Welcome And Why Environment Matters

SPEAKER_00 0:07

Welcome to Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, the show where we explore the real practical things that shape how we feel, how we function, and how we truly thrive. I am your host, Nasish, and today I am joined by Mike Dillon, Christian entrepreneur, environmental wellness advocate, founder of Airwaterhealing.com, and host of Maha with Mike on Rumble. Mike has spent years studying the intersection of environment, performance, and human well-being, with a particular focus on hidden health impacts of indoor air quality, mold, and growing environmental footprint of large-scale technology infrastructure. Today we are talking about what it really is in our air and water and why it really matters for our health and what we can do to about it. So, Mike, welcome to Healthy Mind, Healthy Life. I'm really glad to have you here.

SPEAKER_01 1:13

Thank you so much. Yes, Healthy Mind and Healthy Life. What a great name for a show because we truly are what we think. And, you know, I think that so far everything we've seen here in this country, when you visit abroad, you know, one of the biggest concerns is when you walk into other countries, a lot of the, you know, the pharmacies are filled with spices and herbs and other ways to detox the body. And unfortunately, here in the United States, we focus so much on just trying to coat the problem instead of getting to the root cause of illness or the root cause of disease. And that's kind of where air water healing was born, you know, not only offering people educational seminars and educational pieces, continued educations through Global Healing Nutrition University, but teaching people to look at plants first, right? Look at what we can use that God gave us here, our creator, to be able to boost the immune system, to be able to find the vibrant rich plants that give us life. And, you know, the more and more that we look at the United States as this pillar of health, you start to ask, why are people in Japan, why are people in Morocco? Why are people in Italy living 8, 10, even 15 years longer than our life expectancy here in the United States? But yet we spend more money on pharmaceutical advertising. We spend more money on pharmaceutical research, but yet we're not even in the top 10% of life expectancy.

SPEAKER_00 2:51

I think that is quite a bummer that we are all facing. But there are a lot of underneath, you know, things that we're gonna get to know about all of this with the in this beautiful conversation with you.

SPEAKER_01 3:04

Yes, one 100%.

SPEAKER_00 3:06

Yeah. And you know, before we get into it, I just want to tell the listeners that listeners, some statements reflect personal belief and experiences and are presented as individual views, not medical advice. So listeners should consult qualified professionals for medical conditions. Yeah. So, Mike, you describe your mission as rooted in faith, service, and firsthand experience. What was the first hand experience that made this personal for you? And what happened that turned environmental wellness into a calling for you?

A Holistic Upbringing And Root Causes

SPEAKER_01 3:45

So a lot of the kids that I grew up with, you know, they didn't have crunchy moms and holistic parents. I grew up whenever I got sick, my mom would take me to the chiropractor or would we go to an herbalist or a nutritional doctor. And, you know, my my parents were very against giving us uh, you know, um pharmaceuticals. And uh, you know, my mom and dad believed that if you had a fever and you let your body run the course, don't run to Tylenol, you know, unless it was a severe, you know, life-threatening condition. We were always taught that the body can heal if you give it what it needs. And as I grew up, I realized that I wasn't going to the doctor all the time. I wasn't always in and out of the hospital like a lot of my other friends who were on a lot of prescriptions. And, you know, I grew up in the 90s when if a kid was a little wild, you know, the teachers would just say, hey, you just need to give them a prescription for this, a prescription for that. And, you know, looking back 30 years ago, now all of my friends have these chronic health conditions. And the only thing that I can think of is maybe they should have looked into it as a holistic approach, you know, a mind, sound mind, sound body, and and figured out a way to get to the root cause of what their illness was instead of trying to code it. But I also noticed that with getting proper adjustments and seeing a chiropractor, being physical, getting outside, my life is completely different than what we have in this country today, where these kids are just sitting down, they're given tablets, they're not going outside, they're not testing their immune system. And and the active lifestyle, you know, there is such a huge benefit in just walking, getting out and walking. Go and get some exercise, get your body moving. And, you know, and if you look at the you know, the life expectancy of people who continue to work and people who continue to work out, they outlive stagnant people who are sitting down and just letting their body completely rot. You know, you can have a 60-year-old that's in a wheelchair, or you can have a 60-year-old that's running the Boston Marathon. Push your body to the limits. Stop trying to, you know, uh just give up on your goals and continue to get out, continue to do what it is that you need to do to be able to succeed.

