How your mattress affects your sleep

If you sleep the recommended eight hours a night, this means you’re spending a third of your day on your mattress. If you sleep that same amount your entire life, excluding naps or the occasional nodding off in a boring meeting, you will end up sleeping for a third of your life. Sleep matters. Without it, your immune system breaks down and your memory malfunctions, to name a few of the disastrous consequences of not snagging enough z’s.

Furthermore, the type of sleep you get affects your waking hours. If you spend the night tossing and turning, you end up with the same disastrous consequences as if you’d stayed up all night watching tv. What you sleep on affects your sleep quality. Yet people neglect this thought. They’d rather spend thousands of dollars on the comfort features in their new car than invest some money in a quality mattress. Keep reading to learn about how to improve sleep quality and how your mattress will improve sleep quality.

 High sleep quality improves health
The quantity of sleep you snag every night matters. The quality of sleep, though, matters even more.If you’re lying in your bed for seven to eight hours a night, tossing and turning, and then waking up with more aches and pains than you started with or with higher stress levels, you didn’t get a good sleep. You just laid in bed for a while.Poor sleep quality affects you both physically and mentally.

Affects immune system
Lack of sleep leads to a compromised immune system and thus a higher likelihood of getting sick and staying sick. Basically, your body can’t fight off illness if you’re not getting rest, because your body works the most when you’re sleeping.When you sleep, your immune system releases cytokines, a protein that helps you sleep. These same cytokines also increase when you’re fighting an infection. When you don’t get enough sleep, your body does not produce the necessary amounts of cytokines, not to mention the necessary antibodies and cells that fight infection.

 Weight maintenance
It’s a cruel fact that the amount of quality sleep you have every night affects your ability to lose weight. Studies show an increased appetite and metabolic dysregulation associated with lack of sleep. When you sleep, your body recharges. It makes more of the hormones that keep your metabolism regulated. When you’re not sleeping deeply, your body will not have the time to make those needed hormones that help you regulate your weight.

 Mental health
Studies have shown correlations between mental health problems and sleep deprivation. While insomnia is one symptom of disorders such as depression, ADHD, and bipolar disorder, it also can cause the same problems. Researchers are still working to see if improved sleep can stave off mental illnesses.Regardless, all researchers agree that quality sleep improves the condition of individuals suffering from mental illnesses. Who doesn’t have a refreshed view of life after a good night’s sleep?

The role of a mattress
No one will deny the health benefits of a good night’s sleep. A quality mattress designed specifically for your sleep needs is a key component to a good night’s sleep. An old, bumpy mattress will lead to a poor night’s sleep and subsequently play a role in stress buildup, a compromised immune system, and weight gain.

Creaky mattresses mean  bad sleep
If you’re a restless sleeper by nature, then you already know if your mattress creaks. You don’t want your mattress to creak. You want a noise-free sleep. A creaky mattress means the springs in the mattress have begun to break down, and this means your mattress isn’t supporting you as it should. Evaluate your mattress carefully. Listen when you sit on it. If you have an audible mattress, it is most likely compromising your sleep quality.

Good  mattresses support your body
You should not be waking up in pain. Sure, there’s old-age stiffness and general joint pain, but if you’ve slept well on the right mattress for you, you should wake up feeling refreshed. When you lie down at night, your mattress should have an upward resistance that balances out the downward pull of gravity.

If your mattress doesn’t have adequate support, you will have pressure points that cause achy joints when you wake up. You’ll wake up with unnecessary and unexplained pain in your hips, neck, and lower back.

Quality mattresses provide the necessary upward support that helps your body maintain good posture, even as you sleep. They support the curve of your spine no matter what your sleep position. The mattress should essentially cradle you. A good mattress can even reduce chronic pain over time. In short, a quality mattress is the first solution to insomnia.

Old mattresses capture and release allergens
Old mattresses can also cause breathing problems. Dust mites will lodge themselves in the foam of your mattress and feed on the dead skin cells left from years of usage. Dust mites, in turn, cause skin allergies and asthma. Individuals with a weak immune system run the greatest risks when they sleep on old mattresses since they need as little allergen as possible when they sleep. You need only take a look at a new mattress to see the difference.