Is Your Mattress Really Natural?
If you are eco-minded, you know doubt have done everything you can to green your home. You have installed energy efficient light bulbs and insulation, and perhaps you have opted for low-flow shower heads and toilets to conserve water. In the bedroom, maybe you have set up a mattress made of biodegradable materials or so you think. Can you really be sure that what you are sleeping on can help reduce your carbon footprint? For a mattress to be labeled as certified organic, it must adhere to a specific composition ratio. The majority of materials inside the bed must be natural – like...
Read MoreIs 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 MoreWhat Part do you Play in the American Economy?
We all agree that the state of the American economy is not good – but really who is at fault? The Government? The War? Or could it be that a large part of the blame should be placed right in the hands of the American citizens? Consider for a few minutes your purchases over the past couple of years – all of your purchases; from laundry detergent to appliances and automobiles. How many, (if any), were American made? My guess is if you are like most Americans; not many. With the slightest bit of logic, it\rquote s easy to predict and conclude the economic outlook and if you squint...
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