SPEAKER_00 6:03

Yeah, that is that is so true. And you know, this idea of, you know, supporting the body instead of suppressing the symptoms is actually very good because the way you are saying that, always running to prescription pills, it has become a trend these days, I'd say.

SPEAKER_01 6:22

Yeah, not only that, but when you know you go to the doctors and you're like, hey, I just want to lose weight, there's always a pill or an injection that they're willing to give you. And so few doctors talk about nutrition. They talk about diet, they don't talk about intermittent fasting. I I can tell you and your audience, I have multiple friends that I have very close to me. I've known them for some of them for years and some of them for decades. I had a very good friend of mine who did a hundred-day fast. He stopped eating food, no calories, no calories. He took in his minerals and he took in his vitamins. And after a hundred days, he had lost over 90 pounds. And his functional medicine doctor said that it was unbelievable the test that they were getting with him. Quick pause.

SPEAKER_00 7:15

Yeah, I mean, that is something.

SPEAKER_01 7:18

I was just saying quick pause. I'm I'm gonna go take care of the the baby real quick and then we'll continue this. Let me just put a shell on for her, okay?

SPEAKER_00 7:26

Yeah, definitely. Oh, okay, okay.

Indoor Air Quality Mold And Mycotoxins

SPEAKER_00 7:29

So I, you know, I think that most people associate health with uh what goes into their body, food, supplements, and medication. Very few think uh about what they are breathing like every single day. And offer indoors is where they spend the majority of their time. So, what is the biggest misconception people carry about that indoor air quality and its impact on their health?

SPEAKER_01 7:58

Well, one of the most important things that you just listed was, you know, people care about their food. People care about what they're eating, the air that they're breathing, the water that they're drinking. But yes, most medical doctors who go to school for eight years, they on average have about eight to 10 hours of nutrition. So if you go to school, if you go to school and you spend thousands of hours learning about disease and learning about the body, but you're only spending eight hours learning about nutrition, if the water that we drink in the food that we eat, they say that you are what you eat, you are what you drink. So if you're breathing in 11,000 liters of air a day, and the primary source of that air is your home, you spend over a half, if not more, than your life in home. A third of it is spent sleeping in your bedroom. So hidden dangers like mold, mycotoxins, bacteria, off-gassing, uh, different types of chemical compounds that are inside of your carpets, your tiles, your drywall. You know, in the United States, in the southeast, from Alabama to the Florida Keys, we had the Chinese drywall epidemic where there was a lot of tainted drywall that had asbestos and different types of chemicals in it. And we're breathing these things in. So when people think about health, it's way beyond nutrition. It's way beyond supplements. You might say to me, Michael, I only drink bottled water. And then I would say to you, Do you have an Aro filter or at least an activated carbon or charcoal filter or even like a meringa seed filter on your shower head? And you'd be like, Oh no, but I drink good water. Well, if your skin is your largest organ and you're taking baths or showers in tainted water, your skin is absorbing all of these chemicals. And that's where we implore our people to think beyond just trusting your doctor because they're not asking you, what city do you live in? What type of bath water do you have? Do you live within five miles of a farm? Do you live within two miles of a golf course? These are all things that we have to start considering as human beings. This is not an American problem. This is a worldwide problem. The water we're showering, the water we're drinking, the water we're bathing our children in. Is the water filled with chemicals? Is it filled with microplastics? And we're just now starting to find out that this microplastic issue has been around for thousands of years, not just since we started using plastic bottles. So we have to continue to push beyond what your doctors are usually limited to and start thinking about what is it that you and I can do to become more holistic, healthy, sound-minded people, and really push yourself to become your own doctor, not an MD, but a doctor of your household. What am I eating? What am I drinking? What am I breathing? Because when you look at mold, especially mycotoxins, on average, 80% of Americans are exposed to mold on a weekly basis, whether it's at a mall, whether it's at their workplace, whether it's from a leaky faucet, whether it's due to high humidity in their home, or whether it's the mist coming off of the shower that gets caught inside of the grout. And there are so many conditions that mold can be misdiagnosed at. And you will be at four or five different doctors before you finally get to the root cause of what was causing your asthma or your insomnia or your sickness that had had you feeling down for months, if not years, before you correct the issue.

