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Eat Right, Work Out, Sleep Better

The Three Components of a Healthy Lifestyle(ARA) - In today's fast-paced world, moving at full speed isn't an option, it's a way of life.
Finding the energy to keep up has led many Americans to improve their diets and increase their activity and exercise.
Yet many people are missing the third vital component to a healthy lifestyle -- a good night's sleep. "Committing to improving overall health requires ambition, focus and knowledge," says women's health researcher Joan Shaver, Ph.D., RN, professor and dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
"We should think of a healthy lifestyle as a triangle, with the three points of proper nutrition, exercise and sleep.

If we fail to fulfill any one of these points, we are missing the potential for optimum health."Good nutrition and exerciseThe requirements of eating a balanced diet will vary from individual to individual, but it is vital that all major food groups are included.
Many of today's diets may help improve weight loss, but often leave the body begging for vitamins and other essential nutrients.
Eating a diet full of fruits, vegetables, breads, and fibers will help to give the body more energy for exercise and taking on the events of a busy day."Getting in shape" means exercising at least three days a week for 30 minutes or more -- not necessarily all at once.
Exercise doesn't have to be boring or rigorous -- it can be as simple and fun as a morning walk or an evening bike ride.
In fact, yard work is considered a great workout and long summer days allow for plenty of time outside.

Since exercise will raise the body's temperature and heart rate, be sure to complete exercise at least three hours before bedtime to allow the mind and body to wind down.Better sleepAccording to Dr. Shaver, several lifestyle factors must be considered to benefit from a better night's sleep.
First, evaluate the sleep environment -- ensure that your room is cool, dim and quiet.
Reserve the bedroom for sleep -- avoid bringing work to bed or watching television in the bedroom.Next, allow enough time for sleep -- on average, the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) recommends eight hours for adults.
But, in the 2002 NSF "Sleep in America" poll, 39 percent of respondents said they were sleeping less than seven hours at night on weekdays.

And most only slept 7.5 hours on the weekends.Finally, ensure that each sleep partner is comfortable by finding a mattress that meets individual needs. According to the NSF, 91 percent of people say their sleep surface is important in helping them get a deep, restful night's sleep.
And 89 percent of those surveyed in 2002 agree that a better quality mattress provides a better night's sleep.One alternative to traditional innerspring mattresses is The Sleep Number Bed by Select Comfort.
It allows individuals to adjust the bed to their ideal level of personal comfort -- their Sleep Number.
A Sleep Number is a number between zero and 100 that represents each individual's ideal setting for mattress firmness, comfort and support.

With dual-adjustable air chambers, sleep partners can independently adjust the firmness on their side of the Sleep Number bed without disrupting their partner's desired comfort level.Kevin Garnett, professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves, has recognized the importance of sleep on his overall performance as a professional athlete and has taken personal sleep comfort to a new level.
In 2001, the 6-foot, 11-inch forward ordered a custom-made 9-foot by 9-foot, dual-adjustable Sleep Number bed from Select Comfort."The Sleep Number bed has helped me sleep through the night when my muscles ache after a hard workout," says Garnett.
"With a regular mattress you have to adjust your body to the bed. The Sleep Number bed allows you to adjust the bed to your body."In studies conducted at Stanford University and Duke University, participants fell asleep faster and experienced better quality, more restorative sleep on the Sleep Number bed than on a traditional innerspring mattress.
Stanford University researchers also found that 87 percent of those who slept on the Sleep Number bed experienced a greater percentage of REM sleep with fewer disturbances.

The Sleep Number bed also provides more proper spinal alignment and 93 percent of participants reported back pain relief.For more information about these or other sleep facts, visit www.selectcomfort.com.
To find out more about the Sleep Number bed, call (800) 535-BEDS..

Courtesy of ARA Content, www.ARAcontent.com; e-mail: info@ARAcontent.com

An Informative Review of Popular Adjustable Beds

This article provides a detailed review of popular adjustable beds available for purchase both on and off-line.
Prominent adjustable bed manufacturers include Craftmatic, Sleep Comfort, Sealy, Tempur Pedic, and Spring Air.

