Your House Is Making You Sick (15 Solutions)

Contaminants from the outside world (e.g., lead, pesticides) adhere to shoe soles. By removing shoes at the door, these substances are contained to the entryway, preventing their spread throughout the living space where they are more likely to be inhaled or ingested by residents.

Sensors detect various airborne pollutants like PM2.5 (fine particulate matter), VOCs (volatile organic compounds), and CO2. Continuous monitoring provides real-time data, allowing individuals to understand their exposure levels and verify if air purifiers or HVAC filters are effectively reducing these contaminants.

Now, I have two monitors. For example, this guy gives you something called PM2.5. That's a particular kind of toxin, and I want to know what it is. There's also PM1, PM10. I see VOCC's on this one. This guy gives me a much more general number of AQI.

Smoke alarms detect fire, CO detectors sense carbon monoxide (an odorless, colorless gas), and radon tests measure the concentration of radioactive gas emanating from the earth. Ensuring these are functional or measured mitigates immediate and long-term health risks by providing early warning or identifying a significant carcinogen.

Plastics can leach chemicals and shed microplastic particles into food, water, and the environment. By replacing plastic items with inert materials like stainless steel, ceramic, or wood, the potential for chemical migration and microplastic exposure is significantly reduced.

Even after several months of trying to remove all plastics from my house, I still occasionally find things like how did this get in here? So, just be mindful as you go about your daily routines. Find plastic and replace it with wood, ceramic, uh stainless steel, a food grade stainless steel.

Non-stick pans typically use per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as 'forever chemicals,' which can leach into food, especially when heated. These chemicals are persistent in the environment and human body and are linked to various health issues. Using alternatives like stainless steel or cast iron eliminates this source of exposure.

Gas stoves emit nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) during combustion. These pollutants can quickly spike indoor air levels and are associated with respiratory problems, particularly childhood asthma. Induction stoves, which use electromagnetic fields to heat cookware directly, do not produce these combustion byproducts, thereby improving indoor air quality.

For years, I have a gas burning stove, which is not a good idea. Here's why. Using just one gas burner quickly spikes nitrogen dioxide and fine particles. These are linked to around 13% of childhood asthma cases in the US. And you breathe them in every time you cook. for a while. My chef made the food at their house and they delivered it. My current chef comes here and makes the food here. So, I'm going to replace this gas stove with an induction stove.

Blue and white light, common in modern environments, can suppress melatonin production, delaying sleep onset. Red light, with its longer wavelength, has minimal impact on melatonin, allowing the body to naturally prepare for sleep. Using dim red LEDs creates a calming atmosphere that signals to the body it's time to wind down.

So, one thing I have is a lowcost red lamp. This guy is maybe $30. I have nice natural light in the home. So, I rarely turn on lights in the house at all. But at night, when it's getting dark, I'll turn this guy on. It's enough light to navigate the house. It's a really cool vibe. It's soothing. It's calming. I know we're getting ready for bed.

The human body is highly sensitive to light, even low levels (10 lux) can disrupt the circadian rhythm by suppressing melatonin, a hormone crucial for sleep. A completely blacked-out room ensures maximum melatonin production and prevents light from fragmenting sleep, leading to deeper, more restorative rest.

The first thing you're going to notice is it is completely blacked out. I've noticed in my own testing of the various places I've slept, either hotel rooms or bedrooms, a blacked out bedroom substantially improves sleep quality.

Pink noise, characterized by a lower frequency and less high-pitched sound than white noise, has a sound signature similar to natural phenomena like rustling leaves or rain. It helps to mask sudden environmental noises, creating a more consistent auditory background that prevents sleep disruptions caused by noise spikes, thereby promoting more stable sleep.

I started doing this because I lived in an apartment next to a road and there would be loud cars all night long, motorcycles. I started using this to see if I could smooth out the the noise so I wouldn't have these spikes. It did in fact improve my sleep. So, I carried it over to this house.

I keep my router outside the bedroom. So, I have my phone inside the room. I turn off Wi-Fi and mobile and Bluetooth. So, the phone is emitting as little as it can. But, we're going to do a study as a team. We're going to figure out what we think about it. I'm not quite sure if it's a big deal, a medium deal, or not a big deal.

I know from testing foods for example organic is worthless. I've tested enough organic foods I don't trust it at all as a label. So I don't want to go on to say I want to endorse any products or even the apps other than I'm trying just like you and perhaps we will get into here's my general collection of things but I do want to say that what we have done for food and testing with third party labs and being legit in the testing I do think we want to do for this because you of course can look at an ingredient label uh that includes supplies or food that tells you one set of things but testing in a lab reveals an entirely other set of things.

You see throughout the house I've tried to put this house on autopilot. I think about this as my autonomous self. All things I do for health, I try to never make a decision twice. Once system solved.