This can kill your sex life!

Have you been losing your libido for some time. Then, blame it on your lack of sleep. Young men who sleep less than five hours a night have significantly lower levels of testosterone than when they had a full night's sleep, says a new study.
“Low testosterone levels are associated with reduced well being and vigor, which may also occur as a consequence of sleep loss,” said Eve Van Cauter, professor in medicine.
"As research progresses, low sleep duration and poor sleep quality are increasingly recognized as endocrine disruptors," he added.
Simply logging on your ipads in the night and cutting on your sleep reduces testosterone levels by the same amount as aging 10 to 15 years.
The study was conducted on 10 men recruited from the University of Chicago campus area. The participants, who were 24 years old on an average, lean and in good health, underwent a series of psychological and physical tests to screen for endocrine or psychiatric disorders.
They found that the effects of sleep loss on testosterone levels were apparent after just one week of short sleep. Not only this, five hours of sleep decreased their testosterone levels by 10 to 15%. And, the men had the lowest testosterone levels in the afternoons on their sleep restricted days, between 2 pm and 10 pm. Their mood and vigor fell more every day as the sleep restriction part of the study progressed.
The finding appears in the June 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).



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