You spend more time on your bed than any other piece of furniture. To be more precise, you spend a third of your life in bed, and you rely on it to get a good night’s sleep . Which is why it’s so important to pick the most comfortable bed sheets, pillow coverings and other bed items.  When it comes to comfort and softness only one fabric comes to mind – Linen.
Made from flax fibers, linen has been grown thousands of years before Christ was born and is one of the world’s oldest and healthiest fabrics. Archaeologists who dug near the region of Swiss lake dwellers, the Stone Age People, had found pieces of linen which are now kept in a museum in Switzerland.  In chapter xlii of the book of Genesis, we are told that Pharaoh arrayed Joseph in vestures of fine linen. Egyptians wrapped their mummies in linen clothes.
Now, let’s see the health benefits of linen fabric and how linen bed sheets help you relax and unburden after a long day’s work. They are not too cold, not too hot and reduce fatigue as they have a light massaging effect due to the microscopic breaks present throughout the fabric. It’s also known to suppress live pathenogenic bacteria, microflora, and fungi and does not cause any allergies and eliminates many kinds of irritations on the skin.
Linen fabrics also affect the cardio-vascular, nervous and muscular systems by stimulating blood-flow. Also linen sheets are great for babies as they are free from pesticides and perfect for the sensitive newborn skin. It’s also believed that bed-ridden patients do not develop bedsores if bed sheets they use are made of Linen.
Bed linens and pillowcases made of linen get softer over several washes without losing its luster. As opposed to the popular belief Linen sheets are not difficult to maintain. You can machine wash your linen bed items and even iron it.
You can find bed items of linen in numerous colors; each item comes with a flavor of freshness and unique design.  You can also choose bed linens with embroideries and appliqué or if you are a fan of simplicity then white linen sheets fit the bill perfectly. For white linen bed items, remember that you must not bleach them as chlorine bleach can turn white to yellow.