SPEAKER_00 11:35

Yeah, I mean, that makes a lot of sense. The correction of the issue is something that we should all work on. And you know, what I think is so important about this is that the gap between what people are experiencing and what they are bringing being is being told is causing it. Like when symptoms are real, the source is invisible and unacknowledged. And you know, as humans, we often end up blaming ourselves to the for it.

Food Mindset Intermittent Fasting Basics

SPEAKER_01 12:06

Yeah. And we've been we've just been misled. You know, we have been misled by so much marketing. And I'm not blaming this on the food industry, I'm not blaming this on the pharmaceutical industry. I'm blaming this on we have an abundance here in the United States. And if you go back generations, I guarantee you your great-great-great-great-grandparents were hunter-gatherers, just like my great-great-great-great-grandparents were hunter-gatherers. You go out, you get the chicken, you go out, you hunt the deer, you go out, you shoot the moose, and then you would eat when the father or the hunter came home with the food. We have such an abundance in this country that I think that we have systemically become overeaters. I think the biggest con that was ever put on the American people and the worldwide population is eating three meals a day. Some of the healthiest people that I know are intermittent fasters. They either eat one meal a day or they eat one meal every other day. And think about what that is doing. That is giving you a 23-hour window of putting your body into autopathy. And it's giving you a chance to reset and you're not overeating. But when you're intermittent fasting, you need to eat good biblical food, whole grains, meat, fresh fruit, good produce, not say, oh, I'm gonna intermittent fast, but I'm gonna run the taco bell and I'm gonna get three chalupas and a rice and beans and then have three things of soda. And I'm not saying to your audience that you can't enjoy the finer things in life, but you need to switch your mentality and try to go towards an 80-20 rule. 80% of the time, eat whole foods, eat whole meats. If you're a vegan, that's fine. Stick to the store bought organic section or go to your local farmers market and find out how they are growing? How are they washing the fruit? Are they spraying things on their uh fruit to make it last six to seven days longer when it's in the grocery store? When you start to make these switches, you start to notice the difference immediately.

SPEAKER_00 14:25

Yeah, you know, and we believe these are some things which are super healthy for us, focusing on our diet, focusing on what we are inhaling and where we are, like, you know, surrounding ourselves with all the things which are good for ourselves. Only we can put in that effort for ourselves.

SPEAKER_01 14:43

Yes, yes.

Sleep Hygiene And Escaping Screen Addiction

SPEAKER_01 14:45

And and not only that, but then and and focus on getting good quality sleep. Figure out, you know, how do I separate myself from my cell phone? How can I put my phone in another room so that way I'm not tempted to be on it and really focus on meditation and just, you know, being thankful and being present in the moment, you know, no screen time, 30 minutes to an hour before you go to bed. Put the phone, charge it if you need it for an alarm clock, leave your door cracked open a little bit, let the alarm, let it charge in another room so that way you're not putting additional frequencies and additional harm into your body and into your bedroom. Make your bedroom a sanctuary for sleep. Turn off the television, read a book, do some meditations. You want to make sure that we're getting good quality sleep, disconnecting from the internet, get disconnecting from the this social, this social interaction of having to scroll on all of these social medias. You know, another part of, you know, this conversation, and I know it's not really geared towards air and water, but we're facing, we're facing a tragedy in the United States where this generation that's growing up right now for the first time is not going to be educated the way that their parents and grandparents were, because their children are so distracted. They are so short span. You go take a child to a movie theater, they can't sit through an hour movie without taking out their phone and scrolling on social media and the shorts. They need these quick short form videos. You know, these deep dives, these health talks that you and I are doing, this is where the learning begins, not short form videos and quick directions and camera cuts and cartoons that are flashing to keep the brain occupied.

