Bryan Johnson· Author
For these nighttime erections to happen, you need: • Healthy nerves • Good blood flow • High sleep quality • Balanced hormones (especially testosterone)
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For these nighttime erections to happen, you need: • Healthy nerves • Good blood flow • High sleep quality • Balanced hormones (especially testosterone)
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when I don't get good sleep my nighttime erections are just wiped out and so is my excitement for life so sleep is really important
for men you do you you really should see this indicator of good sleep and good hormonal health of these nocturnal erections
it's kind of a sleep Vital sign women should be aware of this also I think most of us can feel this if we're hormonally healthy that in the morning hours there is this sort of bump and we see that testosterone rises in the morning and I think both men and women feel that that's an indication that perhaps you're sleeping well you're sleeping enough and if it's not there maybe that's one other Vital sign that your sleep is lacking or that something is off with your overall health
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