Air pollution ages the brain

[TylerDurden]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2234239/Air-pollution-towns-cities-ages-brains-50s-years.html

Note that heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-515703/Air-pollution-British-cities-toxic-heart-oil-spill.html
 are not only components of car-exhaust fumes and cigarette-smoke but also are created when cooking foods. So, even if we go raw, we can't escape those toxins completely unless we live miles away from urban areas

[cherimoya_kid]

I would imagine cooked food has a similar effect, wouldn't you?

[TylerDurden]

I would imagine cooked food has a similar effect, wouldn't you?

Quite.

I suppose I ought to go and live in the Alps, as far away from roads/cars as possible.

[cherimoya_kid]

Quite.

I suppose I ought to go and live in the Alps, as far away from roads/cars as possible.

Hopefully we're young and healthy enough, with our eating and lifestyle habits, to live into a time where disease and aging are unknown.

Also, It's only going to take one more big jump in battery technology before electric cars are better than gas or diesel vehicles.