Natural Organic Mattress

Conventional mattresses are filled with synthetic materials. These are used in mattresses as a flame retardant. Sleeping on a natural organic mattress is a healthier, more restorative sleep.

People who sleep on natural mattresses, using material such as natural wool, toss and turn significantly less. Additionally, they sleep and feel better the next day when sleeping on wool. The less a person tosses and turns is related to a greater quality of sleep! Natural wool increases sleep quality and reduces tossing and turning because 1) it reduces pressure points; and 2) it regulates body temperature, wool helps keep you warm when it is cold and cool when it is warm. Wool can do this because of its moisture-regulation quality. Here is how it works: when you get too hot, you sweat. If you are sleeping with bedding that is not natural, the sweat will remain near your body and not evaporate, and not cool you down. You can wake up feeling sticky and clammy. However, if you are sleeping with natural organic fibers, which are breathable, the sweat can evaporate from your body and cool you down. Wool is able to wick water away from your body and is able to absorb up to 30% of its weight in moisture and still feel dry. Wool helps you stay warm when the air is cool because it is a natural insulator. There are air pockets in wool, which trap heat and let the air circulate near your body. In this way, your body heat stays regulated. If you have a consistent body temperature, you will toss and turn less and have a deep and restful sleep.

Natural Organic Mattress Materials

Natural Latex: Natural rubber is harvested by tapping the milk (sap) of Hevea brasiliensis (the common rubber tree), which grows within 10 degrees of the equator. The rubber tree sap is whipped up and turned into latex foam. This is truly a sustainable resource because sap can be collected from the trees up to 180 days per year and the tree heals within an hour.

Organic Cotton: United States farmers applied nearly one-third of a pound of chemical fertilizers and pesticides for every pound of cotton harvested (these chemicals are the most toxic classified by the Environmental Protection Agency). This can account for 25% of all the pesticides used in the United States. The use of chemicals in producing cotton can lead to massive environmental and health problems. You are helping sustain the environment if you buy a natural mattress made with 100% organic cotton, organic sheets, and/or organic bedding.

Organic Wool: Natural organic wool is produced without the use of hormones or pesticides, both in the animal and in the animal’s food. Wool is a sustainable resource because the sheep are not killed; they are merely shorn each year.

Benefits of Natural Sleep on an Organic Mattress:

Recommended for people sensitive to certain chemical substances.
Is perfectly safe and healthy, not releasing any toxic gases or dust.
Wool offers perfect insulation, keeping you warm in winter and cold in summer.
Wool absorbs humidity like a sponge, thus maintaining a dry sleeping environment.
Wool contains lanolin, a natural substance which prevents dust mites from nesting inside the mattress and feeding.
It helps promote a healthy environment.