Tips for sleeping in a heatwave - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life This ‘ hack’ for sleeping in a heatwave doesn t work but try these other tips instead By You Magazine - June 16, 2022 Staying cool and comfortable during a heatwave is no mean feat, particularly in the UK, where we’re so much less equipped than other regions. Due to the fact we rarely experience such scorching heat, the majority of us will not have access to air conditioning units, and during times such as these, even buying an electrical fan can seem impossible. Getty So what can you actually do to keep yourself cool, particularly at night? There’s one nighttime hack that doesn’t actually work as well as we might think it does, according to The Sleep Geek James Wilson. Wilson explains that putting pjs, pillow cases, or other bed clothes in the freezer before bed is actually incredibly counter-productive when it comes to keeping your body temperature down on a hot night. It may seem like a good idea in theory, particularly initially when it does feel as if it’s cooling you down, but as things melt and more moisture is released, this will actually make you feel hotter. Frustrating, we know. ‘When hot weather comes around there are some tips given out that may sound like they would work when actually they really really don’t,’ the expert told The Mirror. ‘An example of this may be put your bedding/pyjamas in the fridge or freezer or to wear wet socks to bed, but they both have the same problem.’ Getty ‘These approaches will add more moisture to your sleep environment and that moisture will heat up during the night. This means that although it may cool you down as you go to bed during the night this moisture will heat up and is likely to wake you as you come out of your sleep cycle.’ Instead, Wilson suggests taking a cool shower or bath before you go to bed, to try and bring your body temperature down. Consumer group Which? also put together a handy list of how to sleep better during a heatwave, including soaking your feet in cold water before bed, wearing pyjamas made from natural fibres, placing a fan in front of a bowl of ice to blow cold air into the room, and avoiding hot or spicy meals. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Which? (@whichuk) We know sleeping in a heatwave can disturb your regular routine, but at least you know that here in the UK, it probably won’t last for long! RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved