Skip links Skip to primary navigation Skip to content Skip to footer Vibrant health means you can live life to the fullest. Empower yourself with the steps I used to free my life of chronic disease and medications. I’m an author, entrepreneur, and nutritional therapy practitioner (NTP). I began this website at 19, to share the steps that freed my life of chronic disease and medication. Now, Empowered Sustenance has reached 30 million readers with healthy recipes and holistic resources. Essential Oils for Brain FunctionBurn 600 Calories Sitting, and 6 other Infrared Sauna BenefitsThrive Market: The Netflix of FoodMeal Plans, Customized Exactly for YOUHolistic Hair Care Pregnancy is full of planning and preparation, which can fill your day with joyous activities--and leave you moaning at night from disrupted sleep! Whether it’s the increased size of your abdomen or the intensity of heartburn in the last trimester, sleeping well is not as easy as it was before becoming pregnant.
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Here are seven tips from Dr. Bang for choosing a neck-friendly pillow: Cervical contour pillows work best for most people, he says. Your head rests in a depression in the center. Your neck rests on either a less elevated side when you’re lying on your back, or on a more elevated side when you’re lying on your side. Foam contour pillows are next best at supporting your neck. Natural latex offers support without heating you up like memory foam. “People may not realize that they become hot at night. This can make for restless sleep. By sleeping cooler, you sleep deeper,” says Dr. Bang. Of course, if you’re allergic to latex, you’ll want to use memory foam pillows. They may be affordable, but feather pillows don’t provide much neck stability. “They feel super comfy when you first settle in. But the feathers move when you do, so you wind up with no support, causing you pain,” says Dr. Bang. Down pillows are somewhat more supportive but still require fluffing up.
However, if you’re allergic to animal dander, neither of these fillers will work for you. RELATED: Don’t Let ‘Text Neck’ Get the Best of You “The fun thing about buckwheat pillows is you sleep very cool. A lot of air circulates between the hulls,” says Dr. Bang. They are also cost-effective, have renewable filler, and support your neck when you sleep on your side. But the hulls make noise as they move during the night, and that support can slip away as it would in a beanbag, he notes. There isn’t much research on pillows with mixed fillers, such as memory foam or latex with shredded foam and a gel insert. “Pillows with too much material jammed in or that remain too fluffy can hold your neck in an awkward position,” cautions Dr. Bang. Shredded foam can cool you but loses its stability over time if you sleep on your side. RELATED: Do You Have a Stiff Neck? Try These Simple Remedies If you’re in the habit of sleeping on your stomach, which isn’t ideal, body and side pillows can improve your sleep posture.