160 | What Touches Your Skin 24/7? Could Your Bedroom Be Disrupting Your Sleep — and Your Hormones? (Part 3)

About this episode

The episode discusses how the bedroom environment, including bedding and air quality, can affect sleep and hormones.

Your body resets hormones and repairs itself while you sleep — but your bedroom environment may quietly interfere with that process. In Part 3 of the What Touches Your Skin 24/7? series, we look at how bedding, mattresses, and bedroom air quality can influence sleep, hormones, and recovery — and why natural fibers and healthier sleep surfaces deserve a closer look. 🍃 🍃 🍃 🍃 🍃 🍃 Hey Friend! Your body does some of its most important work while you sleep. Hormones rebalance. Cells repair. Your nervous system resets. Sleep isn’t passive — it’s biological restoration. But many women never stop to consider the environment surrounding them for six to eight hours every night. Your sheets. Your mattress. Your bedroom air. In Part 3 of the What Touches Your Skin 24/7? series, we step into the bedroom and look at why your sleep environment matters more than most people realize. Inside this episode, we talk about: • Why nighttime exposure can matter more than daytime exposure• How PFAS treatments and formaldehyde finishes show up in bedding and sheets• What mattress off-gassing can mean for indoor air quality• Why natural fibers like cotton, linen, and wool support a healthier sleep…

People in this episode

Host: Cynthia Harvey-Brown

Topics covered

• sleep environment
• hormones
• bedding
• mattresses
• air quality
• natural materials

Keywords

• sleep
• hormones
• bedding
• mattresses
• natural fibers
• PFAS
• formaldehyde

Mentioned in this episode

Products: PFAS treatments, formaldehyde finishes, natural fibers, cotton, linen, wool

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