SPEAKER_00 16:33

Yeah, I mean, that is something which is happening so much recently. Yeah, I noticed that in my younger sibling and everybody like the younger generation, which is coming, they they cannot sit in a movie theater one and a half hour, one hour without their phone. In between the movie, they would need to swipe on reels and all that. Yes, it is happening, and it is so true of you to mention it in front of all of us because it brings that awareness that is lacking in so many people.

Plants Nutraceuticals And Inflammation Relief

SPEAKER_01 17:05

And and you know, the other thing is I'm not trying to take away from your audience and say that there is not a world where pharmaceutical can be life-saving. I am not saying that, you know, if you get into a horrible accident to go home and stitch yourself up. In America, we have some of the greatest trauma care in the world. But I can tell you the seminars that I've been to, sitting down with botanists and holistic doctors, one of one of my guys on my pharmaceutical team, he was a biochemist from India. He came to Chicago in the 1970s. He worked with Bayer, he worked with uh acquiring Monsanto. He he came up with so many pharmaceutical things that were used in modern day science. And when he switched into nutraceutical, he said he saw so much good happening. He said, I really saw people starting to shift. And when you look at things like turmeric with uh black pepper extract for inflammation, I've had so many patients that have been on so many pain pillars, uh, painkillers and pain pills. That's a tongue twister, pain pillars, painkillers, pain pills, and then they start eating a healthy diet and say, hey, why don't you try a plant-based diet for 30 days, get rid of some of the inflammation that comes from eating too much meats, cut out the bacon, why don't you just try doing salads and eating vegetarian and not forever, but for 30 days, and start supplementing with black pepper oil and turmeric. And next thing you know, the inflammation starts to go down. They start to feel healthier. So now they're out exercising. They used to say, Oh, well, I couldn't walk before, so that's why I never exercise because my knee hurt, my hip hurt, my back hurt. When you start to lower the inflammation, your body is more responsive. You can get out and be more active.

SPEAKER_00 18:53

That is something so insightful because we are often not aware about why our body is doing these things, why we are not able to walk, and then our first approach towards is to take a pill. But then there are so many healthy options, so many real-time options, simple at-home options that we can do to reduce that inflammation, to reduce those things inside us, so that we can be more proactive in our life.

SPEAKER_01 19:23

And this is not my opinion. You you can go ask any, ask Gronk, ask ChatGPT, ask Google, the of over 200 developed countries. There's a handful that are still allowed to use pharmaceutical advertising. The same way that you don't see cigarette commercials. Remember growing up, we had the Marlborough man on the horse and he was smoking the cigarette, you know, and now they said, okay, you know, too many people are getting sick from smoking. We're taking this off the air. But there are so many countries that have outlawed pharmaceutical advertising, not because pharma is just completely wrong, it's because they give you too much dependency on trusting treating the symptom instead of looking at the root cause. And that's what a lot of good healthy doctors are now starting to wake up to and saying, hey, if we change somebody's diet and we change their sleep

Low Tox Home Swaps Filters And Vinegar

SPEAKER_01 20:20

and we start putting them in a healthy home, you know, there's a great book out there that's called Sick Building Syndrome. And if your listeners or your audience want a really good read, you think you can find it on Amazon. It's less than 15 bucks. Look at Sick Building Syndrome. There, uh, or I believe the book might even be called Our Houses Are Making Us Sick, but it's referencing Sick Building Syndrome. All of the things that we bring into our home, the chemicals, the plug-ins, the air fresheners. There are so many things that your audience could do to 100% change their environment by um, you know, right here in my podcast where I'm sitting with you, to the left of me, I have three snake plants, the mother-in-law's tongue. I have a couple lilies, I have uh a couple ferns that are in here, and they start eating some of the chemicals and producing fresh air. I can go on vacation for a week and the plants don't die. I come back and I apologize. I pet them like a little cat and I give them some water. I change their soil or I give them some feeder soil once every three months and they perk right back up. There are so many things that are underneath your audience's kitchen sink that they can completely throw out and use vinegar. Just go get distilled vinegar, go to the grocery store, look at on online what can vinegar replace that's in my house right now. Stop using chemicals, stop using laundry detergent. You can make laundry detergent at home with essential oils, borax, and and even sometimes a little bit of uh baking soda. If you've got a really tough stain, use hydrogen peroxide. A little bit of baking soda and some uh organic soap. Because our skin is such a large organ that everything that you put on your skin, it gets sucked into your body. And all of these people that are coming up with these new solutions to make your house smell greater, they're not looking at the long-term impact of breathing in these chemicals because our bodies don't know what to do with them.

