This one’s for you, Mom
Posted on January 24, 2005 @ 11:11 am
There’s still no cure for cancer, but researchers nevertheless remain hard at work on explaining the links between housekeeping and your health. Via the BBC:
Failing to make your bed in the morning may actually help keep you healthy, scientists believe.
Research suggests that while an unmade bed may look scruffy it is also unappealing to house dust mites thought to cause asthma and other allergies.
A Kingston University study discovered the bugs cannot survive in the warm, dry conditions found in an unmade bed.
Apparently, I’ve been at the forefront of the global fight against dust mites for nearly 28 years now and I didn’t even know it. Now, if only a subsequent study would show that a seldom-mowed lawn is somehow beneficial to your health…
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I’ve very disturbed by this phrase…
“…the bugs cannot survive in the warm, dry conditions found in an unmade bed.
This seems to imply that most beds are cold and damp when made. I don’t know ’bout y’all, but I’m pretty sure mine doesn’t sit like that. Can you imagine? Ech!
This is great news. I wish they’d known this fact when I was younger, so when my mom complained about my unmade bed I could say “But I’m doing my all to prevent dust mites!”
Well, if you have allergies…
I dont think that commenter #4 is doing much to prevent dustmites…… YIKES!
Re: lawns…. if ticks EAT dustmites, you may be on to something with the unmowed lawn….
AH…. comment #4 is gone… for those who missed it, it was clearly porn spam…. LOL
Ha! No more guilt about leaving the bed unmade*
Confess, now! Haven’t you ever thought that making a bed that was ludicrous? You’re gone from the house all day, and what do you do when you get home but pull down the sheets and get in. What’s the point?…
Ha! No more guilt about leaving the bed unmade*
Confess, now! Haven’t you ever thought that making a bed was ludicrous? You’re gone from the house all day, and what do you do when you get home but pull down the sheets and get in. … What’s the point?Well,…