{"id":5414,"date":"2008-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.dev\/?p=5414"},"modified":"2008-07-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-07T00:00:00","slug":"when-to-replace-pillows-and-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/when-to-replace-pillows-and-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"When to Replace Pillows and Mattresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/images\/aa_ultra_pillow.jpg' align='left' hspace='10' vspace='5'>   I watched a piece on The Today show this morning titled, &#8216;From pills to pillows, when to replace your stuff.&#8217;  View it here&#8230;  <a href='http:\/\/today.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/25516515\/'>From pills to pillows, when to replace your stuff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The expert from prevention.com suggested replacing pillows every year because, &#8216;Hair and body oils will have soaked into a pillow&#39;s fabric and stuffing after a year of nightly use, making it a breeding ground for odor-causing bacteria and allergy-triggering.&#8217;  She went on to suggest that using pillow protectors will double the usable life of a pillow.<\/p>\n<p>I do agree that most people keep their pillows far too long.  I am a case study.  I took my favorite pillow from my grandmother&#39;s to college with me.  The first time I tried washing it, it disintegrated.  Lesson learned.  Our <a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/allergy-armor-pillows.asp'>Allergy Armor Pillows<\/a>and <a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/aa-ultra-pillow-cover.asp'>Allergy Armor Pillow Protectors<\/a> will not only make your pillows healthier but they will also increase their useful life.  <\/p>\n<p>On the subject of mattress replacement, I agree with the contributor.  She noted, &#8216;Get deeper sleep: Toss your mattress after five to ten years.  A good mattress lasts nine to ten years, according to the National Sleep Foundation, but consider replacing yours every five to seven years if you don&#39;t sleep well. A study at Oklahoma State University found that most people who switched to new bedding after five years sleep significantly better and have less back pain.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>I was a victim again in college while moving to a new apartment.  I was riding with my mom and suggested we stop on the side of the road and pick up a mattress.  Horrified, she informed me what a terrible idea this was, going on to describe what an unhygienic and disgusting state the mattress was likely in.  Though an idle suggestion then, I know with certainty now.<\/p>\n<p>Be cognizant of the age of your pillows and mattresses.  Our Allergy Armor Pillows have a place for customers to write in the replacement date of the pillow, which is two years from date of purchase, so customers would know when to replace them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched a piece on The Today show this morning titled, &#8216;From pills to pillows, when to replace your stuff.&#8217; View it here&#8230; From pills to pillows, when to replace your stuff The expert from prevention.com suggested replacing pillows every&hellip; <\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-categories\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[188],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}