Indoor air quality affects your health in a multiple ways. Here is how it can have a significant impact on your thyroid function.

We are regularly exposed to unhealthy air. This daily exposure to outdoor pollution, heavy metals, wildfires, indoor air pollution, synthetic fragrances and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can significantly impact our health, especially over time. Infections, lung cancer, and chronic lung disorders like asthma or thyroid issues can all be caused by or made worse by poor indoor air quality. Indoor air quality (IAQ) and wellbeing are closely related. Humans frequently spend their time indoors. A higher quality of life, a decreased chance of respiratory infections, and a lower risk of developing a number of chronic ailments can all be attributed to the availability of clean, healthy air to breathe.

Women's Health Educator and Integrative Health Practitioner, Sara Hainsworth, shared how indoor air quality impacts our thyroid health in her recent Instagram post.

Indoor air pollution:

Indoor air pollution is described as pollution originating from inside the home or infiltrating the home via windows, gaps, air conditioning units, etc. Examples of indoor air pollution include outdoor and indoor smoke, mold, allergens, bacteria, artificial fragrances, chemicals and toxic cleaning products, etc.

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