Why You Should Sleep
Naked

Over the years, researchers have studied
sleep and have disclosed several benefits
beyond providing rest for the body. They have also pointed out that it’s not just about
sleeping, but length of time, temperature,
position, foods and other factors can
contribute to getting the best out of sleep
time and reaping its numerous benefits.
Recent studies have focused on how what one wears to sleep may affect his/her sleep and according to an international study by the U.S. National Sleep Foundation, sleeping in the nude has been shown to have numerous benefits. Experts revealed to Daily mail of UK how ditching pyjamas is the best. For a good night’s sleep
Sleep experts agree it’s important to keep
cool at night as your body (or ‘core’)
temperature needs to drop by about half a
degree for you to fall asleep.
The brain, driven by your internal body clock,
sends messages to the blood vessels to open
up and release heat.
“Your core temperature is at its highest at
11:00p.m. and its lowest at 4:00a.m,” said
Dr Chris Idzikowski, Director of the Edinburgh
Sleep Centre, Scotland, and author of ‘Sound
Asleep: The Expert Guide To Sleeping Well.’
“If anything prevents that decline in
temperature, the brain will wake itself up to
see what’s going on, meaning you’ll struggle
to get to sleep or you’ll have disturbed sleep.
“The advantage of sleeping naked is it’s
easier for the body to cool and maintain the
lower temperature the brain wants to
achieve,” he said.
Disrupted sleep from being too hot doesn’t
just mean you’ll get less sleep overall, but it
might mean less deep sleep which is the
most restorative type.
Deep sleep is key for memory consolidation
and the production of growth hormone —
important for cell repair and growth.
Stop infections
Wearing nothing to bed can help women
avoid developing yeast infections, such as
thrush, says Austin Ugwumadu, a consultant
gynaecologist at St George’s Hospital in
South London.
“Thrush loves warm, restricted environments.
So, wear something loose or preferably
nothing at all.
“If you wear something tight, it means less
air gets to the area and you’re more likely to
sweat, which can cause irritation,” he said.
Burn calories
There is an increasing focus on brown fat, a
type of tissue in the body that may protect
against weight gain.
While ordinary body fat piles on when we eat
more calories than we burn, brown fat seems
to burn excess calories to generate heat.
We know babies have lots of brown fat —
they need it to keep warm — but studies
have shown there are small amounts in the
necks of adults too.
Experts believe that certain activities could
switch on this fat, potentially helping to burn
calories at a greater rate.
In a U.S. study in the journal Diabetes,
researchers found that sleeping in a cold
bedroom could activate brown fat in adults.
Five healthy young men slept in climate-
controlled bedrooms for four months. For the
first month, the room was kept at 24°C, then
it was lowered to 19°C, then it went back to
24°C and for the last month raised to 27°C.
They ate the same amount of calories and
their calorie expenditure and insulin
sensitivity — how much insulin the body
needs to keep blood sugar levels stable —
were measured each day.
The results were striking. After four weeks
sleeping at 19°C, the men had almost
doubled their volumes of brown fat.
Tests showed they burned more calories
throughout the day when their bedroom was
cooler (though not enough to lose weight)
and their insulin sensitivity had also
improved.
Senior author, Francesco S. Celi, said the
study showed that over time, sleeping in a
cold bedroom could lessen the risk of
diabetes.
Michael Symonds, professor of
Developmental Physiology at the University of
Nottingham and an expert on brown fat, says
sleeping naked may be beneficial.
“Brown fat can produce 300 times more heat
than any other body organ, meaning if you
can keep it activated for a prolonged amount
of time you’d be less likely to lay down
excess energy.
“So, anything you can do to try to activate it,
such as lowering the thermostat and sleeping
in the cold, may be of benefit,” he said.
But room temperature shouldn’t be below a
level at which you feel comfortable,
otherwise you won’t sleep.
People who tend to feel hot at night and like
to sleep naked, may have a high amount of
brown fat, which causes them to feel warmer
than others.
Lower blood pressure
Cosy pyjamas are tempting, but if you share
a bed with a partner, going nude will
generate a generous boost of oxytocin, a
hormone that’s been shown to have a wealth
of health benefits.
“It is triggered by closeness, particularly skin-
to-skin contact,” says Dr Kerstin Uvnas-
Moberg, a physiologist at the Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences and an
expert on oxytocin.
“Sensory nerves on the skin send impulses to
the brain, triggering the release.
“When a baby is placed on its mother’s chest,
the blood in mother and child starts to pulse
with oxytocin,” he said.
Oxytocin has a protective effect on the heart,
as it lowers blood pressure. It also boosts
the immune system and reduces anxiety.
“But it only works if skin-on-skin touching is
something you’re happy with,” he added.
Boost your love life
People who sleep naked have happier love
lives, according to a survey of 1,000 British
adults by a bedsheet company this year.
The study found 57 per cent of nude sleepers
were happy with their relationship, compared
with 48 per cent of pyjama wearers and 43
per cent of nightie wearers (onesie wearers
were just 38 per cent).
Sleeping naked is a good strategy for those
with body image issues, says Denise Knowles,
sex therapist at counselling charity Relate.
“You can slip under the sheets and then take
your clothes off, and then you can be
touched, even if you don’t want to be looked
at.
“Pyjamas might give the message ‘not
tonight,’ but equally a lot of couples have a
lot of fun taking each other’s clothes off,”
she said.
— Source: dailymail.co.uk

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