Home Interiors: How to choose and care for your mattress

Circadian science has determined that sleep 'cleans the brain' and that regular, chronic sleep interruption can have serious health impacts

Circadian science has determined that sleep “cleans the brain” and that regular, chronic sleep interruption can have serious health impacts. Pictures: iStock

Many of us don’t bother to deep address a mattress issue until we drop-kick our cocoa over our spouse at 2am some Saturday night. This is outright neglect. It’s estimated that every time we step out of bed, we leave behind 235ml of body fluids — a hearty mugful. Some of this revolting eau-de-you, will evaporate off, but much of it settles into the foam, fill, and ticking of the bed.

The UK Sleep Council have carried out research that indicates that an average mattress, after just two to three years, can carry worrying levels of staphylococcus, norovirus, and MRSA, sopped up by normal use.