Published by Brunsell on 11 Jul 2010 at 10:04 pm
Don’t make your bed!
Your mom is wrong, a messy bed is good for you…
Failing to make your bed in the morning may actually help keep you healthy, scientists believe.
Research suggests that while an unmade bed may look scruffy it is also unappealing to house dust mites thought to cause asthma and other allergies. A Kingston University study discovered the bugs cannot survive in the warm, dry conditions found in an unmade bed. The average bed could be home to up to 1.5 million house dust mites. The bugs, which are less than a millimetre long, feed on scales of human skin and produce allergens which are easily inhaled during sleep. The warm, damp conditions created in an occupied bed are ideal for the creatures, but they are less likely to thrive when moisture is in shorter supply.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4181629.stm
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kcburke on 12 Jul 2010 at 1:13 pm #
I’ve been telling my mother-in-law this for years! LOL! She insists that it doesn’t mean it needs to remain unmade all day, just for a little while. I wonder about the science on that. What is the optimal/minimum time for the bed to remain unmade? I’ll be looking for the info from their follow up studies–especially since I live in dry southern california. She’s from New England–so maybe she can make her bed asap, since it might not make a difference. Thanks for the chuckle.
Nancy Bryant on 16 Jul 2010 at 2:03 pm #
HA! My older son sent me this a couple of days ago, with the title “interesting reading.” He makes his bed everyday - maybe he is looking for an excuse not to? I told him NOT to send it to the other son - he already subscribes to this practice!