SPEAKER_00 22:25

Absolutely. This is such a necessary reminder for everybody who is listening in right now, and you know, for people who are who have their own families and everything, even living alone. This is so important for everyone to focus and listen and be aware about because it can help them so much. I think that our health does not begin and end at our front door. It is like the air you breathe, the water we drink you drink, and the environment you live within are all the part of the same conversation. And you have both the right and the power to ask harder questions about all of that.

SPEAKER_01 23:04

Yeah,

AI Data Centers Water Use And Local Risk

SPEAKER_01 23:05

and then another really good talking point for you know your audience is we really need to look at the environmental impact of these AI data centers. You know, that has become one of my one of my most sincere organic topics that I'm talking to people about, because I do believe that AI can help with so much medically, but when we become so dependent without looking at the impact of these data centers on water supply, electrical grid issues, low frequency ohms, pharmaceutical runoff, chemical runoff. But more importantly, water pressure. I've seen so many videos coming out of people who can't take showers normally anymore. They can't wash their dishes because the water pressure has dropped so substantially. Look up what's happening in Georgia right now. But more importantly, you have to ask yourself is it going to cost more money to run these AI centers than using a human worker? Because when you look at the cost of cooling the chips, the supercomputers, the cost of the chips, the cost of electricity, that is another thing that we have to be very, very concerned about because a lot of these AI data centers are signing in these land lease properties and they're using NDAs. So they're not disclosing how much water they're going to use, how much electricity they're going to use. And what happens when a storm comes through and they say, you know what, we're so dependent on this AI data center. We've got to get power back to them before we get power back to the people.

SPEAKER_00 24:48

Absolutely. This is so true. And, you know, Mike, I cannot tell you how insightful this conversation was and how much I learned. And I believe it is it has benefited so much to all of my listeners who learned, who listened to this conversation. So just like this, for everyone who wants to learn more about your work, explore more about airwater healing, and watch Maha with Mike, or simply stay connected to you. What is the best place for them to find you?

SPEAKER_01 25:19

So my Substack is on uh airwaterhealing.com. Uh you can find my Substack there, all of my social media. The website is just airwaterhealing.com. We post daily content. But more importantly, if you have a question, send us an email. We respond very quickly. We have integrative functional medicine doctors that are standing

Where To Find Mike And Final Takeaways

SPEAKER_01 25:40

by. And if you have any questions about a supplement or air purification or which water filtration system might be best for you, we may not even manufacture it, but we can point you in the right direction.

SPEAKER_00 25:52

Absolutely. Thank you so much, Mike, for sharing that with us. And I will make sure to include all these uh details into the show notes. And thank you so much for being here with us on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life. It was an absolutely insightful and arounding conversation with you.

SPEAKER_01 26:09

Absolutely. God bless you, and thank you so much for having me on.

SPEAKER_00 26:12

Yes, and dear listeners, if this conversation opens something up for you, a question about your own environment, a concern you have been sitting with, or simply a renewed sense that your health is worth protecting at every level, please carry that forward. Share this episode with someone in your life who cares about what it is in their air and water and what is everyone and what is which is really everyone. I am Nazish and thank you so much for being here and for caring about the full picture of what it means to be well. Until next time, breathe clean, drink clean, and keep asking yourself the questions that matter.