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As a business person, there is always the nagging suspicion that what you do, what you’ve dedicated your life’s work to, is not always the beneficial activity which leads to Sainthood.   Not that Sainthood is my personal objective.  As they say, “God knows” that I’m not on anybody’s “go to” Saint candidate list should the need to fill a vacancy arise suddenly.

However, with some research, it is apparent that working in the quality bedding business, offering a line of comforters, duvets,  sheet sets (sateen, bamboo),  and particularly Eco-Wool bedding ( for the Green interests) does actually contribute in many significant ways to the beneficial daily activity we hope our customers enjoy – seven to nine hours of good sleep.

One of our company mottos is “We put you to sleep”.  Well, self-deprecation, modesty, etc. is good for a chuckle … we hope, but to find out that putting people to sleep actually does provide a variety of health benefits is very satisfying.

Do you remember how, back in your student days, you could rely on your brain to have learned lessons and produce results for you when you awakened from a good night’s sleep?   I used to set a problem and tell myself – order my brain – to have an answer, a solution, a result for me when I woke up. Your brain’s memory capacity is enhanced by sleep.  You do actually learn while you sleep.

Research has shown that a good night’s sleep is good for your heart.  You cannot beat that as a major benefit!  We used italics and bold type for emphasis here.  The lack of sleep is a real negative in maintaining heart health.  During sleep, the body heals itself producing proteins for repair jobs from skin damage to stress related issues.  We all know that a good night’s sleep or a daytime catnap tends to reduce our stress, making us feel more alert and with the sleep comes sharper thinking as we deal with work problems or good old life problems.

Medical professionals have suggested that during your sleep your body produces cancer fighting melatonin.  Scientists do attribute tumor growth suppression to melatonin.  To get the highest levels of melatonin at work inside you, be sure to keep your bedroom as dark as possible.  Light reduces the levels of melatonin, i.e. sunlight and artificial light at night.  Go figure, but as with so many aspects of health, if you can do it, why not do it?

Lack of sleep is suspected of contributing to weight gain.  Hormone generation during sleep is part of the repair job the body does while you are asleep under your Eco-Wool comforter or down duvet snuggled up between your strong, soft Bamboo sheet set.  So much for the commercial:  the Devil made me do it—God knows.   Back to the hormones: two hormones, leptin and ghrelin, are credited with contributing to appetite regulation.  Again, it’s one of those possible benefits all of which add up to contributing to better health.

To paraphrase Mel Brook’s famous line, “It’s good to be asleep!”   Sleep is the respite from the rigors of living.  I can say with some great measure of satisfaction that Comforters Luxury does contribute to the ongoing health of our customers.   And I do want to give credit to our medical advisory staff, Drs. Google, Yahoo, and Bing, for their input on the subject.  Where would we be without them?

Sleep well and stay healthy!