Interesting idea. But it seems trivial compared with laundering your sheets in hot water regularly
It seems that the two approaches would work well together.
Untidy beds may keep us healthy
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Or you could invest in an electric blanket. As a bonus you will get more sleep in winter (because it takes time for your body to warm the bed otherwise).
Electric blankets are also a classic money-saving measure if you're trying to save on heating bills.
On the other hand, an electric blanket plus a cold house is guaranteed to make you not want to get up in the morning. You may lose enough productivity to cancel out the money you save on heating.
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Or you could invest in an electric blanket. As a bonus you will get more sleep in winter (because it takes time for your body to warm the bed otherwise).
The only thing I know about electric blankets is that elderly people seem to burn to death from them or get severe burns on their body from them on a regular basis. It happened to my granny, too (just the burns, thankfully). Overall, they just seem like a silly idea to me. Or maybe it is just an idea from another era, when people thought that electricity would solve every problem and being exposed to x-rays could mak…
You'd be surprised at the advances in Electric Blanket technology. My mother actually bought one earlier this week and I was surprised at how much better they are now.
It automatically adjusts it's heat settings to maintain a constant body temperature and to remove the chance of burns, is waterproof and has extra layers of underlay to prevent the mattresses from damage (and in the extreme cases, fire)
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Electric blankets are also a classic money-saving measure if you're trying to save on heating bills.
On the other hand, an electric blanket plus a cold house is guaranteed to make you not want to get up in the morning. You may lose enough productivity to cancel out the money you save on heating.
What about if you had a laptop next to your bed and worked from home?
Sure, there's muscle atrophy, but it's a small price to pay for comfort!
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#15Dust mites are a bitch.
Although I was pretty skeptical, I noticed a marked difference after I encased my bedding (mattress, pillows, comforter) in special dust-mite proof sheets. Dust mites can't get in (or out, if they're in there), and the proteins that actually cause the allergic reaction also can't get out. So you have less bugs producing allergens, and the allergens don't get into your lungs. I hardly ever wake up coughing uncontrollably anymore. (Air filters and powerful allergy/asthma drugs were pretty effective, too, but the combination is best.)
Anyway, I had no idea I was allergic to dust mites, even though I often woke up in the middle of the night coughing uncontrollably and woke up in the morning almost drowning in my own phlegm. I thought it was post-nasal drip or bad sleeping posture or something. A 15-minute skin test later, and now I know for sure what I am allergic to, and can be on the right drugs (and immunotherapy). So if you have similar symptoms, get tested, and get your body fixed. Dust mite allergy can be cured, and there are nonsedating side-effect free drugs that can help you while your body is being fixed. (Singulair.)
I hate to make preachy public service announcements, but a lot of people are probably unnecessarily tired today simply because they spent most of the night not being able to breathe and didn't even realize it. And if you don't sleep, you can't hack!
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#16> In the next stage of their research, the scientists are putting mite pockets into beds in 36 houses around the United Kingdom to test their computer model and will investigate how people's daily routines affect mite populations. I realize I already have dust mites in my bed, but I would still have a hard time volunteering for this. Ignorance is bliss.
If you're not allergic, you're not allergic. Then they're just there, eating your dead skin cells. You shouldn't worry too much about microorganisms unless they cause you problems -- they are everywhere, and you can't get rid of them.
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#17> In the next stage of their research, the scientists are putting mite pockets into beds in 36 houses around the United Kingdom to test their computer model and will investigate how people's daily routines affect mite populations. I realize I already have dust mites in my bed, but I would still have a hard time volunteering for this. Ignorance is bliss.
If you're not allergic, you're not allergic. Then they're just there, eating your dead skin cells. You shouldn't worry too much about microorganisms unless they cause you problems -- they are everywhere, and you can't get rid of them.
In fact, each and every one of us has billions of microorganisms hanging out on our skin and inside our bodies. Many of them are our friends, helping us digest things we can't otherwise digest and warding off infections.
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#18Interesting idea. But it seems trivial compared with laundering your sheets in hot water regularly
They don't just live in your sheets, they live in the mattress too. You can launder your sheets all day and they can still come out of your mattress onto your clean sheets.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you're not allergic, you're not allergic. Then they're just there, eating your dead skin cells. You shouldn't worry too much about microorganisms unless they cause you problems -- they are everywhere, and you can't get rid of them.
In fact, each and every one of us has billions of microorganisms hanging out on our skin and inside our bodies. Many of them are our friends, helping us digest things we can't otherwise digest and warding off infections.
Whenever I reflect on this fact, I feel like something H.P. Lovecraft might have written about.
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#20I haven't made my bed in a week.
Now i am feeling +much+ better. :)