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How to Detox Your Bedroom for Better Sleep

January 12, 2012 By Beth Greer

better sleepIf you had to choose just one room in your home to make environmentally friendly, it should be your bedroom. We can unsuspectingly create a toxic environment by sleeping on the wrong type of mattress, or exposing ourselves to electronic devices that interfere with sleep. Getting good quality sleep allows you to stay healthy and fight off illness because sleep is the time when your body heals, repairs and rejuvenates.

Transforming your bedroom into a safe haven can have a major impact on improving your health and well-being. The good news is creating a healthy bedroom is pretty simple.

Start by looking at the most important piece of furniture in the room — your bed. Most mattresses are made with synthetic ingredients like polyurethane (PU) foam (that degrade over time), and have been treated with flame retardants known as PBDEs. Research has linked PBDE exposure to adverse health effects including thyroid hormone disruption and permanent learning and memory impairment. Plus, lots of other chemicals are in our mattresses that off-gas, or release into the air…imagine breathing this stuff in every night…for years!

The healthiest mattress is one made of natural latex foam. But watch for the words “made with” on the label. For example, if it says “made with natural latex” that might mean there’s only 1 or 2 percent of it in the mattress! You want 100 percent (if you are chemically sensitive) or at least 80 percent of the mattress made with all natural, non-toxic ingredients.

If you can’t afford to buy a new mattress, get a mattress topper made from organic cotton and wool. Or use a mattress cover made of a tightly woven barrier cloth with a thread count of 300 or higher to help protect you from the chemicals in an unhealthy mattress.

For the bed frame choose one made from solid wood instead of particleboard or fiberboard, which can give off toxic formaldehyde fumes. The National Cancer Institute has classified formaldehyde as “carcinogenic to humans.”

Do you feel buzzed at night and you haven’t had any coffee? A big sleep disruptor in the bedroom can be exposure to electronic devices, wireless technology, and other forms of electromagnetic fields (EMFs). Dr. Magda Havas, a leader in the movement against unrestrained wireless technology use, says EMFs can cause headaches, nightmares, depression, fatigue, fibromyalgia, mood disorders, as well as long-term illness.

It’s best to sleep in a room without a computer, VCR, TV, electric clock, telephone answering machine, cell phone, or cordless phone — especially DECT (Digital Electronic Cordless Telephones) which emits microwave radiation continuously 24 hours a day, even when the phone is not in use, as long as it is plugged in. Better to have a landline phone that is hardwired. Some people are helped by turning off their WiFi at night.

5 Easy Ways to Get a Restful Night’s Sleep:

  1. Sleep on a mattress made from untreated, non-toxic natural materials containing no synthetic chemicals or fire retardants.
  2. If you can’t afford a new mattress, buy a wool and organic cotton mattress topper.
  3. Buy a solid wooden bed frame instead of particleboard or fiberboard which can give off toxic fumes.
  4. Simplify your sleep space: No TV, computer, cordless phone, or wireless technology.
  5. Be sure that all electrical equipment (including an electric clock) is as far away from the head of your bed as possible, or better yet, not in your bedroom at all.

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