Ep.31: Cracking the Inflammation Code with Dr. Shivani Gupta
What if inflammation isn’t simply an inevitable part of aging, but a signal that your body is asking for something different?
In this episode of Root Causes: Vibrant Health, Elizabeth Tringali sits down with Ayurvedic practitioner, turmeric researcher, and author Dr. Shivani Gupta to explore how the ancient principles of Ayurveda can be combined with modern functional medicine to support a more personalized approach to health.
Dr. Gupta breaks down the three Ayurvedic body types, or doshas, and explains how understanding your own “elemental design” can influence the way you eat, sleep, exercise, manage stress, and support digestion. She also shares the six pillars behind her book, The Inflammation Code, including circadian rhythm, digestive health, Ayurvedic self-care practices, and the use of herbs and spices.
The conversation then dives into Dr. Gupta’s specialty: turmeric and curcumin. She explains the difference between culinary turmeric and concentrated curcumin, why absorption matters, and what current research is exploring around curcumin, inflammatory pathways, gut health, brain health, metabolism, and healthy aging.
Elizabeth and Dr. Gupta also discuss sleep, neuroinflammation, digestive “fire,” intermittent fasting, sugar and alcohol, and the small daily habits that may have a much bigger impact on long-term health than we realize.
If you’re interested in inflammation, functional medicine, Ayurveda, longevity, or simply understanding how to work withyour body rather than against it, this episode offers a fascinating bridge between ancient wisdom and modern science.
Dr. Gupta’s Book:
Dr. Gupta’s Turmeric:
@dr.shivanigupta
Tringali Vibrant Health:
Our Guest:
Ilona Fotek, DMD, MS, NMD, IBDM
“Dr. Shivani Gupta is an Ayurvedic practitioner, turmeric researcher, and speaker who blends classical Ayurveda with functional medicine to help women calm inflammation, balance their hormones, and restore energy. With a master’s in Ayurvedic Sciences and a PhD focused on Turmeric, she translates ancient wisdom into simple daily rituals. Elemental design, personalization, mental inflammation, resets gut astro-balomer support, and spice-based micro habits.
Her book, The Inflammation Code by Hay House, February, 2026, is a practical non-diet system for cooling chronic inflammation to improve brain fog, bloat, pain, sleep, and mood. Dr. Shivani is the host of the Fusionary Health Podcast and creator, host of the Emmy nominated TV show, Vibrant Health with Shivani Gupta, syndicated across the Southeast with a DME research of six million. Sawed after an educator for midlife hormone health and metabolism, her work has been featured in Mind Body Green, Wellness Summits, and regional TV and radio.
She’s spent over 20 years helping women and families build sustainable routines that actually stick, in real life. Learn more at shivanigupta.com, that’s shivanigupta.com.”
Your Host:
Elizabeth Tringali, PA-C
Elizabeth Tringali, PA-C is a functional medicine expert and founder of Tringali Vibrant Health, an integrative and functional medicine practice in South Florida. With more than two decades of clinical experience, Elizabeth takes a personalized, root-cause approach to health, bringing together advanced diagnostics, functional medicine, regenerative therapies and emerging longevity science.
As host of the Tringali Vibrant Health Podcast, Elizabeth sits down with leading physicians, researchers, scientists and innovators to explore the latest thinking in health, longevity and human performance—and translate it into conversations people can actually use.