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Consultant urologist Dr George Lee Eng Geap, or a.k.a Dr G, tells a reader, who is deprived of adequate sleep due to the arrival of his newborn, how he can sleep better to maintain healthy bedroom life.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/453rhkpt  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Hello there! Welcome to the final episode of Putting Dr. G on the Spot in the

00:05month of March, when we talk about betterment for the New Year resolution

00:10and what better to talk about is getting more sleep.

00:20So is sleep really related to sex? Yes, it is. In fact, there are multiple studies that

00:26actually demonstrated the correlation between sleep and sex, especially in men

00:31and also in women. Let's talk about men first, right? We know that testosterone is

00:37crucial in the form of enhancing sexual activity in men and we also know that

00:44testosterone is being produced during a circadian cycle of a proper sleep. So

00:50during sleep, the brain will stimulate a hormone called LH and the LH will

00:57stimulate a lytic cell in the testicle and produce more testosterone and that

01:02is the cycle that is crucial to maintain a sexual performance in men. When a man

01:09is having interrupted sleep, obviously you become agitated, you become irritable

01:14and that of course will suppress your need for sex. In addition to that, when a

01:19man having interrupted sleep, for example sleep apnea and then they will

01:25start having high blood pressure, high cholesterol and all these things will

01:29have an impact on long-term sustainability of the perfusion to the

01:34penis and resulting in erectile dysfunction as well. So when we know that

01:39men have a better sleep, also the feel-good factor of their hormones such

01:46as dopamine and serotonin will enhance and the sexual activity will enhance. As

01:52far as women is concerned, there's one study looking at 171 women. If they get

01:57one hour extra sleep, the frequency of sexual activity increased by 14% over

02:04that period of time when they have an enhanced sleep and of course the hormone

02:09balance between estrogen and testosterone in women is also crucial in order to

02:15enhance sexual desire, libido and in women. So how do you have better sleep? In

02:22fact there are several things. Number one, schedule a good night time to go to

02:28sleep. So for example if you schedule at 10 o'clock every night, then your brain

02:33will remember 10 o'clock is the time you go to sleep. The environment, the

02:37environment is crucial. So try to make the environment relaxing and try to

02:43avoid all these stimulants such as electronic devices and alarm clock and

02:49that sort of thing and make the room very relaxing. And lastly, avoid certain

02:54food and beverages such as caffeine and alcohol because all these things might

02:59actually make you want to go ahead urinate more often and interrupt your

03:02sleep. So exactly what we're going to talk about in the whole month of March,

03:06we're going to talk about ejaculations. So one of the problems is that when

03:11ejaculation happens too quickly, it's just like the year ending too quickly,

03:15it's a condition called premature ejaculation. So if you do suffer from

03:20that or you want to find out what exactly is premature ejaculation, stay

03:23tuned for next week's Putting Dr. G on the Spot.

EP262: Sleep deprivation and dampened drive | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT

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