Here is a helpful guide on how you can get the ultimate nights sleep from using silk sheets and silk bedding accessories. Read to learn more about silk and all of its health benefits.

1. Choose Silk Sheets for
the Ultimate Night’s
Sleep

2. Introduction
• Considering most people spend almost one-third of their lives
tucked away in their bed sleeping, it’s no wonder so many
spend such time and effort finding just the right sleep
accessories.
• It’s no secret that mattresses and pillows can help make your
sleep time more restful, but not many people give a lot of
thought to their bedding.

3. Introduction
• In reality, the sheets you choose can make a big difference in
the quality of your sleep and your overall health. Silk sheets
are often thought of as the height of decadence, and while
they are a luxury compared to other materials, they are well
worth the added expense.

4. Information About Silk
• Above all else, it’s probably good to point out that silk is a
natural substance that resists things like dust mites, bed bugs,
mold and mildew.
• Silk is a natural fire retardant and it contains important amino
acids and proteins that other types of sheets just don’t have.

5. Information About Silk
• One fascinating quality of silk is its ability to keep you warm
when the temperature is cooler and cool when the
temperature is warmer.
• This happens naturally, using the same sheets without any
modifications. Most people are unaware that silk is just as
strong as steel in tensile strength, adding another interesting
feature to this natural fabric.

6. Information About Silk
• The quality of silk is typically measure
by ‘momme count’. For quality silk
sheets, the momme count should be
around 12 or higher.
• Industry leader Manito Silk uses silk
with a momme count of 22, which
results in very high quality sheets and
bedding.

7. Health Benefits of Silk Sheets
• Most people associate silk with luxury and extreme comfort,
but not a lot of people know that silk sheets provide several
important health benefits to regular users.
• Some of the well-known health benefits of silk sheets include:
• Allergy Control - Since silk is a natural substance, few people are
allergic to it, and it also helps to reduce the conditions that add to
allergy flare-ups. This includes dust mites, mold and other
allergens.

8. Health Benefits of Silk Sheets
• Joint Pain Relief – Just the way that silk drapes over a person’s
body while they sleep helps to reduce pain in sensitive joints.
Single points of pressure are created with many regular duvets
and sheets, but not with silk.
• Dry Skin Relief – Dry skin can reabsorb moisture while you sleep,
from the amino acids founds in silk sheets. The tightly woven
fibers keep moisture close to the skin, and keep dry skin issues
like eczema at bay.

9. Health Benefits of Silk Sheets
• Restful Sleep – It’s no secret how important a restful sleep is to
optimum health. The temperature-regulating qualities of silk
sheets make for a perfectly comfortable sleep environment and
the hypoallergenic aspect adds to that even more. The result is
less tossing and turning and more energy during the day.
• Fewer Hot Flashes - Any woman that has experienced hot flashes
knows that they can be some of the most uncomfortable things
imaginable. Sleeping in silk sheets will help to turn down the
heat naturally, for a more sound sleep without any
pharmaceutical help.

10. Health Benefits of Silk Sheets
• Healthier Hair – Beautiful, shiny hair isn’t exactly a health issue, but
it’s certainly one of the benefits of using silk sheets on a regular
basis. The fact that your hair slides on a silk pillowcase will result in
less damage and less static.

11. How to Choose Silk Sheets
• As mentioned above, the momme count of silk sheets is a
good way to determine the level of quality you’ll be getting.
Remember, the higher you get above 12, the softer and more
luxurious your bedding is going to be.
• For sheets, you can choose either wild silk or mulberry silk.
Wild silk uses silk from several different types of silkworm, and
is generally more affordable.

12. How to Choose Silk Sheets
• Mulberry silk only uses silk from silkworms that are fed a
specialized diet of mulberry leaves, and is considered the most
luxurious type of silk.
• Wild silk is still 100 percent silk, but mulberry silk is the top of
the line when it comes to quality. It’s important to note that
you’ll only get the effect of real silk if you use 100 percent silk.
Satin and similar products are still artificial and won’t give you
the same results.

13. How to Care for Silk Sheets
• Once you have real, 100 percent silk sheets on your bed, it’s
important to know how to care for them properly. Quality silk
sheets cost quite a bit more than regular cotton sheets, so
take the time to keep in good shape.

14. How to Care for Silk Sheets
• According to Manito Silk:
• Wash your silk sheets separately on the most delicate setting
your machine offers. You can use a laundry bag if you want even
more protection.
• Use mild, preferably natural detergent and keep the water
temperature at 30 degrees Celsius or lower.

15. How to Care for Silk Sheets
• Drying your silk sheets out in the sun may result in fading. Wait
for a warm cloudy day, or simply hang them over your shower
curtain rod overnight. You can also put them in the dryer alone
on the lowest setting, or with just air and no heat at all. It’s also
important to take the sheets out of the dryer before they are
totally dry.
• Any wrinkles in your silk sheets will even out once they are back
on the bed. You can also fold them and store them under towels
in your linen closet. If you really want to iron out the wrinkles,
you can use the steam setting on your iron, without actually
making contact with the sheets.

16. How the Silkworm Makes Silk
• When a silkworm makes silk, it is harvested from the cocoon
in one continuous thread. The silk is made from a protein that
the silkworm secreted from two salivary glands located in its
head.
• According to the University of Memphis, the thread that’s
contained in ach cocoon is between 300 and 900 meters in
length.

17. How the Silkworm Makes Silk
• When the silk is harvested, the cocoon is placed in boiling
water to help unravel each thread. Several cocoons are
usually unwound at the same time so the remaining strands
are strong enough to harvest.
• That is the beginning of the process that produces the finest
silk sheets for you to sleep on.