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10 Simple Steps to Improve Your Overall Sleep Quality

The results are in. We have the receipts. Getting enough high-quality sleep is essential to our physical and mental health. Period. No one can be sure when or how we became careless about sleep, but we must come to our senses. Sleep deprivation and poor sleep can catch up to all of us, regardless of age. Conditions Linked to Poor Sleep According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, insufficient sleep has been connected to several chronic diseases: Diabetes Insufficient sleep is a contributing factor to an increased risk for the development of type 2 diabetes. The amount and quality of sleep are considered predictors of Hemoglobin A1C levels. This is recognized as an essential marker of blood sugar. In addition, type 2 diabetes can itself be a contributing factor to a list of other conditions with severe consequences. Cardiovascular Disease In simple terms,...

Kevin Spencer - Jan 20, 2023

The Ultimate Guide to Different Sleeping Positions

If someone asks you what is your favorite sleeping position and you answer, "the recliner," don't miss these tips on how to get a good night's sleep. Sleep is too important to ignore. You owe this to yourself. The Link Between Dementia and Lack of Sleep Growing evidence shows that lack of sleep increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. This is a significant concern for middle-aged Americans. But, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States, we're learning that poor sleep quality in younger people may also increase risk. "Studies have suggested that sleep patterns earlier in life may contribute to later dementia risk. Both insufficient sleep and sleeping longer than average are linked to a great likelihood of developing dementia." The Importance of Sleep Hygiene and Sleeping Position Research involving 7,000 men and women in the...

Kevin Spencer - Jan 13, 2023

Why The Family Bed is the Best Oversized Bed in America!

It’s more than a family-size mattress. It’s the biggest bed by far. It’s made right here in Texas, and all our customers with families rave about it. Let’s take a closer look at the Family Bed to see why so many people love it. The Family Bed Is the Biggest Bed By Far Alaskan King, Wyoming King, and all the rest of the wannabe-king size beds simply can’t measure up to The Family Bed by Taylor & Wells. See for yourself below. The Family Bed is by far bigger, and The Family Bed XL is even bigger at a full 12 feet wide! No Math Required The Family Bed 10 Mattress is 120 inches wide(That’s 10 feet wide.) and 80 inches long. The Family Bed XL 12 Mattress is 144 inches wide(That’s 12 feet wide.) and 84 inches long. (Fun fact: The Vatican is considered the...

Kevin Spencer - Jan 06, 2023

What Are the Benefits of Having an Oversized Bed?

Are you kidding? This is America, and bigger is in our blood! Bigger is always better, and when it comes to beds – Nothing is bigger than The Family Bed by Taylor & Wells. Families That Have Fun Together – Stay Together The more quality time you spend with your family early on, the more cherished memories you create. Today, life is more fast-paced than ever, so you don't have a lot of time to create family moments. Sharing mornings and having fun with everyone in the same bed on special occasions, weekends, and holidays will make memories that last a lifetime. Children grow up fast, and there are only a few special years. A Family Bed can help you make the most of them. Movie Nights Are Family Bed Nights What's more fun than watching your family favorites with everyone in the same bed? Of course,...

Brandi Johnston - Dec 22, 2022

How Can A New Mattress Help With Back Pain?

If your back doesn’t ache, this article won’t be much help. To someone who hasn’t experienced how much trouble back pain can be, the whole subject is, in their opinion, exaggerated. They believe back pain is like having a sore leg or arm. They see it as a simple cause-and-effect type problem. “You did x, so it hurts. Stop doing x, and it won’t hurt. Simple.” Even if they don’t blurt it out loud, you know that’s what these very lucky people are thinking. They have no idea how scary it is to get out of bed when you don’t know if this time it’s going to cause shooting pain or if it’s going to be a little twinge. Even just rolling over can be a game of Russian Roulette. Back pain is a bit of a medical mystery. Of course, there are known causes,...

Brandi Johnston - Dec 15, 2022

Will Daylight Savings Time Become Permanent in 2023?

It’s anyone’s guess whether or not we’re finally going to abandon a well-meaning but brutal practice of sleep deprivation. On March 15th of this year, the US Senate successfully passed the Sunshine Protection Act to eliminate DST (Daylight Savings Time) starting January 2023. Unfortunately, the House of Representatives has yet to move it forward. I believe the consensus is that they’d like to sleep on it. But, wouldn’t we all enjoy a little more sleep? Ben Franklin Started This Whole Thing As A Joke Don’t blame our farmers. They had nothing to do with it! Back when Ben Franklin served as our envoy to France (1776 - 1785), he wrote a piece of satire that included ridiculous suggestions like firing off cannons at dawn to awaken people and taxing window shutters so that citizens would be discouraged from closing them to sleep in. At the time, Ben came...

Kevin Spencer - Dec 09, 2022

How Mattress Technology Has Evolved in the Last 10 Years

Whether or not we get enough high-quality sleep has become a priority in our physical, mental, and emotional health. So much so that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides an easy-to-understand chart, you can use depending on your age. They also include tips to build habits to improve your sleep. This understanding has dramatically evolved mattress technology over the last decade. Years ago, our general knowledge about sleep consisted of a smidgen about REM sleep and a smattering about Circadian Rhythms. In the last ten years, sleep science has uncovered many insights about the importance of sleep, and mattress manufacturers have stayed current with the latest developments. Don’t Mix Up Your Memory Foams Viscoelastic polyurethane foam (memory foam) was first developed in 1966 by NASA as a way to make sure astronauts could have the most comfortable and supportive material on which to sleep. It wasn’t...

Kevin Spencer - Dec 02, 2022

Why Does Eating Thanksgiving Dinner Make Me So Sleepy?

How long have we been hearing about how the tryptophan in turkey makes us sleepy at Thanksgiving dinner? “Oh honey, can I help clean up later? I ate too much turkey.” “Shovel snow? Outside? Now? But I ate too much turkey.” “No, no. I wasn’t sleeping in front of the tv. I was just resting my eyes. It was all that turkey.” Finally, the Truth About Turkey It’s a fact. The amino acid tryptophan, that’s found in turkey, makes us sleepy. But the truth is there are many foods high in tryptophan. Here is a list: Milk - 732mg per quart Canned tuna - 472mg per ounce Turkey - 410mg per pound Oats - 147mg per cup Cheese - 91mg per ounce Turkey Has An Accomplice So if the turkey isn’t absolutely loaded with tryptophan, then what is it that makes us sleep? Could the masked...

Kevin Spencer - Nov 17, 2022