Bedding Blues - Are you Sleeping Enough?
Sleep deprivation can be triggered by a snoring partner, stress, stimulants before bed, anxiety and poor sleep conditions - is it time you invested in comfortable bedding?
Egyptian cotton sheets, satin sheets and good bedding could help in the battle against sleep deprivation. The number of people not getting enough sleep is thought to of reached epidemic proportions. Investing in clean, quality bedding can help you turn your bedroom into your sanctuary and adding bedding accessories such as warming blankets, luxury throws and inviting cushions can transform your bedroom.
Bedding matters
Investing some of your time and money into buying new bedding can help you focus on an area in your life that you may be neglecting - your sleeping patterns. Eight hours' sleep a night is considered essential to a healthy and happy life. But research shows that many of us lose over ten hours' sleep a week - the equivalent of two and a half years over the average working life. Many may not be taking their sleeping patterns into consideration - investing in your bedroom, buying new bedding and bedding accessories can help focus your attention on the importance of quality sleep.
Focus on bedding, not spreadsheets
A study by Travelodge in 2007 found only 3% of professionals achieve the recommended 8 hours a night, every night, considered essential for optimum health and performance. Spending more time on their bedding than in their boardrooms is advised by health professionals who say poor sleep increases the risk of a raft of diseases. And luxury Egyptian cotton bedding may be the best Christmas present for company directors who were found to be the most sleep deprived - 8% got just under four hours a night.
More than your job's worth?
Those who spend less time enjoying their bedding include, worryingly, pilots and cabin crew, with 86% of workers in the travel industry struggling to get to sleep. Sleep deprivation has been proven to increase the risk of accidents. Teachers were also more likely to toss and turn on their bedding, with 39% worrying about their workload at night. The trends that emerged were those who worked shifts tended to be more sleep deprived. No matter how comfortable your bedding, changing shifts disrupts and confuses our body clocks. As sleep deprivation has been linked to high blood pressure, poor concentration and heart health, it might be worth considering changing profession. Those most at risk of poor sleep include company directors (5.9 hours is poor, even if they can afford the most luxurious bedding), ambulance crews (6 hours), hospitality workers (6 hours) followed by police officers, factory workers and nurses, engineers, doctors and civil servants.
Duncan Stewart Textiles Ltd has been trading online at www.towelsrus.co.uk for over 5 years. With 30 years of experience in the towel and home textiles market, we offer the very best in quality and service both to businesses and individual clients. We give you as much information nand advice as we can so that you can make an informed choice when it comes to buying bedding, towels and other textiles. Whether you're replenishing your linen cupboard or ordering personalised towels for a corporate events, we can help. Browse our website to order online, or call us on 0845 123 5880.
