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This popular heatwave sleeping hack doesn't actually work, according to a sleep expert

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From Country Living

Do you have trouble dropping off in the heat? Well, there's one thing you shouldn't do, according to a sleep expert.

James Wilson, aka The Sleep Geek, has debunked a common myth which can actually make you hotter during the night: putting pillow cases or pyjamas in the freezer before bed.

While it can indeed help to cool you down straight away, James explained that the moisture will quickly add up and make you sweat at night.

"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," James 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.

"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."

If you are struggling to sleep in the heat, James did suggest that having a lukewarm bath or shower is more effective.

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