According to recent research from the Flinders University Sleep Research Laboratory in Australia chronic insomnia is directly related to core body temperature. The research is helping to get to the core of sleep problems worldwide, with the discovery that body temperature has a vital role in the onset of sleep.
Temperature regulation has been found to be a significant factor in insomnia. One comfortable way to regulate body temperature throughout the night is with a ChiliPad created by ChiliTechnology, LLC. The ChiliPad is a mattress pad with both heating and cooling functions, that allows you to cool and warm your bed from 48 to 118 degrees (research shows that people sleep best between 60-68F)
For further reading…there was a recent New York Times article on this subject…
