Aaron Hartman, MD explains why a clean home matters for health. Americans spend most of their time indoors, where mold, chemicals, and carpets add to your toxin load. He points to the Harvard School of Public Health Healthy Buildings Program as a resource.
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My personal clinic. I've seen that this has been critical for a lot of patients with chronic health issues. And I personally have made it an important part of my life. And that's the environment. Having a clean environment. Not just clean water and clean food, but also the clean air. The average American spends about a third of their life in bed. And most of your life, hopefully most your time is at home, not at work or somewhere else. So all of a sudden, your home becomes a super important place. If there's mold in your house, chemicals, clean chemicals, toxins, solvents, if you've got lots of carpet, all these things can actually add to the toxin load of the air in your environment. We have some resources attached with this, and one of these is actually from the Harvard School of Public Health Healthy Buildings Program. It's a great resource that actually allows you to walk through your house room by room by room and figure out how to maximize the cleanliness and the health benefits of your home. Environment is important as well, because the environment in your cells affects cellular expression. That's called epigenetics.