Have you ever tried to wear socks when you sleep? If you have tried, you may find that when you wear socks to sleep, you will fall asleep faster than usual. Why?
Scientific research shows that wearing socks can not only help you fall asleep 15 minutes earlier, but also reduce the number of times you wake up at night.
In the daytime, the average body temperature is about 37 ℃, while in the evening, the core body temperature usually drops by about 1.2 ℃. The rate of core temperature decline determines the time to fall asleep.
If the body is too cold when sleeping, the brain will send signals to constrict blood vessels and restrict the flow of warm blood to the skin surface, thus slowing down the decline of body core temperature, making it difficult for people to fall asleep.
Wearing socks to warm feet while sleeping can promote blood vessel expansion and accelerate the decrease of body core temperature. At the same time, wearing socks on your feet to make your feet warm can also provide additional power to heat-sensitive neurons and increase their discharge frequency, thus enabling people to enter slow-wave sleep or deep sleep faster.
A study published by the research team of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago in the American Journal of Prevention found that taking off socks during sleep will reduce the temperature of feet, which is not conducive to sleep; Wearing socks while sleeping can keep your feet at a high temperature, which helps you fall asleep quickly and improve sleep quality.
In addition, the relevant research results of the Swiss National Sleep Laboratory also show that wearing socks during sleep can accelerate the process of heat energy transmission and distribution, stimulate the body to secrete sleep hormone, and help sleep faster.
Post time: Feb-21-2023