Warming your feet by wearing socks can help you sleep better and better quality

Wearing socks helps warm your feet, forcing your body to adjust to a lower temperature, relax more, and help you fall asleep faster and with better quality.

Young people wearing socks in a cool environment have a positive impact on sleep quality. (Source: Shutterstock)

According to Dr. Biquan Luo, a biomedical scientist, the key to good and quality sleep lies in warming the feet to reduce body temperature.

"Warming the feet can have a positive impact on sleep for many people, mainly due to its effect in promoting a lower regulated body temperature and relaxation," Luo told Fox News .

According to this expert, the body's core temperature is the regulator of the sleep-wake cycle.

“When we sleep, our body temperature naturally drops as part of our circadian rhythm,” she explains. “This drop occurs at the onset of sleep and reaches its lowest point in the early morning hours.”

Several studies support Luo's claim. In a study published in the journal Physiological Anthropology , six young men were randomly divided into two groups: those who wore socks or those who didn't wear socks while sleeping.

Researchers recorded all metrics, such as sleep efficiency, total sleep time, number of awakenings, awakening after sleep onset, and average wake time.

Additionally, a sleep quality questionnaire was collected after study participants woke up in the morning.

Results showed that in the group wearing socks, the time to fall asleep was 7.5 minutes shorter on average, the total sleep time was 32 minutes longer, the number of times waking up was 7.5 times less, and sleep efficiency was 7.6% higher.

"Warming the feet using socks to sleep in a cool environment had a positive impact on sleep quality by producing shorter sleep onset, longer sleep duration, and reduced arousals during sleep but did not significantly affect core body temperature," the researchers concluded.

Another study showed that warming your feet for 20 minutes before bed helps reduce symptoms of insomnia.

However, the study also found that elderly patients with insomnia did not experience any changes when increasing the foot warming technique, suggesting that age may play an important role in the effectiveness of foot warming on sleep.

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