Sleeping naked is key to a good night’s sleep – but you’ll have to keep your SOCKS on

TIRED of feeling tired? Want to get a better sleep?

Well then, it may time to ditch your PJs – because sleeping in the buff is apparently the secret to a sounder slumber.

The only piece of clobber you need to keep on, however, are your socks.

Sammy Margo, author of , says that sleeping naked is ideal for helping us stay in a deep sleep because it aids with maintaining the perfect body temperature.

She told: “In order to get a quality’s night sleep, you need to be cool.

“By doing this, you’re releasing your sleepy hormone, melatonin.”

We tend to sleep best when our bedrooms are between 16’C and 18’C and to keep your body at that temperature, you want to sleeping skin-to-sheet.

Cosy PJs can leave us feeling too hot

In the summer, it can be hard to regulate how hot our bedrooms become but other times, it’s a case of turning off your radiator, throwing open a window and donning your birthday suit.

But as we’ve said, don’t forget to leave on your socks.

As you sleep, your circulation changes and that can leave many of us waking up in the middle of the night with cold toes.

When we’re in the land of nod, our body has a chance to grow and repair and when that’s happening, our blood is focused more centrally – meaning that our extremities become colder.

But it’s not just a better sleep that nude sleeping can help with

We previously revealed that ditching the jammies can also help you to lose weight, improve your sex life and make your vagina healthier.

Reducing stress and improving the quality of sleep has been proven time and time again to increase the body’s ability to burn fat as we reduce cortisol levels.

But we can also change our body composition by tapping into something called brown fat.

Heat-generating brown fat was only discovered in adults back in 2009 – before then, it was assumed to only be in babies (who don’t shiver).

The more brown fat you have, the better insulin sensitivity you have (which means you’re less likely to store belly fat) and the slimmer you tend to be.

Dr Pam Peeke is a “fat doctor” and she wrote on Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen that exercise can convert white-yellow fat to brown fat, as can getting enough sleep and exposing yourself to cold temperatures regularly.

“Getting enough high-quality sleep (is important) as proper melatonin production influences the production of brown fat; and exposing yourself to the cold regularly, such as exercising outdoors in the wintertime or in a cold room.

“Lowering the temperature in your living and working spaces is another tip.”

A study published in the journal Nature Medicine says that in order to increase your brown fat stores significantly, you’ve got to spend two hours a day in 18’C, tucked so that you’re cold but not freezing.

Dutch scientists found that when people spent time in room where the temperature was reduced from 21’C to 15’C, they burned an extra 6 per cent.

And that means that if you typically burn around 2,000 kcals a day, you could burn up to an extra 120 kcals.

Sammy advises splashing out on some good quality bed socks as your only bedtime clothing.

Go for socks made from wool or cotton so that they’re breathable.

Sleeping in cheap, synthetic socks is only going to result in you waking up with cheesy, sweaty trotters.

She advises forking out a bit for them -but when you think about how often you’ll wear them, isn’t breaking the bank.

sell cashmere bed socks for £35 a pair, while does Alpaca bed socks for £17.

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