Dhru Purohit Show
A Silent But Deadly Killer: How Poor Air Quality is a Driver of Chronic Disease and What We Can Do to Protect Ourselves Now
19 Feb 2025
This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, Bon Charge, and Maui Nui. Every year, seven million people die prematurely due to poor air quality. While it may not be obvious, the air we breathe directly impacts our health—contributing to allergies, autoimmune conditions, lung diseases, and even neurodegenerative disorders. Today’s guest joins us to explain why air quality should be a key part of the conversation on toxin exposure and how to reduce our risk of toxic air. Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, Dhru sits down with Dr. Elroy Vojdani to discuss the critical link between air quality and the rise in severe health conditions. Dr. Vojdani explains why air quality isn’t discussed enough, how to monitor it, and how to adjust your daily activities accordingly. He also breaks down the best ways to support detoxification, the top supplements for recovering from toxin exposure, and practical tips for improving indoor air quality at home and in the office. In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Elroy Vojdani dive into: The conditions linked to poor air quality (00:28) Why air quality isn’t widely discussed—and what makes it so harmful (02:17) The link between diagnosis and uncovering the true cause of toxin exposure (09:25) Key fundamentals to minimize exposure (12:46) How to measure and monitor air quality to adjust daily activities (15:51) How poor air quality can contribute to autoimmune conditions (30:01) The after-effects of the LA fires and essential precautions (38:34) The connection between hearing loss and Alzheimer’s risk (45:29) How Bryan Johnson’s trip to India sparked a conversation about air quality (50:49) Evidence-based supplements for detoxification and the role of sweating (52:49) Avoiding misinformation and a ‘doom and gloom’ mentality (58:22) Why outdoor air is often cleaner than indoor air (1:02:22) Dr. Elroy’s advice on advocating for air filters in schools (1:04:32) Final thoughts (1:05:44) Also mentioned in this episode: Atmo Air Monitor Aware Indoor Air Quality Monitor Nithin Kamath with Bryan Johnson viral video AquaTru and Air Doctor Filters IQ Air Freakanomics Air Quality Podcast Dr. Elroy’s book - When Food Bites Back: Taking Control of Autoimmune Disease For more on Dr. Elroy, follow him on Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, YouTube, and his Website. This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, Bon Charge, and Maui Nui. Go to bioptimizers.com/dhru now and enter promo code DHRU10 to get 10% off any order of Sleep Breakthrough and find out this month’s gift with purchase. Right now, BON CHARGE is offering my community 15% off; just go to boncharge.com/DHRU and use coupon code DHRU to save 15%. Right now, Maui Nui Venison is offering my community 15% off your first purchase. Just go to mauinuivenison.com/DHRU or enter the code DHRU at checkout to get 15% off and up your high-quality protein today. Offer ends 2/28/2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dr. Elroy Vajdani, welcome back to the podcast. You are here to put the spotlight on one of the most silent, deadly killers out there in the world. In fact, every year, it's estimated that 7 million people die prematurely from this major issue. Talk to us about how big of a problem air quality is and why our audience should care about it.
Air quality should be in the upper parts of the conversation of environmental risks to us from a health perspective. I think plastics, metals, all these things that have been talked about a lot out there in the last few years, yes, they're concerning. But when you start to dive into the data about what
living in a major city in the United States entails as far as risk is concerned, and how many different ways it impacts you, it's quite alarming. So, you know, it's everything from what you expect, which is a lung related risk, asthma, COPD, cancer, premature aging, to allergy and autoimmune diseases to skin related conditions like eczema. I mean, the list is really everything across the board.
Neurodegenerative diseases are elevated in major cities thought to be related to air pollution. So we should be talking about this at the top of the list.
Why don't you think enough people, I mean, we live in Los Angeles and now everybody's talking about air quality right now in LA. But when you look around the US, still, it's not as of a focus of a conversation as other areas. And then you go globally, there's a major lack of awareness. I'm from the country of India. It has 13 to 11 of the most polluted air quality cities in the world.
It's estimated that in India alone, people die on average 10 years earlier from air quality. And then on top of that, more people are dying early deaths from air quality than even cancer. That's how bad the problem is. But why aren't people really having this conversation outside of a major incident of a situation like we're in, which was the devastating LA wildfires?
I think here in the U.S., it's probably because we make the assumption that it's so much better than it was than when you and I were kids in the 80s and 90s, right? Like that was a time where major cities literally like you would live in a cloud of smog. And because of the measures in the automobile and industrial world to kind of reduce the pollutant emissions,
uh release have improved so much we don't see it as much and i think we just assume that means that things are okay and then you know something like this major fire in los angeles happens and it becomes top of mind again as you know as it should but what i hope happens from that is As we dive into this, it becomes top of mind for everyone in all major cities.
And we bring the necessary awareness to everyone to really focus on it. Another part of it is because we haven't talked about it because it hasn't been something that we've been forced to think about.
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