With Delhi-NCR air pollution and smog levels reaching new peaks every day, most people are now suffering from various dangerous ailments like respiratory issues. According to experts, air pollution refers to the contamination of air, irrespective of outside or inside which happens when any harmful gases, dust, or smoke enter the atmosphere and make it difficult for human beings, plants, and animals to survive. How does air pollution affect your health? Doctors say every time you inhale polluted air, air pollutants get embedded deep into your lungs, leading to severe damage to the respiratory tract and eventually causing lung diseases.
Environmental exposure then triggers many cases of asthma, pneumonia, and COPD and exacerbates or worsens existing respiratory illness – all of which makes it extremely difficult for you to breathe. Toxic air pollutants also lead to respiratory infections like pneumonia – which is life-threatening, especially in older adults with compromised immune systems. Also, children are prone to lower respiratory tract infections because the lungs and other body organs are still developing at their age.
Nutrients and foods that help build resistance against air pollution According to experts, inhaling polluted air - consisting of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, particular matter, and diesel exhaust particles depletes protective antioxidants so, these need to be timely replenished through your diet. A few nutrients that can do that include: Vitamin C Foods loa.