Get My Wellness Newsletter – Sleep

Table of Contents

Feature Story – The Importance of Getting Quality Sleep
Feature Technology – The Nikken Sleep System
Current Nikken Promotions

Welcome to the first issue of my Wellness Newsletter. I intend to make this a monthly publication where you will get some information that you can use to improve your life and the lives of your family and friends. I will usually keep these same three sections in each issue. The first section is a feature story that you will hopefully find interesting, useful, and not specific to a Nikken product. The second section will be more Nikken related as I will focus on a particular Nikken product or technology. The final section will let you know about any promotions that Nikken has going on during the month.

And don’t forget that as a subscriber to this newsletter you have a special on-going 20% discount on any product that you order through my website. The code is at the bottom of this page along with instructions on how to use it.

The Importance of Getting Quality Sleep

Dr. William C. Dement, a leading authority on sleep, said that “healthy sleep has been empirically proven to be the single most important determinant in predicting longevity, more important than diet, exercise, or heredity”. That’s pretty darn important.

Most people will agree that we live in a very stressful world. We seem to be constantly busy running from one thing to the next. The body needs a chance to repair the damage that stress causes before it becomes a problem. Our brains also need time to process all of the information that we take in through our five senses during the day. Finally, we just get tired after being awake for a while and need some downtime to recharge our batteries.

Sleep is the one time during every 24 hours that we slow down enough for the body to go into maintenance mode. The brain shuts out most of the outside world and concentrates on the body’s internal world. During sleep the body relaxes and releases stress. When the body relaxes, digestion improves and we can make better use of the food we have taken in during the day and put it to good use repairing and energizing ourselves. Relaxation also allows the immune system to pick up and get rid of any viruses, bacteria, and other invaders that were able to get in. If we don’t get enough sleep, our defenses don’t have enough time to remove everything.

While we sleep our brains review the events of the day. It sifts through everything that has happened, all the information that we have absorbed, and decides what we should keep for future reference. In short, during sleep is when the real learning takes place. Most people realize that we are learning new things every day whether we are still in school or not, so it is important to get a good night sleep to make sure that we keep as much as possible.

Finally, sleep is important as the time that we recharge. We have all experienced sleep deprivation as some point in our lives. Too many people experience it on a regular basis either because they don’t get enough sleep or they don’t get quality sleep. Sleep deprivation causes us to not think clearly and slows our reaction time. We get angry quicker, we are more easily swayed by various temptations, and are easily influenced by other people. Getting a good night sleep puts us in more control of our actions and our thoughts and gives us the sharpness to keep ourselves safe from harm.

The Nikken Sleep System

Last fall Nikken discontinued all of the existing magnetic mattresses and mattress pads and launched the new Kenko Naturest Magnetic Mattress Topper. This is a completely different design from any of the previous products, the magnetic technology, the thought process behind the layout of the magnets on the pad, and the pad material itself.

First I want to talk about the magnets themselves. In the previous pad, each magnetic piece put in the pad was a single magnet. This time there are actually 6 magnets embedded in each disk.

If you have experienced the biaxial magnets in the Power Mag or the Body Energizer then you can better understand what this is attempting to duplicate. The biaxial magnets spin on two axes to create a magnetic field where the north and south poles are continuously moving and at any given moment they could be pointing in any direction.

As you can see from this picture, the magnets in this disk are pointing in different directions, rotated 60 degrees from the magnets on either side of it, to approximate the effect of the biaxial magnets without any moving parts. This allows the magnets to have a greater effect on the body. Nikken calls these magnets RAMs, or Radial-Axis Magnets.

The second thing that is different about the new sleep pads is how the RAM disks are positioned on the pad. The magnets on the previous pad were pretty much laid out in a grid so that any place on the pad had the same magnetic field. The magnetic disks on the new pad are laid out specific to where a person would be. For the twin pad, there are 13 magnetic disks laid out in the area roughly from the middle of your shoulder-blades down to your knees. On the larger pads, the disks are laid out in 2 of these patterns, one for each person that might be laying on the pad.

That brings up the first thing that you need to be aware of with the new pads. If you sleep alone on a full-size or larger bed and get one of these pads, then you will want to sleep on one side or the other, not in the middle.

The second thing to be aware of is that there are no magnets in the pad at the top of the shoulders or behind the neck. These magnets are in the pillow, and this is actually a good thing. Whether your pillow is magnetic or not, your pillow would cover these magnets and lifts your shoulders farther away from them. Magnetic fields diminish significantly with distance and any magnets in the pad at this location would be largely ineffective.

Finally, the material that the pad is made from is not the same foam that the older ones used. Nikken is now using natural latex foam. It is better for you and for the planet. Natural latex holds its shape better than anything else Nikken could find. It is also antimicrobial, so it resists mites and other things that can grow in other mattress pads.

Some people worry about latex because of possible allergies. It turns out that most people who have latex allergies are actually allergic to the coatings that manufacturers use and not the latex itself. In other cases people are allergic to synthetic latex, which is made from petroleum. People are not generally allergic to natural latex, and if you were, it still isn’t an issue because you will not come in direct contact with it.

Natural latex is better for the planet because it is a renewable resource. It is made from the sap of certain rubber trees, much like natural maple syrup is made from the sap of maple trees. It can be harvested without killing the tree that produces it.

So, there you have it. The new Kenko Naturest Mattress Topper.

Current Nikken Promotions

There are currently two promotions going on that both apply to the new Naturest Mattress Topper.

1. Nikken is offering free shipping on the new Naturest toppers. That is a savings of up to $99 depending on which size pad you choose. This offer is available through the end of July 2010.
2. If you decide to get a complete sleep system ( Naturest pad, a comforter, and pillows ), the whole package is 10% off the regular full price. Nikken has actually created separate product codes for the various combinations, so you don’t need any additional discount code. This is a permanent offer and does not expire.

You cannot combine these offers. If you choose to get just the pad, take the free shipping. If you want a complete sleep system then get the pack because you will save more than $100.

You can still use the 20% discount code, which is 201210, with either of these offers. In the case of the sleep pack, you will get the 20% off the already discounted price of the pack. To use the promotion code, add the items you want to your cart and go into checkout. On the first step of check out you enter your shipping information of the left side of the page. On the right-hand side is a box for you to enter your promotion code. Just enter 201210 in the box then continue with checkout. On the next page, verify the amounts, including your discount, then enter your credit card information and submit your order.

The promotion code is valid until December 31, 2010 and can be used as often as you need it.

One last thing before you go. I would appreciate it if you would leave me a comment below. Any questions or thoughts you have about what I have shared with you here would be great.

Thanks,

Wayne Woodworth

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