead.

Who we are and who we are not in Varanasi

Dr BRC clinic Varanasi address, phone number and timings [पता, फोन और समय]

The brand's own Varanasi page^[2] and other pages that use the Dr BRC name show different Varanasi addresses and phone numbers, which we do not reproduce here. This page does not claim an entry for us in the brand's directory. Confirm by phone before you travel, and see how to check any Dr BRC clinic in Varanasi.

How do I book a first call?

1. Call or WhatsApp us, or use the contact page.
2. Tell us your medicines and send recent reports.
3. We explain what a first visit involves and confirm the address and timings. If you take insulin, a sulfonylurea or an SGLT2 inhibitor, or have kidney disease, are pregnant or have had an eating disorder, see your own doctor first.

In an emergency do not wait for a reply: the Varanasi district portal lists ambulance 102 and 108 and police 112 (page dated 8 July 2024).^[3] More in where to get tests and emergency care in Varanasi.

Before you pay

How to check any Dr BRC clinic in Varanasi: directory, certificates and questions [वाराणसी में किसी भी डॉ. बीआरसी क्लिनिक की जाँच कैसे करें]

You can check whether a Dr BRC clinic is genuine instead of taking it on trust. At every Dr BRC clinic in Varanasi you find, ask three things: who will see me, which directory entry is yours, and can I see the practitioner's certificates and the clinic's registration. The same questions apply to us.

What the Dr. BRC directory lists for Varanasi

On 12 October 2026 we counted the brand's own clinic directory. It has 901 rows for India, and 13 show VARANASI as the city. A search for Banaras, Benares and Kashi found no further rows.^[1]

Each row gives a name, a city and state, and a "Click to Visit" link that opens the same Google form for every row. Four of the 13 also carry a "Click to View" file. No row shows an address, phone number, hours or services.^[1] The page says listed clinics are "trained and authorized under Dr Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury's health programs".^[1] So a listing shows that an entry exists, not the premises, the qualifications or current activity.

The brand's Clinic@Home page says students of its CIM course (Certification Course in Integrated Medicine), naturopaths, yoga therapists and others apply through a registration form and, "once verified", are added to the Dr. BRC network.^[4],[5] It publishes no franchise fee, agreement or territory rules.^[4] So the published network rules do not identify any one clinic as "the" Dr BRC clinic of Varanasi, and we make no such claim.

Which Dr BRC page says what: a source-by-source table

Documents and questions before you pay

• The practitioner's full name and certificates, with issuing body and year. Ask to see the originals.
• Which directory name is theirs, and any written authorisation from the Dr. BRC organisation.
• Whether the premises is registered as a clinical establishment. Uttar Pradesh has adopted the Clinical Establishments Act, 2010, the law that governs registration of clinics and hospitals.^[6] Ask to see the registration.
• The fee in writing, what it includes and the refund rule.
• Whether you must buy any product or supplement.
• Confirmation that nobody will ask you to stop or reduce a medicine.
• A written plan you can show your own doctor.

Pay only after you have seen the premises and the certificates. Check that the signboard, receipt and Maps listing match the name you were given on the phone. Ask us these questions too. Our Lucknow practitioners' qualifications are on our team page, and what naturopathy, Ayurveda and homeopathy qualifications mean explains how to read any title.

Why the same name appears at different addresses

The brand's site and each third-party page publish their own address and number, so you can meet more than one address under one name.^[2]

For other cities, our pages on Dr BRC clinic Kanpur and Dr BRC clinic Gorakhpur set out their directory counts. The Lucknow page has a longer claims checklist.

Varanasi district data

What do NFHS-5 survey numbers say about health in Varanasi district?

