Andrew Huberman· PhD
If you want to increase your testosterone significantly, get an extra 30 to 60 minutes of sleep each night.
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If you want to increase your testosterone significantly, get an extra 30 to 60 minutes of sleep each night.
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if you are not getting enough high quality sleep your brain will not tell your testicles to make testosterone
getting enough sleep is freaking essential for testosterone
If you're sleeping like garbage, the pituitary, the brain is going to tell your testicles, "Don't make as much testosterone. Your LH and FSH are going to go down."
That's absolutely going to impact your testosterone.
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