Dr. Lindsay Browning
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Trump says US to 'takeover' and 'own' Gaza
So the reality is as we fall asleep, our core body temperature needs to drop along with our melatonin. We start producing melatonin to help us feel sleepy and our core temperature, our body temperature needs to drop a bit. Now, if we are too cold or too hot, we find it harder to sleep.
Global News Podcast
Trump says US to 'takeover' and 'own' Gaza
So wearing socks in bed in the winter, especially if you're finding it hard to pay the electricity to warm your house enough, wearing socks in bed can really help with you to regulate the temperature because if you're too cold, you're not going to fall asleep.
Global News Podcast
Trump says US to 'takeover' and 'own' Gaza
But also if you wear socks, then what can happen, a small effect really, but it'll increase the vasodilation, the dilation of the blood vessels, which means there'll be more blood flowing to your extremities, which can help with that sort of that heat loss process.
Global News Podcast
Trump says US to 'takeover' and 'own' Gaza
So there is a little bit of science to suggest that wearing socks in bed might help you to speed up that sort of core body temperature drop.
Global News Podcast
Trump says US to 'takeover' and 'own' Gaza
If you make it part of your bedtime routine, for example, we all know that if you do the same kind of things before bed, if you use the same lavender pillow spray before bed, or you read the same kind of book, or you listen to the same music, doing the same thing before bed can help signal psychologically to your brain that sleep is coming.