In the National Family Health Survey, NFHS-5 (2019-21), Varanasi district's figures for two health measures, women's waist-to-hip ratio and men's blood pressure, were higher than both Uttar Pradesh and India.^[7],[8],[9] Among women aged 15-49, 67.1% had a high-risk waist-to-hip ratio, against 56.8% in Uttar Pradesh. Among men aged 15 and over, 27.1% had raised blood pressure or took blood pressure medicine, against 21.7% in Uttar Pradesh and 24.0% in India (the men's figure rests on only 195 men).^[7],[8],[9] Women's anaemia was lower than in both.^[7],[8],[9]

of women 15-49 had a high-risk waist-to-hip ratio (0.85 or more)NFHS-5, 2019-21^[7]

67.1%

of men 15+ had raised blood pressure (140/90 or more) or took BP medicine (195 men interviewed)NFHS-5, 2019-21^[7]

27.1%

of women 15-49 were overweight or obese (BMI 25 or more), up from 18.1% in NFHS-4 (2015-16)NFHS-5, 2019-21^[7]

22.6%

of women 15-49 were anaemic, down from 50.9% in NFHS-4NFHS-5, 2019-21^[7]

37.6%

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and India side by side

Where Varanasi is higher and where it is lower

Varanasi is above both for women's waist-to-hip ratio and men's raised blood pressure, though the men's figure comes from a small sample. Men's mildly raised blood pressure was 20.9% against 15.2% in Uttar Pradesh.^[7],[8] Women's blood pressure (19.0%) and overweight (22.6%) sit close to the state's 18.4% and 21.3%.^[7],[8]

Blood sugar readings are below India for both sexes, though men's 12.6% is above the state's 11.6%.^[7],[8],[9] Women's anaemia was well below the state (50.4%) and India (57.0%).^[7],[8],[9] Outside health measures, 71.5% of Varanasi households cooked with clean fuel against 49.5% in Uttar Pradesh.^[7],[8]

How to read these numbers

Blood sugar in NFHS-5 was a random finger-prick reading, not a fasting test, and the sheet reports no HbA1c (laboratory) result.^[7] "High" counts anyone above 140 mg/dl or taking medicine for blood sugar. That makes it a screening signal, not a diagnosis (our reading of the survey method). The sheet never uses the word diabetes.^[7]

Blood pressure here comes from readings taken at a single survey visit, or from taking blood pressure medicine, so it is not a diagnosis either. Raised blood pressure usually causes no symptoms, so the only way to know is to have it measured. In the survey, "mildly raised" means a top number of 140-159 and/or a bottom number of 90-99.^[7] Waist-to-hip ratio and BMI (a weight-for-height measure) are measurements, not diseases. If a figure sounds like you, ask your own doctor for a test and advice; see our medical disclaimer and more questions answered.

A separate national study, ICMR-INDIAB (fieldwork 2008-2020), found diabetes in 11.4% and prediabetes in 15.3% of Indian adults.^[11] It put diabetes in Uttar Pradesh at 4.8%, the lowest of any state; the survey ran in phases between 2008 and 2020, so the state figure may not reflect today.^[11],[12] Its authors note that the large population means even a small rise adds up to many people.^[12] INDIAB and NFHS used different methods, so their figures cannot be compared directly, and a low state figure is no reason to skip a check.

Diagnosis and emergencies

Where to get tests and emergency care in Varanasi: a conventional care map and red flags [जाँच और आपातकालीन इलाज के लिए कहाँ जाएँ]

Emergency numbers listed by Varanasi district

• Police Helpline: 112^[3]
• Ambulance Helpline: 102^[3]
• Ambulance Helpline-UP: 108^[3]

Where a person can be examined or seen in an emergency

We list these only as places where a person can be examined, tested or seen in an emergency. This is not a ranking or a recommendation, and your own doctor's plan comes first. If you live with diabetes or high blood pressure, ask your doctor, or a government OPD, which tests you need. Take your medicine list and recent reports to every appointment.

