Hastens opens first store in the Distillery District
07 Jun '08
3 min read
Hastens beds are made of all natural materials. They are free from latex, plastic, foam rubber or polyurethane that makes the sleeper hot and sweaty, but also free from something that could potentially release harmful chemicals.
Instead you find clean horsehair, cotton, flax, wool and pure slowly grown pine from the north of Sweden. Conscientious consumers appreciate not only a restful night that will give them a better quality day, but they also understand the value of choosing a product that is 100% bio-degradable, hypoallergenic and where craftsmanship, nor materials has been compromised.
There are about a 1000 Swedes that still sleep in a Hastens bed that are over 50 years old, needless to say that quality and fine natural materials goes a long way.
A quality sleep affects our immune system, our healing ability, our temper, our memory, our fitness and our learning ability. Even our aging process slows down. You get fewer wrinkles and increase your chances for a long healthy life.
Moreover, people who are sleep-deprived have elevated levels of substances in the blood that indicate a heightened state of inflammation in the body, which has also recently emerged as a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes.
As Dr. Sanjay R. Patel of Harvard Medical School points out: "Now we're starting to get insights into what's happening in the body when you don't get enough sleep."