Get a good night’s kip
YOU could be doing all the right things when it comes to sleep — eating the right foods, limiting your alcohol and caffeine intake and exercising regularly. You may also be following sound advice and switching off your screens an hour before and winding down properly. Hopefully you’ll even be sleeping in a cool, quiet and dark bedroom. You could be practising all these things daily, but if you’re sleeping on an old, unsupportive and unhealthy bed you still won’t get a refreshing night’s sleep. Interestingly, only 22 per cent of people surveyed by the Sleep Council thought that a new bed would improve their sleep. And yet research shows that a new bed is associated with getting 42 more minutes of sleep. This National Bed Month, don’t underplay the importance of a bed in getting a good night’s kip. A comfortable, supportive bed will ensure you move less, wake less, aren’t disturbed by your partner as much and are less likely to wake up feeling tired or aching. An adjustable bed will give you extra support in all the right places so that you can sleep comfortably and could be your best investment yet in your health.