Warning signs that need a doctor, not a diet change

• Low blood sugar in someone who takes insulin or a sulfonylurea: sweating, shaking, hunger, a racing heart or confusion, with a reading below 70 mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L). Take fast-acting sugar if you are awake and can swallow, and get urgent help if it does not clear, keeps coming back, or the person is drowsy or cannot be woken. Below 54 mg/dL (3.0 mmol/L) is the American Diabetes Association's level 2 low.^[17]
• Nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, fast breathing or unusual drowsiness in someone with diabetes who is eating very little or fasting, especially on an SGLT2 inhibitor (a diabetes tablet). Go to an emergency department the same day, even if the sugar reading is not very high. The American Diabetes Association lists very-low-carbohydrate diets and prolonged fasting as risk factors for ketoacidosis (acid build-up) in type 2 diabetes treated with SGLT2 inhibitors.^[17]
• Missed insulin in type 1 diabetes, or vomiting, stomach pain, fast breathing or drowsiness in anyone who takes insulin. Diabetic ketoacidosis can be life-threatening and needs emergency care.^[18]
• Chest pain, fainting, new confusion, sudden weakness or trouble speaking.
• A foot wound that is red, swollen or turning black.

See the full red-flags list on our Lucknow page. Read our medical disclaimer. Only your treating doctor changes medicines. For questions about our own programme, contact us.

The founder and the diet in brief

Who is Dr. Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury, and what does the DIP diet ask you to do?

Dr. Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury, known as Dr BRC, is the creator of the DIP diet, a plant-based eating plan with fixed rules, according to his official website.^[19]

Dr. Chowdhury in four attributed facts

• According to his own website, he is an engineer by education.^[20]
• The same site lists a "PhD (Hon.) in Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Diseases". "Hon." means honorary, so this is an honorary doctorate, not a medical degree. The page does not claim an MBBS or MD, and mentions an unspecified "post-graduation in Diabetes".^[20]
• The brand's own analysis page says critics point out that he does not hold an MBBS degree.^[21]
• The biswaroop.com footer names Dynamic Memory Pvt Ltd as the company behind the site, and the site's DIP page presents him as the diet's creator.^[19],[20]

DIP diet kya hai: the published rules in brief

The DIP diet is a set of eating rules published by Dr. Chowdhury's brand, which expands DIP as "Disciplined & Intelligent Person's Diet".^[19] The cards below give the rules as published at biswaroop.com and drbrc.in, read 12 October 2026. We report them as published; they are not a plan for you, and nothing on this page replaces your own doctor's advice.

ICMR-NIN's 2024 dietary guidelines list milk, eggs and meat as options for some groups, such as pregnant women and children.^[23] The booklet does not describe a plant-only plan, so it is a personal choice to discuss with your doctor or dietitian.^[23] Never stop or change a prescribed medicine or supplement because of any diet page, ours included. Your treating doctor decides that.

For the full biography and the complete rules, read the founder and DIP diet sections of our Lucknow page. To understand the field our practitioners work in, see what naturopathy means.

The evidence in brief

What does research say about diet and type 2 diabetes remission, and about the DIP diet?

Type 2 diabetes can go into remission, mostly after large, supervised weight loss, and we found no published trial showing that the DIP diet does this.^[24] Remission is a test result, not a cure, and the expert group behind the definition advised avoiding the word "cure".^[25] It means HbA1c (average blood sugar over about three months) below 6.5%, measured at least 3 months after stopping glucose-lowering medicines.^[25]

Claim by claim: what the research record shows

What this means if you read a Varanasi clinic page

If a page promises a cure, names a number of days or says "clinically proven", ask which study it relies on and note the title, journal and year. The trials support weight loss, better food quality and activity alongside medical care, not instead of it. If you take insulin or other diabetes medicines, doses may need to change when your food changes, and only your treating doctor can decide that.

Depth: our remission evidence and study-by-study DIP diet audit. On this page: who should not follow the DIP diet without a doctor and how to check any Dr BRC clinic in Varanasi.

Safety

Who should not follow the DIP diet without their own doctor?

Anyone who takes insulin, a sulfonylurea or an SGLT2 inhibitor, and anyone with type 1 diabetes, kidney disease, pregnancy or an eating disorder history, should ask their own doctor before changing how they eat.

Medicines that can cause problems when you eat less

Insulin, sulfonylureas (tablets such as glimepiride, glipizide and gliclazide, which make the body release more insulin) and meglitinides can cause low blood sugar when you eat less, and fasting is a recognised risk factor.^[17] Ask the doctor who prescribes them before you change how you eat or fast, including a religious fast.

