Environment and health - how our surroundings can help or hinder our minds and bodies

Ever wonder what in our environment might affect our health? Often these things are ‘invisible’ or we are not consciously aware of them, but they can have a continued and profound effect on our health.

In this episode I look at some everyday environmental hazards and what we can do minimise their effects on us.

Links:

Air pollution: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7044178/

Paper on micro plastics and health: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7068600/

Diet and air pollution: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35179602/

Background to MI allergy: https://www.occderm.asn.au/health-professionals/epidemic-of-allergy-to-preservative-methylisothiazolinone-mi/

MI allergy and the effect of reducing it’s prevalence: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jdv.15875

Social media and mental health: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7785056/

Carbon monoxide poisoning: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/carbon-monoxide-poisoning/

Sick building syndrome and mould: https://academic.oup.com/mmy/article/47/Supplement_1/S217/1073035

Minimising air pollution in a city: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-35885569

Mercury in large fish: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-35884051

Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine: https://www.practiceunbound.org.uk/product/prescribinglifestylemedicine/home

The Health Fix (contains my health loop): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Health-Fix-Transform-Your-Weeks/dp/1914239296/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=1ba53367-030f-4f3f-ad09-4a1fc81eadf5

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