Amazing Bamboo Makes for Soft, Healthy, Hypoallergenic Sheets & Bedding
Bamboo is among the most useful, amazing and versatile plants known to humankind. Bamboo products range far and wide and have so many health benefits.
This large tree-like plant is actually the largest member of the grass family. Bamboo offers a range of properties that serve the requirements of super strength and hardness for building and construction materials. However, it can also be processed for luxurious softness by weaving bamboo fibers into items of bedding, clothing, towels and more.
Among the high-quality products made from bamboo are bed sheets, pillowcases and other bedding materials. Before we say more about that, let’s briefly look at how bamboo is processed to make wonderful fabrics.
Harvest and Processing
Bamboo grows naturally around the world in tropical climates and in places like rainforests or wherever there is sufficient warmth, a lot of sun and moisture.
Bamboo can grow to average heights of 10 to 100 feet. Its stems or trunks can reach a thickness of 12 inches in diameter. Bamboo stalks that range from stick thin to 1-foot thick are used for different purposes.
For bed sheets, bamboo stems are cut into pieces and then soaked in water, sometimes from four to eight months. This is called water-leaching. Note that pure water is used and no harsh chemicals are required to break down bamboo wood into soft pulp.
Once the desired level of softness is achieved, bamboo is then run through spinning machines to create fibers that can then be transformed into fabrics using weaving process that have become highly advanced over the years.
The result is one of the most luxurious, soft, comfortable and skin-friendly fabrics on the market. Bamboo is equal to but more often superior to traditional bedding materials, such as cotton and various synthetic fabrics.
Health Benefits
As it turns out, careful scientific research has shown that bed sheets made from bamboo fiber offer a remarkable range of health benefits for people. These include:
• Hypoallergenic properties
• Superior body temperature regulation while sleeping
• Moisture wicking away from the skin action
• Antibacterial, antimicrobial and odor resistance properties
All of the above make bamboo sheets a smart choice for people suffering from allergic reactions and/or problems associated with sensitive skin.
Bamboo helps regulate body temperature because it wicks moisture away from the skin. Its microstructure is highly breathable. The latter allows for optimal oxygenation of the skin. This imparts to users a heightened feeling of comfort which, in turn, results in better, more restful sleep.
For people sensitive to smells, bamboo helps out by countering certain substances in natural body fluids, such as sweat, that cause odors. Bamboo has even been shown to suppress the action of harmful fungi that can sometimes become microscopically embedded within the fabric of any sheet material.
Eco-Friendly
One of the greatest benefits of bamboo is how easy it is on the environment. Cotton, for example, is among the most damaging fabrics because cotton plants are extremely destructive of the soil it grows in. Cotton, if not organic, is treated with chemicals, such as pesticides, to make it grow more robustly.
Bamboo, on the other hand, grows in less demanding soil conditions and does not deplete the fertility and nutrients in the soil like other fibrous plants. Bamboo has a smaller carbon footprint throughout its lifecycle from growth to harvest to use as a final product.
Best Choice
The reasons to select bamboo bed sheets range from health benefits to environmental benefits – but perhaps most of all – just because it is so amazingly comfortable against the skin supporting a wonderful night of restful sleep.
