{"id":6428,"date":"2017-07-11T11:15:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T11:15:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-07-11T11:15:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T11:15:21","slug":"how-often-you-should-really-be-changing-your-bedsheets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/lifestyle\/health\/how-often-you-should-really-be-changing-your-bedsheets\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s How Often You Should Really Be Changing Your Bedsheets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scientists say we spend more than a third of our lives in bed (some of us probs spend at\u00a0<em>least\u00a0<\/em>half but sure no pointing fingers eh?), so it makes sense that your sheets should be kept squeaky clean.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.businessinsider.com\/how-often-to-wash-bed-sheets-2017-6?r=US&amp;IR=T\">Business Insider<\/a>\u00a0report that our cosy beds can soon turn into a &#8220;botanical park&#8221; of bacteria and fungus, and that bacteria found in the sheets can even make us sick.<\/p>\n<p>Humans naturally produce roughly\u00a098 litres of sweat\u00a0in bed every year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>YUCK.<\/p>\n<p>A recent study of pillows found that those that were 1.5 to 20 years old contained as many as 16 different species of fungus.<\/p>\n<p>Add in sweat, skin cells, animal dander, pollen, dust mite debris and soil, and you&#8217;ve got a pretty filthy mix in there.<\/p>\n<h3>So, how often to change them?<\/h3>\n<p>According to\u00a0New York University microbiologist Philip Tierno, we should be changing our sheets AT LEAST once a week.<\/p>\n<p>How often do you change yours?<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scientists say we spend more than a third of our lives in bed (some of us probs spend at\u00a0least\u00a0half but sure no pointing fingers eh?), so it makes sense that your sheets should be kept squeaky clean. 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