Craftmatic Adjustable Beds
The Craftmatic Adjustable Bed Company has been in the marketing of adjustable beds for more than 30 years and the company has sold more than 800,000 adjustable beds across the world.
A Craftmatic Adjustable Bed with optional Heat & Massage may provide temporary relief from health problems like low back pain; sliding hiatus hernia; poor local blood circulation; water retention or swelling of the legs; arthritis; rheumatism; aches and pains from fatigue; night heartburn; asthma; stress and tension; joint and muscle inflammation; or neuralgia.

Sleep Comfort
Sleep Comfort Adjustable Beds are available in two models -- Standard and Wall-hugger. The company offers twin, full, queen...

An Informative Review of Popular Adjustable Beds

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Natural Enzymes Proving Effective in Battling Bed Bugs

(ContentDesk) April 13, 2006 -- Bedbugs little vampires of the insect world have invaded homes even five star hotels with a vengeance and at lightning speed.
These grisly little bugs only come out at night searching for a blood meal. Their residence is our beds and bedrooms.
These creepy crawling night stalkers feast and feed by sucking human blood.
They pierce the skin with their elongated beak -like a hypodermic needle.

Bed bugs inject their victims with their saliva, which contains a numbing agent, like Novocain.
They drink until they become engorged with a persons blood - crawling away satisfied until the next night.Kleen Free Naturally, a nontoxic enzyme remedy, provided by Natural Ginesis is successfully removing these uninvited intruders by the millions for its customers. The fast acting product can be safely sprayed on beds, mattresses, box springs and furniture. Because Kleen Free is nontoxic, no one is displaced from the home,...

Natural Enzymes Proving Effective in Battling Bed Bugs

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Air Mattress Beds

Air mattress beds are no longer considered temporary sleep solutions.
These days, air mattress beds are becoming luxurious high-tech alternatives to the traditional and occasionally painful metal spring mattresses that most people currently sleep on.
If you're having trouble sleeping, an air mattress bed is definitely an option you may want to consider.

Air mattress beds have the ability to mold to the exact shape of the sleeper's body, giving support where it's needed most.
This unique ability eliminates the strain on pressure points that often occurs while sleeping on a coil spring mattress.
This can ultimately interfere with the natural alignment of your spine.

A mattress that is too hard won't allow for the natural curvature of your spine, while one too soft will allow for abnormal bends in your back.
Either way, it spells long-term aches and pains for you without the proper support.
Not only that ? as time...

Air Mattress Beds

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An Informative Review of Popular Adjustable Beds

An Informative Review of Popular Adjustable Beds

Mattresses > An Informative Review of Popular Adjustable Beds

Adjustable Beds - Not Just For the Elderly!

In an ever increasing market for the ultimate Sleep System, most people still believe that the Adjustable Bed which was originally used in Hospitals and Homes for the Elderly are still that. A bed that can help the elderly in and out of bed! Although they are extremely helpful in these situations, they can also be very important for anybody in today's lifestyle.

Now any sincere knowledgeable mattress salesman won't push the watching TV or reading in bed, it's not something that we should recommend. But with today's lifestyles, this has become a normal way of life for some people. Sitting in bed watching TV, working to make the big deadline is OK, if that's your choice. But propping up two pillows every 3 minutes is probably not doing any good to your back or any other part of your body for that matter.

If this sounds like you, maybe your next mattress purchase should have an adjustable base as well.

There are many "side affects" from poor sleep and...

Adjustable Beds - Not Just For the Elderly!

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Bedbugs Eradicated by New Non-Chemical, Non-Toxic ThermaPure Treatment

(ContentDesk) January 10, 2006 -- Bloodsucking bedbugs are once again attacking hotel guests and homeowners worldwide, triggering costly remediation, litigation and damaged reputations even in upscale establishments.
Recently, two Swiss women sued a swanky Manhattan hotel, where according to their lawyer they were eaten alive with bedbug bites over their torsos, arms, legs, cheeks, and necks.
A Las Vegas motels bedbug infestation caused its closing for extermination while mattresses, curtains, and carpet were replaced.
The National Pest Management Association reports a 500 percent increase in U.S. bedbug incidents in the last few years, and infestations have risen tenfold since 1996 in parts of London.The blood-sucking insects are tough...

Bedbugs Eradicated by New Non-Chemical, Non-Toxic ThermaPure Treatment

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