Why better sleep means a better sex life | Sleeping With Science

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As my dear friend, Dr. Wendy Troxel often says,

Translator: Sandra Lam Reviewer: Thomas Tam

正如我嘅好朋友 Wendy Troxel 博士經常講

“Sleep is the new sex.”

「睡覺係性愛嘅新世界」

And she's right.

佢係完全正確

A good night's sleep will do many things for the vibrancy,

良好嘅睡眠對你哋嘅關係會產生活力

the intimacy, even the vitality of your relationship.

親密感，甚至生命力

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First, when couples are not getting enough sleep,

首先，當一對情侶無充足嘅睡眠

they have more conflicts the next day.

第二日有更多衝突

And furthermore, they don't resolve those conflicts nearly as well,

但亦都幾乎無解決到呢啲衝突

in part because of a loss of empathy between those two individuals.

部分原因係兩人缺乏咗同理心

Second, our reproductive hormones suffer,

第二，影響咗生殖荷爾蒙

which we know are critical for healthy sexual relationship.

呢啲對健康嘅性關係好重要

For example, young men who are sleeping just five hours a night for one week

例如年輕嘅男人一星期 每日只瞓五個小時嘅話

will have a level of testosterone

佢哋嘅睾酮濃度將會提高

which is that of someone 10 years their senior.

同大佢哋十歲嘅男人一樣

In other words, a lack of sleep will age a man by a decade

就健康同活力嚟講

when it comes to certain aspects of wellness and virility.

缺乏睡眠會令人衰老咗十年

And we see similar impairments in female reproductive health

喺女性生殖健康度都睇到類似嘅損害 由於缺乏睡眠所造成

caused by a lack of sleep.

Indeed, insufficient sleep

確實，睡眠不足

has been associated with impairments in estrogen, in luteinizing hormone

與雌激素、黃體激素

and also in follicle stimulating hormone,

同促卵泡激素嘅損害有關

all of which are critical for female sexual health

呢啲都係對女性嘅性健康 同生育能力非常重要

as well as fertility.

Third, we've discovered that for a woman,

第三，我哋發現對女性來講

just one hour of extra sleep

只要瞓多一個小時

is associated with a 14 percent increased likelihood

女性想同伴侶有親密關係嘅可能性

of her wanting to be physically intimate with her partner.

會提高 14%

So that's the impact of sleep on sex.

呢啲就係睡眠對性愛嘅影響

But it turns out that sex can also have an impact on sleep.

但事實證明咗性交亦會影響睡眠

We know that sex before bed, resulting in orgasm,

我哋知道睡前做愛產生性高潮

is associated with significant improvements in subjective sleep quality.

會顯著改善個人睡眠質量

And we've even seen similar sleep associations with masturbation.

我哋甚至發現手淫對睡眠也有相同嘅影響

So what does all of this tell us then?

到底想話啲乜嘢畀我哋聽？

Well, sleep and sex are powerful and playful bedfellows.

好啦，睡眠同性愛係一對 既強大又調皮嘅同床伴侶

Sleep is one of the very foundations

睡眠係幸福同滿足嘅性愛關係

of a happy, fulfilling and sexually vibrant relationship.

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