Andrew Huberman· PhD
We know really directly men who get less sleep, they have lower testosterone levels and lower sperm counts. Women who get less sleep get fewer eggs at IVF cycle.
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We know really directly men who get less sleep, they have lower testosterone levels and lower sperm counts. Women who get less sleep get fewer eggs at IVF cycle.
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if you put together a couple that is trying to conceive and that couple is on six hours of sleep you've got a man who's down on testosterone down on the amount of sperm that they're producing the motility of those sperm are reduced and then the woman you you're down on you know you've got erratic menstrual cycles you've got FSH that's down
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