SGLT2 inhibitors (dapagliflozin, empagliflozin) can cause ketoacidosis, a build-up of acids in the blood. The American Diabetes Association lists very-low-carbohydrate diets, prolonged fasting, dehydration and heavy alcohol as risk factors, and says doctors should consider holding these medicines when oral intake cannot be maintained.^[17] A modest sugar reading does not rule it out, so a doctor should make that call.^[17]

Who should not start without medical advice

• Type 1 diabetes, or anyone who needs insulin to stay well.
• Kidney disease or dialysis: ask for a plan from your kidney doctor or a renal dietitian.
• Pregnancy, breastfeeding or planning a pregnancy.
• Anyone under 18.
• Any history of an eating disorder.
• Older or frail adults, and people who are underweight.
• Anyone on medicines for diabetes or blood pressure, until their doctor agrees.

The brand's own DIP page lists the DIP diet side effects it expects: shortfalls of vitamin B12, iron, zinc, omega-3, calcium, vitamin D and protein. It says older adults, pregnant people, people with anaemia and insulin-resistant people should avoid the diet long term.^[22] That is the brand's caution, not a trial result.

Start with your own doctor. Our care map for tests and emergencies shows where a person can be examined in Varanasi. Read the full safety section on our Lucknow page, our medical disclaimer and is naturopathy safe: side effects and evidence.

Lifestyle support, not treatment

What do national guidelines and trials say about food, walking and yoga for waist size, blood pressure and blood sugar?

Two readings stand out in Varanasi's NFHS-5 survey (2019-21). Among women aged 15-49, 67.1% had a high-risk waist-to-hip ratio (0.85 or more), against 56.8% in Uttar Pradesh. Among men, 27.1% had a raised reading at the survey visit or took blood pressure medicine, against 21.7% in the state; only 195 men were interviewed, so that figure is imprecise.^[7][8] These are survey measures, not diagnoses. National guidance (ICMR-NIN, 2024) covers food, activity and sleep.^[23] Lifestyle support sits alongside medical care, not in place of it.

What food, walking and yoga can add

What lifestyle support does not do

It does not replace medicines or tests, and it is not medical care for diabetes, obesity or high blood pressure. If you take insulin or a sulfonylurea (a tablet that makes the body release more insulin), eating less can push sugar too low, so tell your treating doctor before you change how you eat. Results vary, and nobody should start, stop or change a medicine because of a web page. Our Lucknow centre offers yoga classes and diet counselling for general wellbeing, not as treatment for any condition. For what is offered in Varanasi, call +91 88742 06748. The Lucknow page goes into more depth on lifestyle and medical care.

Eating in practice

What does a plant-forward day look like with foods Varanasi readers know?

What UP men report eating, beside Varanasi men's blood-pressure figures

No survey we found reports what Varanasi district eats, so these are Uttar Pradesh figures.

Varanasi men's raised blood-pressure figure (27.1% in NFHS-5, 2019-21, from only 195 men) is in the Varanasi NFHS-5 section. The district fact sheet has no adult diet data and does not link this figure to food.^[7]

A sample day built from ICMR-NIN advice, using familiar foods

ICMR-NIN, the government's National Institute of Nutrition, advises whole grains or millets with pulses (dals and beans), at least 400 g of vegetables a day, limited ghee and butter, added salt of at most 5 g and sugar below 5% of energy.^[23]

• Morning: a sattu drink, or roti with a vegetable sabzi.
• Midday: dal and sabzi with roti, plus a salad or extra vegetables.
• Afternoon: a piece of fruit, or a salad.
• Evening: litti-chokha, with ghee and oil kept small.
• Dinner: a lighter dal and sabzi with roti, or brinjal chokha.

ICMR-NIN also advises including milk, eggs and meat, particularly for pregnant and lactating women, children and adolescents;^[23] the DIP diet as published avoids animal food, including milk products.^[19] This sample has none, so it is incomplete for those groups.

