Better weight management
How does sleeping in a cold room help you lose weight if you’re not sweating? Cold temperatures activate the body’s “brown fat,” which is a very metabolically active tissue, also known as good fat. The more brown fat you have, the more white fat (the fat around your tummy) will burn. Researchers in Australia put men through a controlled sleep environment with different room temperatures. They found that following a month of sleeping in a cooler environment at 66 °F (18.8 °C), the volume of beneficial brown fat in the body had nearly doubled.
Lower risk of diseases
Due to the increase of brown fat, insulin sensitivity increases, which can be key to preventing type 2 diabetes and other metabolic conditions. The Australian study also found that during the time participants slept in the 66 °F (18.8 °C) room, they burned more calories during the day.
Additionally, sleeping in a cool room may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease by helping the body to tap into all the restorative stages of sleep along with acquiring the recommended seven to nine hours of slumber. A cross-sectional study published in the JAMA Neurology found that both short and long sleep durations were associated with worse outcomes for older adults, such as “greater beta-amyloid plaque burden, greater depressive symptoms, higher body mass index, and cognitive decline, emphasizing the importance of maintaining adequate sleep.”
What to do when there’s no thermostat
When you live in a home that doesn’t have heating and cooling, there are still a few tricks and habits you can incorporate into your evening routine to aid your body in dropping its internal temperature prior to sleep and keep you cool at night.
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