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Hot Sleeper? Consider this: Layer your Bedding. Every night our bodies lose moisture . The cause of this could be medical, environmental, temperature or the use of certain materials on the bed. Actual Moisture loss quantities vary and are debated. Some suggestions are up to 1 litre a night but we suggest you conduct your own research if you need to quantify this. The causes and implications of moisture loss are connected to the different conditions which exist in our bodies or our bedroom. Much of the moisture will find its way into your bedding and ultimately your mattress itself....

There is an old wives tale that children should not have cheese before bedtime to prevent bad dreams and nightmares. And in a ‘Christmas Carol’, Ebenezer Scrooge blamed cheese for causing his ghostly nightmares. He only ate “a crumb” but the idea that cheese gives you nightmares still persists. But researchers have disproved this old wife’s tale and found that cheese could actually aid sleep. In 2005 the British Cheese Board carried out a major study to investigate whether eating cheese before bedtime gives you nightmares. More than 75% of the 200 volunteers who took part who ate 20g of...