Nothing beats slipping into your cozy pajamas on a chilly evening, but you may want to strip down before sliding into your sheets. Most of us wear PJs of some kind to sleep, but it turns out there are a lot of benefits to sleeping naked. Check out the reasons you may want to consider wearing your birthday suit to bed.
- You get to sleep faster - Research from the National Sleep Foundation shows that your body temperature is one of the most crucial things in sleep quality. So stripping down can help cool your body down quicker and help you get to sleep faster.
- You reduce your levels of stress and anxiety - Not getting enough quality sleep can raise the risk of developing depression, but if you’re snoozing sooner by being naked, you’re less likely to experience this.
- It boosts your confidence - According to one study, the more time you spend in the nude, the better you feel about yourself and your body. So why not do it in bed?
- It can help you lose weight - Research from the National Institutes of Health finds that keeping your body cool overnight helps you produce more brown fat, which burns more calories and produces more heat than any other organ. That boosts your metabolism and the effect lasts through the next day.
- It’s good for your lady parts - Sleeping with no clothes or undies gives your private bits a chance to air out.
- It brings you closer to your partner - Going to bed naked next to your partner does more than give you some skin-on-skin contact. Research has shown that getting close to your S.O. without clothes on boosts production of oxytocin - the feel-good bonding hormone.
- You sleep better in general - The ideal sleeping temperature is between 60 and 67 degrees, so sleeping naked will help you stay cool overnight and get the rest you need.
Source: Bolde