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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
posted by Frank Stevens

Sleep Like a Princess

Sleep Like a Princess

In the 1970s, scientists working with NASA developed memory foam. While their original intent was to use the product to ensure the safety and comfort of astronauts during space travel, it was not long before consumer uses for memory foam products were developed, including an innovation in the mattress industry. A product designed to decrease the discomfort of pressure points caused by the extreme g-forces exerted during takeoff ultimately translated into sleep comfort for millions of consumers.

Most know the famous Hans Christian Andersen story about the Princess and the Pea, wherein the featured prince had been unsuccessful at finding a true princess to marry. On a stormy night, a woman seeks shelter at his castle and claims to be a princess. The queen mother doubts her, and secretly places a single pea under a stack of 40 mattresses and feather beds to test the alleged princess’ claim of royalty. According to the queen’s logic, if the alleged princess had a good night’s sleep, undisturbed by the pea, then she wasn’t the true princess that she claimed to be. In the end, the poor girl had a miserable night’s sleep, proved her pedigree and married her prince. One wonders how her fate would have changed had she slept on a memory foam mattress instead. The memory foam mattress would have molded to her body, giving it full support, thus providing a night of sweet slumber. Had her royal highness been provided with a memory foam mattress instead of a stack of 40 mattresses and feather beds, she would likely have never married her prince.

While memory foam mattresses used to be very expensive, that is no longer the case. Consumers no longer need to be as rich as a princess to afford a memory foam mattress. In fact, memory foam mattresses are less expensive or comparable in price to traditional mattresses found in retail stores. They can also be ordered online at sites such as padcomemoryfoam.com and come in various sizes and depths to fit most budgets. For those who are who are not seeking to outright replace a mattress, but feel they could benefit from sleeping on a memory foam product, padcomemoryfoam.com also offers memory foam mattress toppers in varying sizes and depths to fit your existing mattress. Memory foam mattress toppers can inexpensively transform an uncomfortable, non-supportive mattress into one that provides the comfort and support needed to achieve a restful, restorative night of sleep.

The health benefits of getting an adequate amount of sleep are well documented. Investing in a memory foam mattress or mattress topper product that will comfortably cradle your body as you sleep is ultimately an investment in your overall health and well-being.