Sleeping Better With Socks On, Really

Kobayashi has always had a rather strange habit of sleeping in socks.

This habit has been there since he was a child. According to his own words, wearing socks will give him a "sense of security" and sleep more soundly. After Kobayashi went to college, his roommates were also puzzled by this habit of Kobayashi, and even some roommates tried to sleep in socks, feeling an indescribable sense of embarrassment...

Is it really like what Kobayashi said, wearing socks to sleep will make you sleep better?

In fact, this statement is well-founded. The American "Prevention" magazine once published a research article by the University of Chicago. Studies have shown that increasing the temperature of the feet is conducive to increasing the overall temperature of the whole body, and people will sleep more soundly when they feel warm.

Wearing socks to sleep will undoubtedly cut off the contact between the skin of the feet and the outside world, which is more conducive to thermal insulation. The temperature of the feet increases, and the quality of sleep may also improve, so that you can sleep more soundly. The study further found that women who wore socks to sleep improved sleep quality more significantly than men, which may be caused by women's average hypothermia.

The reason why many people are not used to wearing socks to sleep is because they have not developed a similar habit for a long time, and they are not used to it for a while, but it is easy to become a factor that affects sleep.

So, is it recommended to wear socks when sleeping?

It is true that wearing socks to bed can effectively improve the quality of sleep if you make this a habit. But that doesn't mean sleeping in socks doesn't have its downsides:

① Wearing socks to sleep will hinder the breathing of the skin of the feet

Our skin also has pores and needs to "breathe". When we sleep in socks for a long time, the pores cannot directly contact the air, and the skin cannot obtain blood oxygen normally. In this way, symptoms such as skin itching and scaling may occur for a long time.

② Wearing socks to sleep will promote the growth of bacteria

Putting on socks to sleep will keep the temperature of the feet at a high level, which is also a "hotbed" for bacterial growth. The speed of bacterial reproduction is accelerated, and itching will also occur. Especially in summer, wearing socks to sleep causes the feet to sweat intensively, and the hygiene conditions are also worrying.

It can be seen that wearing socks to sleep has advantages and disadvantages, but the consequences will not have much impact on life and health. For most people, whichever way you choose is fine.

However, friends who sleep in socks are recommended to choose thin, breathable, and clean stockings, socks, etc., to avoid covering too much skin, and to ensure good sleep quality.

For some special groups, wearing socks to sleep is actually a better choice.

These 4 groups of people, it is actually better to wear socks to sleep

Category 1: The soles of the feet are easy to dry and crack

Some people have naturally dry skin. In the dry and cold winter, the skin on the heels may crack and sometimes even bleed, which is very annoying.

This group of people can try wearing socks to bed at night. Wearing socks to block the external control of direct contact with the skin to consume water can appropriately reduce the time for skin water consumption and reduce the possibility of cracking of the soles of the feet.

You can also soak your feet properly or apply moisturizing lotion and put on socks before going to bed at night, which can have a better water-locking effect.

The second category: lack of yang energy in the body, often cold hands and feet

According to Chinese medicine, yang qi is the "root of solids" and an important source that helps the body to activate qi and blood and maintain temperature. If the blood flow in the body is stagnant and the metabolic efficiency is low, the lack of yang qi will cause the body temperature to drop, and the symptoms of cold hands and feet will often appear.

For such people, taking effective insulation measures while sleeping is a good way to relieve the symptoms of cold hands and feet, and wearing socks is a good choice. But in daily life, don't forget to increase the intake of high-quality protein, such as eggs, milk, lean meat, etc., from the diet to nourish blood and Qi, and develop the habit of active exercise, in order to solve the problem from the root cause.

Category 3: Diabetics

For diabetic patients, because the blood sugar concentration is too high, the blood vessels and nerves are greatly stimulated, so the ability to perceive temperature will be poor.

When the temperature is low in winter, diabetic patients are prone to frostbite or cracking of the skin on the feet due to the slow temperature perception of the feet. At this time, it is a very good choice to put on a pair of socks to ensure that the feet can still maintain the temperature when the quilt leaks. Not only that, for diabetic patients, the capillaries of the skin of the feet are more fragile and prone to redness and scratches. Wearing socks can also play a certain protective role.

To sum up, no matter whether you wear socks or not to sleep, there is no set number, and everyone can follow their own habits. But from a health point of view, some special groups wear socks to sleep, but it is a better choice. Adapting measures to local conditions and choosing daily habits according to physical conditions is a healthy approach.