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HEALTH AND WELLNESS

LOOK AFTER THE AIR

THAT YOU BREATHE

By Justine

Improving the air quality in Poor air quality can be caused by a number especially if you’re breathing in the same
your home not only enhances of factors. Let’s take a look at some of the air all day long.
culprits.
your well-being, but for Breathing in fresh air increases the amount
the WFH-ers [work-from- LACK OF ADEQUATE VENTILATION of oxygen available to your body. More
As we head into the cold months of winter,
oxygen in your bloodstream helps to
home-ers], it improves your inviting air in from the outdoors may well lower both your blood pressure and your
productivity as well. be something you want to avoid. However, heart rate. It also helps to strengthen your
if your home is modern and exceptionally immune system, sharpen the mind and
‘green’, you may have all the necessary improve your overall well-being.
eing restricted to working entirely insulation to prevent heat loss and
from home has its benefits and drafts, double glazing to combat noise Getting back to the heating scenario –
Bdisadvantages. While many will pollution and a myriad gas appliances remember that anything that burns will
welcome the time saved by not having – stoves, heaters etc – sucking up lots of deplete the oxygen in the air, so whether
to sit for endless hours in traffic jams, and oxygen, which is why ensuring that there’s it’s a cosy fireplace, a gas heater or, for that
appreciate the opportunity to monitor enough fresh air in your indoor air space matter, a collection of candles to set the
their kids’ online lessons, the downside is is essential. mood in the evening, if you’re not allowing
that, being in the same space day in and enough fresh air into your space, you’ll
day out can be negative when there’s Taking a breather out in the garden start to feel sluggish and ill.
something toxic in the environment – be once or twice a day and then going back
it a relationship, or something causing one to a stuffy office isn’t enough to keep In addition to depletion of the oxygen in
to underperform, such as poor air quality. your productivity at its optimum level – the air, there are some pretty mean gases

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