The Essentia Blog

Question from Catherine in Atlanta:
“An article on FurnitureToday.com says the NFL is endorsing Essentia mattresses. My husband is an ex football player. Why are your mattresses suited for him?”
I don’t know anything about any NFL endorsements….i wish….. but several athletes do sleep on Essentia mattresses. They often communicate back with praise and we get some [...]

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I hear congress talking about biofuels constantly. Who’s benefiting?
BioFuels or Agrifuels are the creation of large agribusiness corporations. They’re not green or sustainable.
South America, southeast Asia and Indonesia are clearing land and deforestation is rampant. They use massive amounts of herbicides and pesticides on their crops polluting the water system.
Substituting just 10% cent of fossil [...]

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Danielle Asks:
I saw your products at my local Costco. I was told that the foam was made from essential oils.
Since essential oils are the extracts of the odorant part of plants, I am wondering why I was also told that the mattresses did not have any smell or scent.
I am wondering [...]

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The video above is Part 3 of one of the world’s foremost Peak Oil educators giving us his insight into the coming century.
If you have time to kill check out the other parts on YouTube

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It turns out the health check symbol is not what it’s cracked up to be.
Health Check is Canada’s Heart and Stroke Foundation’s food information program designed to help people make “healthy food choices”. So they place this “health check” on products. Dietitians from the foundation evaluate products based on Canada’s Food Guide. The Health [...]

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EssentiaDirect.com traffic is on the rise and we’re doing our best to keep up with orders.
Traffic started picking up before the holidays but the new year has been exceptional and no signs of it slowing. Our site has been up for a almost 4 months and it seems our products hit a note with [...]

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To brand name or not to brand name when it comes to mattresses?
Sealy, Serta, Stearns and Foster are very powerful brands. Do they offer the best quality mattresses? Is it better to buy a brand name mattress? Are you choosing based on fear of making the wrong decision?
You associate these brands with quality mattresses but [...]

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