People are not really accustomed to sleeping naked. In fact, only 10% of Americans sleep naked. But didn’t you know that sleeping naked has a lot of benefits? Many people choose to sleep naked simply because they find it more comfortable and freeing.
If your body tends to overheat and you feel warm at night, sleeping naked is a good way to keep your skin cool without changing the temperature in your house. And that lowers your energy bills and is good for the environment too!
Sleeping naked gives your body, especially your intimate areas, a change to breathe too. of your bedroom. Read on for many more interesting tidbits!
Facts About Sleeping Naked
1 You can save energy if you sleep naked. You don’t need to turn on the air conditioner to keep your body cool during summer nights. Imagine how much savings on your utility bill you can save.
2 Sleeping naked can benefit women as it reduces the risk of developing yeast infection. Yeast infection happens if the private areas are subjected to moist and warm conditions. Women who sleep in the nude improve the air flow on their body thus preventing yeast infection.
3 When you sleep naked, you keep the temperature of your body below 70 degrees thus helping you regulate your melatonin levels. If you sleep with clothes on, your body heats up thus preventing the body to use the hormones properly.
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4 Sleeping naked can help regulate the cortisol levels of your body. When you sleep naked, your body produces cortisol better. Cortisol is very important in controlling weight gain, anxiety levels and cravings.
5 Skin diseases like athlete’s foot and other fungal diseases are reduced if you sleep naked because your skin, particularly in the armpits and private parts, are freed from the constriction of clothes.
6 Studies show that the body achieves better quality of sleep if the temperature is cool. The temperature can be lowered if you sleep naked.
7 Studies show that sleeping naked can prevent the onset of Type 2 diabetes. Sleeping naked can help the activation of brown fat that can help manage blood sugar levels.
8 Sleeping naked cools down the body, thus allowing the skin to repair itself easily. So, sleeping naked helps prevent wrinkles.
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9 It provides skin to skin contact thus the exchange of Oxytocin is easily released to your partner if you sleep naked. Oxytocin is considered as a love hormone and it has a lot of benefits to the body and also improves your relationship with your partner.
10 Sleeping naked can benefit the skin because it frees the body from the confines of your clothes. Since you are not wearing clothes, the oxygen uptake of the skin is improved.
11 It seems that people who sleep naked live happier lives. In a survey conducted on 1,000 British participants, researchers found out that 57% of nude sleepers were happier than those who wear pajamas to bed.
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12 Things to Know If You Like Sleeping Naked
A survey of 1,500 people aged 25 to 55 in six different countries showed that only 30% of us sleep naked and the rest prefer to stay in their underwear or in some comfortable pajamas.
One of the most obvious reasons to sleep with no clothes on is to get deeper shut-eye. Watch this video to learn more!
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