Sleeping with or without socks?

Wearing socks in bed has many benefits – they help us fall asleep faster, or sleep longer, thanks to a process called distal vasodilation.

Research from 2007 showed that changes in skin temperature can causally affect the ability to initiate and maintain sleep. It has also been proven that wearing socks in bed increases circulation and blood flow to the feet, which helps lower body temperature. In addition, this alone tells the brain that it is time to sleep.

Other studies confirm this. One study found that young men who wore socks fell asleep 7.5 minutes faster, slept 32 minutes longer, and woke up 7.5 times less often than those who did not.

The concept of wearing socks to bed seems to be related to our internal clocks that govern the body and its functions 24 hours a day.

"Lower body temperatures occur before falling asleep. Using socks or other methods of warming your feet can lower your body temperature and help you fall asleep faster," experts said.

Other benefits include potential improvement of cracked heels, and believe it or not, even increasing the chances of orgasm.

Wearing socks helps with better sleep, but it is also important to understand why the feet are cold.

Cold feet they can be due to many reasons such as anemia, diabetes and hypothyroidism.

Benefits of going to bed without socks are not so precisely defined.

Studies generally claim that sleeping without socks would be fine if we don't have a problem with our body temperature. In addition, going to bed without socks avoids poor hygiene, skin infections and unpleasant odors that can be associated with unclean socks, and even fungus.

Sleeping with socks can cause overheating, but if the body is too warm during sleep, signals are activated as if it is time to wake up, so we wake up, toss and turn and have trouble falling asleep.

Experts emphasize that in the end we decide for ourselves what is best for us.