Your bed may look clean, but experts say weekly washing helps remove dust mites, bacteria and allergens that build up while you sleep.
You spend roughly a third of your life tucked in your bed – that quiet sanctuary of rest. But here's the thing that many people don't even think about when it comes to sleep and wellness - your bedding is quietly building a micro-ecosystem, and you're the host.
Every night your body sweats, secretes body oils and sheds between 30 000 and 40 000 dead skin cells per hour, exactly where you sleep. Enter dust mites - and not just a few – research shows millions! The warmth, the humidity, the endless buffet of skin cells you generously provide basically make your bed a five-star resort for them. You won't feel them. You won't see them. But if you wake up sneezing, congested, or itchy-eyed, their waste particles are a leading suspect, and one of the most common triggers for allergies and asthma.
But the mites are almost secondary. They're just feeding on everything else that's already there. Bacteria from your skin transfer onto your linen every night, and then there's fungi, yeast, saliva, pet dander, pollen hitchhiking in from outside, and - during illness - viruses that can survive on fabric for hours.