No ICMR-NIN or NFHS source rates any Varanasi dish healthy or unhealthy, so we do not. What changes the picture is portion, oil, ghee and salt.^[23] For a plan fitted to you, see a personalised diet plan at our Lucknow centre.

Eating and drinking well in a Varanasi summer

The Orange-alert drinks in the Varanasi Heat Action Plan (see air quality and heat in Varanasi) include lassi and buttermilk, which are milk products that the DIP diet avoids.^[29][19] With diabetes, or on blood-pressure or kidney medicines, ask your doctor which drinks suit you and how much, because some contain sugar or salt. More in more questions answered.

Visit planning

Getting to Varanasi, and walking or doing yoga in its air and heat

This section gives sourced facts on reaching the city and on what its air and heat mean for walking or yoga.

Reaching Varanasi: airport, stations and the road from Lucknow

You can reach Varanasi by air, rail or road. The district portal (page dated 28 May 2019, so treat figures as approximate) puts Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport 22 km from the city, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction 16 km away and Lucknow, where our head centre is, 286 km by road.^[30]

The airport is run by the Airports Authority of India.^[31] The same portal page names Varanasi Cantt railway station (enquiry number 135) and the UPSRTC and Golgadda bus stands.^[30] Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction itself lies in neighbouring Chandauli district.

Census 2011 counted 3,676,841 people in the district, 2,079,790 (about 57%) of them rural.^[32] Ask us for the clinic address and directions before you set out, and carry your earlier reports.

Air quality: what 42 CPCB spot days show for walking and yoga

On 36 of the 42 CPCB spot days we checked, Varanasi's Air Quality Index (AQI) was Good or Satisfactory. Six days were Moderate and none was Poor. That is a small sample, not a seasonal picture.^[33]

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) lists Varanasi among 131 non-attainment cities, meaning cities not meeting national air standards (list created October 2022). Its entry, no. 119, is a list position, not a pollution rank.^[34] CPCB's AQI bands are Good 0-50, Satisfactory 51-100 and Moderate 101-200 ("breathing discomfort to the people with lungs, asthma and heart diseases"). At Poor, 201-300, it lists "breathing discomfort to most people on prolonged exposure".^[33]

Our tally covers 42 CPCB bulletins, for the 1st and 15th of each month from 15 January 2025 to 1 October 2026. We read the Varanasi row, a 24-hour average at 4 PM.^[33]

A 24-hour average can hide higher peaks, for example in the morning, and CPCB itself notes that city values average several stations and can vary across locations.^[33] On Moderate days, people with lung, asthma or heart disease may prefer indoor yoga and should ask their treating doctor. ICMR-NIN advises adults a minimum of 30-45 minutes of brisk walking or other moderate-intensity activity.^[23] If you take insulin or a sulfonylurea, exercise can also lower your blood sugar, so ask your doctor how to prepare and carry fast-acting sugar with you. Stop and get urgent care for chest pain, fainting or unusual breathlessness.

Summer heat: IMD colour codes and the Varanasi Heat Action Plan

The Varanasi Heat Action Plan uses India Meteorological Department (IMD) colour codes set by maximum temperature: Yellow 40-43 C, Orange 44-46 C and Red 47 C or more. It says summer typically lasts March to June, with the dry heat called "Loo" particularly oppressive.^[29]

• Yellow (40-43 C): the plan suggests avoiding heat exposure, wearing light, loose cotton clothes and covering your head.^[29]
• Orange (44-46 C): it adds drinking sufficient water, even if not thirsty, and ORS or homemade drinks such as lassi, rice water, lemon water or buttermilk.^[29]
• Red (47 C or more): it calls for extreme care for vulnerable people.^[29]

The plan states Varanasi reached 47.2 C in 2024, citing a June 2024 news report. In line with its advice, we suggest skipping afternoon outdoor exercise on Yellow, Orange or Red days. Dehydration is a risk factor for ketoacidosis with SGLT2 inhibitors,^[17] so if you take diabetes or blood pressure medicines, ask your treating doctor how much to drink in the heat, especially if you have kidney or heart disease. Get urgent care for confusion, fainting or a very fast pulse in the heat. For heat illness or breathing trouble, see where to get tests and emergency care in Varanasi.

