The Health Benefits of Choosing Natural and Organic Bedding

The Health Benefits of Choosing Natural and Organic Bedding

Getting a good night's sleep is essential for our health and well-being. The quality of our bedding plays a big role in how well we sleep. More people are becoming aware of how important it is to choose bedding that is made from natural and organic materials. Unlike synthetic bedding, natural bedding is free from harmful chemicals and is better for both your health and the environment.

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Why Your Mattress May be Making You Sick

Why Your Mattress May be Making You Sick

Chemical sensitivity affects an unknown number of sufferers worldwide. As I explained in a post that went live on November 27th, chemical sensitivity (also known by other names like multiple chemical sensitivity, idiopathic environmental intolerance, environmental illness, and environmental sensitivity) is the name given to a chronic medical condition in which the sufferer becomes sick or experiences one or more allergy-like reactions after being exposed to toxic chemicals at doses that have generally been deemed safe for humans.

Organizations now exist to help MCS sufferers find a physician who is experienced in diagnosing and treating this condition. However, there has generally been little support from doctors for patients who are suffering from the effects of their exposure to toxic chemicals. As the story of Anna[i], a woman I interviewed last September will show, MCS is poorly understood within the medical community, and it can take a sufferer months or years to figure out what is causing her ill health.

[i] a pseudonym

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