So, Herrick, for listeners hearing this concept for the first time, what exactly are environmental determinants on health?

Sure, sure.

So, you know, this is an area called exposome or exposure health.

And what that means is it's really about like almost everything that really affects your body.

You know, the water you drink, the food you eat, the air you breathe.

exposures things that your body is exposed to things that have an impact on your physiological response or your health right and so this is an area that has really been neglected by the medical in the medical community is to you know not necessarily look at things that are preventative but actually look at a patient when they actually present in front of them and say okay what are their symptoms And how do we treat those symptoms, right? And the interesting thing with exposures is that what we're trying to think about in the context of environmental factors is what are those things that are impacting you? And those things don't necessarily impact everyone the same way.

What I like to say is that your genetics are unique to you personally, and in many ways, the way you respond to environmental factors is unique to you as well.

Can you explain what that is and why could it be as transformative as human genosome projects?

Could you help us understand what led you to create that and what it is even?

So my sister had rheumatoid arthritis.

She was living with my family at the time.

And she came down one morning with kind of, you end up having stiff joints.

Fingers usually are very gnarled.

And she said, Eric, it'd be interesting if there was a mobile app that told you when the weather was changing.

And she knew inherently that... barometric pressure changes, maybe precipitation, humidity, ups and downs, various things like that were having an impact on her rheumatoid arthritis.

Have you seen anything through your app or beyond that as far as people working in their community to try to reduce these types of toxins outdoors?

Why do you think that is? Why do people just feel like whenever they are sick, it's something infernal? Why is it that they never think that, okay, it might be something we all share as human beings? Why is it so?

Yeah, I mean, I think part of it is, you know, and I was, you know, when I started this research, you know, as early as Aristotle, Aristotle observed that things that you experienced outdoors, you know, probably have an impact on your health, you know, the environment that you encounter in your day.

And, you know, obviously, way back then, you know, you were exposed to a lot more things they didn't have, like clean water, right? So, you know, there were things in the water that could make you sick and stuff like that.

So this has been a thing that's been known for a long time.

But I also feel as if we – for two different reasons.

One is there is a general impression that like the weather – we're all at the mercy of the weather and the environment, right? There's not anything we really can do about the weather.

There's not a lot we can do about the environment.

Can you break that down into simpler terms? Can you break it down into simpler terms?

So can you quickly tell us about your journey and what's inspired you to create Delibrate?

So, Basically, this journey started quite a while ago, about nine years ago.

And the lightbulb moment kind of where I had the inspiration for the idea was my sister has rheumatoid arthritis, and that's kind of joint pain.

And so she was living with me at the time, and she had kind of stiffened hand, fingers, digits.

And She came down and said, you know, it'd be interesting if there was an app that tracked the weather and the environment and could tell me when, you know, I might be experiencing weather conditions that would cause me to flare up.

Because she kind of knew that it was usually during precipitation or barometric pressure changes or different things like that where she tended to have these symptoms.

And so for me, it kind of just struck the idea of, you know, I wonder why, you know, environmental factors as a determinant of health really weren't part of you know certainly um health care and certainly weren't necessarily something that patients uh were aware of and so i began to do a little bit of my own exploration and came up with four different areas that i started to focus on or or looked at And one was respiratory conditions, things like asthma and COPD and, you know, allergies contribute to those issues.

So what is one simple step our listeners can take today to reduce the impact of environmental triggers on their heads?

inspired you to create Daily Bread? And when did you realize that environmental health was a much bigger issue than most people understood?

Right, right.

I just described kind of that light bulb moment when I was inspired with the idea.

But from a passion perspective, when I started to look at respiratory conditions, that was kind of when I realized that some of the outcomes associated with people who have asthma or COPD – are quite severe.

And so when someone is having an asthma attack, we don't necessarily like to call it this, but it's really respiratory distress.

If someone stops breathing for more than three minutes, it can have serious health implications.

And so, you know, I started to focus daily breath on respiratory conditions.

Why is it so difficult for people to connect the symptoms to environmental triggers?