Is an Organic Mattress Good for Your Health?
“Make sure you’re getting a good night’s sleep,” you’ve no doubt heard from your mother, or teacher, or even your physician. A minimum eight hours of shuteye of often touted as the best medicine around – sleep recharges your body and mind and prepares you for another day of activity. With our busy schedules, however, finding the time to sleep can be as much a challenge as resting comfortably in bed. Especially if you have back issues and snoring problems, enjoying some shuteye becomes a problem even when you have the time for it. For many people, the...
Read MoreBenefits of an Organic Mattress
Nothing is more important to your health than a good night’s sleep. The time you spend in bed, renewing your body for another day and resting your mind for another round of work issues to solve, is most precious. This is why doctors recommend at least eight hours of shuteye lest you want to face the new morning with all the enthusiasm of a zombie. Sleeping nightly on an organic mattress is one way to improve your sleeping life, which in turn leaves you more refreshed during the day. Why choose an organic mattress over traditional bedding? You might prepared to balk at the price of...
Read MoreSleep – Part of the Natural Rhythm of Life
If you separated a traditional mattress into all of its individual parts you would have a bunch of metal, synthetic fabric, petroleum based foam and some plastic. Essentially, most mattresses are made from chemicals and metal. Why should this be of concern? When at rest or at sleep, your body is vulnerable. Your body ” breathes” ; both absorbing and releasing elements into and from the environment; it is part of our life-rhythm. Toxic gases may be released from your traditional mattress and the fluids released from your body at night can mix with the chemicals in a traditional...
Read MoreDangers Hidden In Your Mattress
Looking for a cheap mattress? Before making that purchase consider the importance of the surface that you might be sleeping on, after all, on average, you spend eight hours every night on your mattress. Sleep is the time when your body regenerates and is the most vulnerable. A percentage of the contents of your mattress will be taken into your body either by respiratory or dermal absorption. Conventional mattresses are breeding grounds for mold, mildew and dust mites which can cause moderate to severe allergic reactions in some people. Less apparent, but potentially more harmful are the toxic...
Read MoreA Health Plan for America Begins with the Basics
A new health plan for America is the current and constant topic up for debate and it seem that everyone has an opinion. The only agreement is that we all need to stay as healthy as possible and enjoy the highest quality of life, but there are more keys to good health than doctors, hospitals and drugs. The building blocks of good health are fresh air, clean water, a balanced diet, proper exercise, rest and deep, peaceful sleep. When all the life sustaining components are met in harmony and balance, then health risks are reduced; add in a dose of love and companionship and we will all feel...
Read MoreThe key to living in any area that is storm prone is being prepared
The November 2009 Nor’ Easter is now history, but damage throughout Hampton Roads remains. I faired well. My little house sustained no damage and with the exception of no electricity for nearly 30 hours, I was unharmed and maybe a bit wiser and more grateful as a result. Without electricity, some of the luxuries we assume are basic in our life cease to function. Without electricity my computer was unable to operate and I found myself suffering from writer’ s withdrawal. Finally, by candle light, with paper and pencil, I recorded my thoughts and inspirations; it was quite...
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