If you often have difficulty sleeping, then sleep deprivation can be very beneficial to you. This method can help you sleep deeply for 15 minutes and not be frustrated when waking up at midnight.
To understand why, first you must understand the relationship between sleep and body temperature. During the day, the body temperature remains at 37 degrees Celsius. But at night, your body temperature will drop by about 1.2 degrees Celsius during 6 to 7 hours of sleep.
One of the mechanisms of our body's thermal regulation is through the shallow blood vessels beneath our skin. When the brain senses that the body temperature is elevated, it directs the blood vessels under the skin to dilate, leading to high-temperature blood flow to other branches to dissipate heat, lowering body temperature. If the body is too hot, the brain sends the opposite signal, causing the blood vessels to contract.
When the temperature is too high, the palms and soles of the feet will be the most efficient release of heat. This position is where hairless and best heat transfer on the surface of the body. Studies have shown that increasing the cast iron temperature with heat blankets or sleeping socks increases vasodilation, thereby reducing body temperature faster to bare feet.
In a nutshell, the difference between a 4-point temperature and a central abdominal temperature is an important determinant of how long your body goes to sleep. This method is more effective than hypnosis or sleeping pills before bed.
But not only that, scientists also discovered other mechanisms of the nervous system involved in this method: the central nervous system of the brain is located in the hypothalamus. In this region, a type of hyperthermia increases when the difference in peripheral temperature (the extremities) and the central (abdominal) temperature increase.
Studies have shown that the frequency of neuronal hyperthermia activity increases as the onset of sleep and decreases as a result of sleep. Therefore, these neurons may play a role in sleeping and maintaining sleep. If this hypothesis is true, the sleep deprivation method can increase the efficiency of these neurons.
In a small South Korean study, researchers showed that sleep deprivation increased the total sleep time by 30 minutes and reduced the number of times the incidence was doubled.
