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Andrew Huberman on How Nutrition, Exercise, Tech & Sex Affect Your Sleep EP 1455

The School of Greatness

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The Effects of Sexual Activity on Sleep

Sexual activity involves an increase at first in the so-called parasympathetic arm of the autonomic nervous system. But then it involves increases in the sympathetic arm, the stress system. So is it good to have sexual activity before bed or not that good? According to the architecture of what I just described, yes. It helps people sleep. And Matt Walker came on my podcast and we talked a little bit about some of the data on this.

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