On hot or poor-air days a short indoor practice is a fair fallback. The yoga evidence (see what the research says) is for yoga added to usual care, and does not show yoga can replace walking.^[28] If you have diabetic eye disease, numb feet or uncontrolled blood pressure, ask your doctor which postures are safe for you. If you are visiting Lucknow, see yoga practice at our Lucknow centre.

Costs

Dr BRC clinic Varanasi fees: what is published and what to ask

This page states no fee for the Varanasi clinic, because fees are confirmed when you call +91 88742 06748 or message +91 88742 06748. Do not assume the Lucknow fees apply there. Our own published rates are on the pricing page, and the fees section for our Lucknow head centre shows them beside the brand's prices.

What the Dr. BRC organisation publishes, as of 12 October 2026

Questions to ask about any Varanasi fee

• The fee in writing, and what it includes.
• The practitioner's name and qualification certificates, before you pay.
• A receipt in the name shown on the signboard.
• The refund rule, before you pay.
• Whether anything must be bought (products, supplements, app registration), and whether that money goes to the clinic or the Dr. BRC organisation.
• How many follow-ups the fee covers.
• Whether any health insurance or scheme applies. We state no cover here.

In NFHS-5 (district fact sheet, 2020-21), 12.8% of Varanasi households had any usual member covered by a health insurance or financing scheme, against 41.0% across India; the survey notes that Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY was not fully rolled out then, so its coverage may not be fully counted.^[7],[9] So many households had no such cover recorded. Get every cost in writing. Read our insurance information before assuming any cover applies.

Judging claims

Dr BRC clinic Varanasi reviews: how to judge claims, ratings and results

Dr BRC clinic Varanasi reviews are hard to judge because more than one web page uses that name or a close variant, at different addresses. A review or rating on a page you cannot verify is not evidence about any clinic.

Three checks for any review, count or result

1. Ask how many people, over what period, and who counted. A figure like "10k+ patients" or a 4.8 rating means little without the headcount, the period and who counted.
2. Treat a lab value in a story as one person's number. A testimonial quoting an HbA1c reading (a three-month blood sugar average) is not a result you can expect. In August 2017 the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), the advertising self-regulator, found an advertisement that showed efficacy through before-and-after images misleading.^[36]
3. Pause at certain words. Cure, "reversal", medicine-free, zero side effects, "only" or "first" clinic, and promises counted in days need a document you can open. In the same release ASCI found a "72 hrs" diabetes advertisement by Dr Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury misleading (details in the public record).^[36]

This page carries no testimonials, star ratings, patient stories or before-and-after pictures, and we will publish none. The brand's own Varanasi page, read on 12 October 2026, shows named testimonials, a patient-count claim and a star rating. It is marketing text, and we neither repeat nor endorse those figures.^[2]

If a review still matters to you, check who wrote it and when, whether it describes a real visit, and whether the same wording appears on other pages. Treat any review that mentions stopping a medicine as a warning sign and show it to your own doctor. Then ask the clinic for its practitioner's name and certificates before you pay.

Our Lucknow page has the fuller list of warning signs, and our medical disclaimer lists what we do not claim.

Public record

The public record on Dr. Chowdhury and the DIP diet: a short, neutral summary

This is the dated public record on Dr. Chowdhury in brief, as of 12 October 2026. None of it concerns a Varanasi clinic.

The full dated timeline is in the public-record section of our Lucknow page. If a date or quotation here looks wrong, please send us a correction.

Before you decide

Next steps: what to do before you book in Varanasi

• If you take insulin or any diabetes, blood pressure or kidney medicine, see your own doctor before you change your diet. Do not change any medicine yourself.
• Before you pay any Dr BRC clinic in Varanasi, ours included, ask for the practitioner's name, qualification certificates and fee in writing. Our checklist lists what to look for.
• Call or WhatsApp us to confirm the clinic address and timings before you travel. For tests and emergency care, use a hospital, not a diet clinic.