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A new study published in the journal Medicine in Sports & Exercise revealed that regular aerobic exercise can help build up immunity against the inflammatory response in the lungs when they’re exposed to auto exhaust (the main cause of pollution here). The study suggests that the more you exercise, the less the smog will affect you”.
Just don’t get that aerobic exercise outside when the pollution is bad.
From the Mayo Clinic on pollution and exercise:
Even when you’re not exercising, exposure to air pollution can cause health problems. But with the combination of air pollution and exercise, the potential health problems are increased. For one thing, during aerobic activity you typically inhale more air, and you breathe it more deeply into your lungs. And because you’re likely to breathe mostly through your mouth during exercise, the air you breathe in generally bypasses your nasal passages, which normally filter airborne pollution particles.