Jim Kwik talks with a guest about how indoor air pollution from candles, mold, dust, and microplastics drains your focus and energy. Modern Americans spend less time outside than maximum-security prisoners. Cleaning up the air in your home improves sleep, breathing, and mental clarity.
3 weeks without food, 3 days without water, 3 minutes without air. Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to my lungs and my health. Burning candles indoors or incense, it really pollutes your air. We breathe more microplastics than we drink.
How much time are people spending indoors now?
A maximum security prisoner often gets 1 hour outside per day, which is more than the average American spends outside.
You talk about these invisible threats, mold, these chemicals, dust, and so on. What's this research showing that how are these things affecting our brain?
Airborne substances are the new secondhand smoke. It's impacting our energy, our sleep, our performance, our focus. If you stop breathing mold and pollen and dust and bacteria, you're gonna calm down faster. Your body's gonna relax easier because it's in a safe environment. People are waking up feeling amazing. Their energy's better, their sleep is better. If they had phlegm or congestion, it's gone. You are what you breathe, everybody. Pay attention.
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