The Dr. Tyna Show
Can You Catch Chronic Disease? The Truth About Contagious Microbiomes | Quick + Dirty
17 Apr 2025
EP 206: In this quick and dirty, I’m diving straight into one of the most controversial things I’ve said recently - and trust me, it stirred up some serious heat on a recent social media post. After appearing on Codie Sanchez’s podcast and dropping a bomb about how certain chronic diseases might actually be contagious (yeah, you read that right), the internet went wild. I’m breaking down why I stand by it, what the data shows, and how our microbiomes, social circles, and even online interactions might be influencing our health way more than we thought. Sponsored By: → Puori | Go to Puori.com/drtyna and use code DRTYNA to get 20% off → LVLUP | Head over to LVLUPHealth.com and use code DRTYNA at checkout to get 20% off your order sitewide. → Timeline | Timeline is offering 10% off your order of Mitopure Go to timeline.com/drtyna. On This Episode We Cover: → 00:00:00 – Introduction → 00:03:43 – Can Microbiomes Be Contagious? → 00:04:44 – What Drives Chronic Disease Risk → 00:06:40 – How Proximity Impacts Your Health → 00:08:29 – Root Causes of Chronic Illness → 00:09:57 – Why This Matters for Public Policy → 00:13:49 – Rethinking the Hygiene Hypothesis → 00:16:21 – The Danger of Microbiome Loss → 00:17:17 – Your Inner Circle Affects Your Health Show Links: → Dr Tyna on Codie Sanchez → Are Noncommunicable Diseases Communicable? → The Hygiene Hypothesis, The Covid Pandemic, And Consequences For The Human Microbiome → Impact Of Obesity On Influenza A Virus Pathogenesis, Immune Response, And Evolution → Obesity-Related Microenvironment Promotes Emergence of Virulent Influenza Virus Strains → Transfer Of Gut Microbiota From Lean And Obese Mice To Antibiotic-Treated Mice Further Listening: → EP. 172: GLP-1 Agonists and the Gut Microbiome: Unveiling Their Role in Metabolic Health | Solo Disclaimer: Information provided in this podcast is for informational purposes only. This information is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional, or any information contained on or in any product. Do not use the information provided in this podcast for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or other supplement, or using any treatment for a health problem. Information provided in this blog/podcast and the use of any products or services related to this podcast by you does not create a doctor-patient relationship between you and Dr. Tyna Moore. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent ANY disease.
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So let's jump in without any hesitation whatsoever because I actually believe this and I'm going to share with you something that stirred quite a controversy the past few weeks. I was on the awesome Cody Sanchez's podcast. I flew to Austin. I got to be on her show. She's such a rad chick, you guys. You got to check out her pod. I hope to get her on mine.
But she asked me a question based on something that I had said in the past, which was that our disease processes beyond the ones that are known to be contagious are actually contagious.
Things like high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, what are considered non-communicable diseases are potentially indeed communicable, meaning contagious, meaning you can catch them from proximity to somebody else who has them. And She made a reel about it, she shared it, she's got millions of followers and boy, oh boy, was there some heat back on me.
And I wanna say this first, correlation is not causation, meaning just because two things are correlated does not necessarily mean one caused the other, right? But that said, I'm going to share with you some data. And I think that what's been emerging is more recent. I really started hearing about this in 2020. I had heard about it in the past.
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