A study suggests that feeling cozy and safe with the help of a weighted blanket may help promote sleep by releasing melatonin.
Oct. 6, 2022 -- The comfort of feeling cozy and safe with the help of a weighted blanket may help promote sleep by inducing a release of melatonin, a hormone associated with sleep, a study of young, healthy participants suggests.
“So the body feels ready -- now I’m protected so I can relax -- and that signals back to the brain that we are ready to initiate sleep, which is why it boosts the melatonin signal,” Benedict says.Melatonin Increases Higher With Heavier Blanket The researchers said they focused on"total sleep duration as an outcome" for this study, noting that increases in melatonin in the saliva samples they collected were greater between 10 and 11 p.m. when participants used the weighted blanket.
But as Benedict points out, people have a variable response to melatonin. For example, children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder might have some benefit from it, as well as older people who no longer produce enough melatonin on their own.
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