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Courtney Pochin

Expert warns mattress could 'ruin your sleep' in heatwave - but there's an easy fix

With temperatures rising, many people will be turning on the fan and throwing open the windows at night in a bid to get some sleep.

However, according to an expert, this might not be enough.

Chris Tattersall, the Managing Director of Woolroom, who has been dubbed the 'master of sleep' spoke to The Mirror about the importance of picking the right mattress and bedding for your home as these can impact your sleep in different weather conditions - especially heat.

Chris, who joined Woolroom in 2012, explained how certain types of mattresses can actually make you feel hotter and potentially ruin your sleep.

They type of mattress you sleep on can make a difference (stock photo) (Getty Images)

He said: "We want everybody to think about all of the facets that go into the area that you sleep in the mattress, your protector, your topper, you'll do by your pillow, your bed linen - all of that has to work.

"If you think about a journey that you might make in terms of buying a new duvet, you'll go along to Dunelm or Marks and Spencer or Debenhams or House of Fraser or John Lewis or wherever it may be that you'd like to shop and you're greeted with a wall of boxes of duvet and you sort of think oh my gosh, what tog rating do I choose? What fibre type do I choose? What's appropriate for me? What's my budget? And you're just thinking about the duvet on its own, rather than thinking about the other components that can really make a difference.

"So for example, somebody who has a memory foam mattress is going to sleep very hot. They need to be thinking about the duvet type that they use on top of that because it's going to create a lot more heat.

"So if you've changed mattress to a memory foam, what you had before with your duvet weight is not going to be appropriate because it's probably gonna be too heavy.

"All of those components need to be really thought through as to what's going to deliver the very best night's sleep."

Chris went on to explain why the memory foam mattresses can make people hotter, sharing how it was all to do with the "dense" fibres.

"Memory foam is hugely dense, and it throws all the heat you give off back at you," he said.

He claims most bedding with synthetic fibres like polyester face similar issues to memory foam and aren't great for "managing moisture".

"They throw all of that heat and humidity back at you as well. So we have a challenge there in terms of our sleep environment," he added.

Instead, Chris claims the key to a better night's sleep, no matter the weather, is to give wool a try - be it in your mattress or bedding.

The expert, who worked with the University of Leeds to test wool and find out how it impacts sleep, says the natural material provides "deeper, more regenerative sleep" due to the way it helps regulate temperature.

He added: "Actually, the old saying 'nature knows best' is true and what we need to do is return to how we used to sleep 50 to 70 years ago with more natural fibres, because we can sleep better and we can sleep deeper."

Do you have a sleep story to share? We want to hear all about it. Email courtney.pochin@mirror.co.uk

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