The thermostat goes up and you have trouble falling asleep? The heat wave can affect our body’s ability to regulate its temperature, and therefore disrupt our sleep. According to the National Institute of Sleep and Vigilance, the ideal temperature of a room for a restful sleep is not to exceed 20 degrees. Specifically, the ideal is for the thermometer to be between 18 and 19 degrees. A temperature that is sometimes difficult to maintain in the heart of summer. Result: you are too hot and you toss and turn in your bed, hoping to find the arms of Morpheus.
But, before considering installing air conditioning or moving to a region where the temperatures are milder, here are some easy tips to put in place to help you better cope with these high temperatures and get a good night’s sleep. restorative.
How to sleep when it’s too hot? Put your socks in the freezer to cool down.
This trick will delight people who like to sleep with their feet cool, letting them out of the duvet (or sheets), because it involves putting your socks in the fridge, then putting them on before going to bed. In a TikTok video by Dr. Azmain Chowdhury, also known as @doctorazmain, the specialist recommends a whole series of tricks to help you lower your body temperature.
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One of them denotes by its singularity. Indeed, Dr. Azmain Chowdhury recommends putting socks in the refrigerator. The latter explains that having cold feet will help you lower your body temperature and therefore fight against the heat.
How to sleep well when it’s hot? To refresh your sheets, put your hot water bottle in the freezer.
But socks aren’t the only things you can cool down to help you fall asleep. At the same time as you put your socks in the fridge, you can divert the use of the hot water bottle and slip it into your freezer. If it’s a hot water bottle that needs to be filled with water, fill it halfway. Then put it in the freezer in the morning before going to work. In the case of a hot water bottle with ceramic balls, you just have to put it in the freezer as it is. When evening comes, you can slip it under your sheets to refresh your bed and finally fall asleep.
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