Monday mornings can be difficult. You've allowed your body to relax over the weekend. When that alarm goes off, it can be a struggle to get yourself moving. Most of us probably spend a few of those precious early minutes making our bed. Well, that might be one thing that you can change about your routine. No, it isn't because you suddenly have a right to be messy. It actually can help you with these tiny creatures:
The mighty house dust mite. Actually, it’s not mighty at all. These microscopic little buggers are running rampant in your bed (sorry, but it’s true). In fact, the average bed can be home to 1.5 million of them. House dust mites feed on human skin scales (ew), so they love to take up residence with us under the sheets. The allergens they produce (which are actually the mites’ poop) are easily inhaled during sleep and are a major cause of illnesses like asthma. They don’t exactly help dust allergies, either.
Why would leaving your bed unmade help?
“We know that mites can only survive by taking in water from the atmosphere using small glands on the outside of their body,” Dr. Stephen Pretlove of Kingston University’s School of Architecture said to the BBC. “Something as simple as leaving a bed unmade during the day can remove moisture from the sheets and mattress so the mites will dehydrate and eventually die.”
Experts recommend leaving your bed unmade for the entire day — yes, the entire day — and making it (if you must) when you get home later on. By that point, many of the mites will have died an unceremonious death. Good riddance, you gross little things.
Here is the link to the full article: Why you should never make your bed : The Loop
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