Study: Sleeping In A Cold Room Provides Better Health Benefits
Wondering why it’s hard for you to sleep during summer nights? Well, maybe it’s the humidity that prevents you from sleeping aside from the sweat on your forehead.
There were several pieces of evidence showing how sleeping in a cold room facilitates sleepiness and help you in losing extra pounds.
When it comes to getting a good night of sleep, our bedroom temperatures can make a huge difference, according to an article written by Dr. Christopher Winter, Medical Director at Charlottesville Neurology & Sleep Medicine, and published by the Huffington Post. When your body temperature drops, sleep usually begins. That’s why; a colder room can encourage us to fall asleep faster.
Here are the reasons why you need to keep the air on cool:
You'll Have A More Restful Sleep
This only means that if you want to reach a deeper and restorative sleep, you need to fall asleep in a colder room to help your body cool down.
Lowers Your Risk For Metabolic Disease
Will Keep You Young-Looking
Can Help You Lose Weight
“As your body temperature drops and growth hormone is released, the stress hormone cortisol will also decrease with healthy sleep patterns.”
This means that an inadequate amount of sleep will cause a person to wake up with high levels of cortisol thus making him more likely to reach for a box of cookies and have increased anxiety.
A study conducted by the US National Institutes of Health also showed that sleeping in a cold room has increase participants’ amount of brown fat which can help in speeding up their metabolism. Brown fat burns calories.
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