Nudity and Health

[jbeegoode]

I found some links when looking at a "Nudes in the News" thread. They are about sleeping naked and clothing. I'm thinking that a nude health thread might be good to have. It could help toss off clothing obsession, because other than blizzards, nettle patches under feet and walking on stove tops, clothing mostly seems to be bad for your health.

Here are sleep nude links:
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/754249/sleep-boxers-penis
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/789799/How-to-sleep-heatwave-tips
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/701862/ten-benefits-sleeping-naked-you-probably-never-knew-about-heat-comfort
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/544097/Sleeping-naked-cuts-diabetes-risk?_ga=2.31093631.1997083376.1497106627-897650347.1497106627
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/789218/sleep-naked-how-to-health-benefits-sex-fertility-yeast-infection

PJ's may be a poor form of birth control.

Jbee

[Safebare]

I think this is preaching to the choir, but I've slept naked since puberty.  Even when camping in my pup-tent, in a blizzard.  Bedding can be incredibly more effective when not wearing anything.  Of course the experience is multiplied when you have company.

~Safebare

[jbeegoode]

Yea, skin breathing and perspiration get trapped in clothing. The heat may be trapped, moister build up occurs and clammy happens. Hmm clammy, like a clam? So, clammy may make for wet cold chills, unless there is a lot of whicking. The hot stale nights in Michigan without air-conditioning got me out of my PJ's and I never looked back.
Jbee

[eyesup]

It could help toss off clothing obsession, because other than blizzards, nettle patches under feet and walking on stove tops, clothing mostly seems to be bad for your health.

I always wondered why my feet hurt after walking on stovetops! Amazing!

PJ's may be a poor form of birth control.

It is amazing how much faith was placed in such a thin barrier of cotton or silk.

I read that article about sleeping naked. Been doing that for years. (both actually, reading and sleeping  ) I stopped for a short time when the kids were little and started showing up in the bedroom to climb in for whatever reason. When that went away, I began again.

Sleeping naked is just as sensible as walking naked.

Duane

[eyesup]

I didn’t start sleeping naked until shortly after I left home. Long boring story.

The whole sleeping in a sleeping bag with no clothes sounded wrong the 1st time I heard it but after trying it I realized it works. You don’t trap the sweat as much which keeps you warmer. I never stopped except for the time when the kids were little.

Duane

[jbeegoode]

I have the silk and thermo-pants. The wool socks are sometimes accompanied by a disposable heat pad. The T shirt keeps the jacket clean and the jacket has a dependable hood for my head. There is a lot of wicking and breathing going on under a quilt, when it is very cold outside and this also works well before bed, fireside. Wrapped up in things that contain the heat don't work as well, the moister gets to me turning cold from the outside air. I stay naked on the trail and minimize clothing as much as possible, sometimes disrobing to be under the quilt, in the net tent. That net tent works with the same principle. It doesn't trap the moister and the air is fresh.

I had to experiment, to get my head around that.
Jbee

[eyesup]

. . .  the jacket has a dependable hood for my head.

Yeah, cover your head and feet and it’s amazing how warm you will stay. If the temps are too chilly, I have a sherpa hat that I wear when I go to sleep. It is snug and stays on all night. But then I’m using a sleeping bag not a blanket.

Duane

[jbeegoode]

. . .  the jacket has a dependable hood for my head.

Yeah, cover your head and feet and it’s amazing how warm you will stay. If the temps are too chilly, I have a sherpa hat that I wear when I go to sleep. It is snug and stays on all night. But then I’m using a sleeping bag not a blanket.

Duane

Blanket? Are you referring to my quilt? The quilt is made expressly for camping and has adjustments made. It is 800 something goosedown, just like a highest end sleeping bag. The difference is that there is no zipper to be stuck and bundled into and no extra zipper weight, or heat escaping along the zipper. There is no bottom, so there is no wasted down and insulation and weight, like a sleeping bag, which crunches up under the body and is nearly worthless under me. The bottom is designed to allow a foot bucket which is very effective. They use a cord cinch and some snaps. the neck also has a cord to pull which gathers around  the neck perfectly and seals us in. Only the head is out and we are not likely to be be breathing into a bag and having the condensation accumulate and wake up cold. It can be strapped to a sleeping pad, so it can't slip off. We have always gotten a great seal.

It sleeps one or two. It is a single for an extra big body. This way, we have an ultralight protection for two at 1 1/4 pound. That is instead of two sleeping bags at two pounds each plus. I find it more comfortable, adaptable and effecient than any sleeping bag and four pounds or more less weight to lug around.

Here check it out. I go a camouflage outer and green inner: https://enlightenedequipment.com/revelation/
Jbee

[eyesup]

Blanket? Are you referring to my quilt?

errrr . . . Yeaahh ? ?

I come from the south? A blanket can be a quilt and vice-a-versa. In short anything you cover up with for warmth. It’s a catchall.

Sorry, when you said quilt an image of one of the myriad blankets (quilts) my grandmother made popped into mind. It’s a genetic memory.

The quilt you have, my grandmother wouldn’t have recognized or understood. Very slick. Something I might take a look at if I ever get back to backpacking. I was impressed with the extreme lightweight materials.

Thanks for the link. I have a friend that would also find this interesting.

Duane

[jbeegoode]

Oh nooo! We have that shared language that we constantly have to refer to sources to understand each other speaking from each side of the Atlantic, and now, we are getting confused by the same shared language....across different ends of Texas! Well, it is only one third of the way across Texas as the Atlantic, maybe there will be 1/3 the confusion. Still I have a book which translates Texan for English Speakers and one that translates British to American...alas....
Jbee

[eyesup]

Topic drift alert!  Jbee, did you intend to post this on Free Range Without a Net for the discussion of clothes sizes.

Jus’ wondering.

I agree with the variety of other languages. It makes conversations more interesting, but I do like to know what I am talking about.

When I was a kid in Texas, we called every thing a coke. If you walked into the soda fountain and asked for a coke they would ask you what kind. We didn’t call them sodas. Soda was something to took for indigestion.

Duane

[jbeegoode]

Topic drift alert!  Jbee, did you intend to post this on Free Range Without a Net for the discussion of clothes sizes.

Jus’ wondering.

I agree with the variety of other languages. It makes conversations more interesting, but I do like to know what I am talking about.
Duane

Uh...nope. English is a vast and varied, creative, and colorful language.
Jbee

[JOhnGw]

Uh...nope. English is a vast and varied, creative, and colorful language.
Jbee

The level of variation is instanced by the number of English options available when installing software - you probably don't see them as "English(US)" is usually the default but I often see half a dozen or more when looking for "English(UK)."

[eyesup]

English is a vast and varied, creative, and colorful language.

As Churchill noted.

Duane

[nuduke]

My satnav gives options for the voice that gives directions.  There is Indian (i.e. South Asian) english, South African and Scots
accents as well as 'standard' uk english.  I like having the Indian lady direct me as the rolling, clipped accent I find very pleasant.  For some reason the white South African (afrikaans style) male accent I find less easy to follow directions with. 
John