My story starts in Thailand, being raised in an environment where antibiotics were handed out like skittles and sugar was the main household macro. Recurrent eye, ear and tooth infections throughout my childhood quietly disrupted my microbiome, setting the stage for chronic candida overgrowth and early metabolic dysfunction in adulthood.  Tuberculosis brought on by mold exposure and years of burnout only added fuel to the fire. But it was back-to-back food poisoning in India and Thailand which left me with debilitating bloat, gastroparesis, nausea, and IBS. Despite extensive endoscopies and colonoscopies, doctors told me nothing was “wrong” — just post-infectious IBS, with no solution. 

Refusing to accept this diagnosis as my future, I quit Finance and enrolled in Naturopathic Medicine school — graduating top of class and two years early. Through advanced study and clinical application, I identified layered bacterial, fungal, and parasitic overgrowth — including the notoriously difficult liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis. My healing journey was neither linear nor quick. Years of protocol testing, clinical immersion, and relentless refinement later, I rebuilt a deeply dysbiotic gut and carved out a specialty in complex digestive conditions. So if you’ve been dismissed, misdiagnosed, or told to “manage” symptoms indefinitely — I promise you there is another path, and we can explore it together.

Tuberculosis, mold, candida, parasites, SIBO... you name it, I've hosted it.

into naturopathic medicine

my journey

tanya chopra | naturopath + nutritionist