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10 Sleep Tips To Boost Morning Erections
Episode 27830th May 2025 • Sexual Health For Men • Dr. Anne Truong
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Feeling a little less "up" in the mornings lately? What if that missing morning wood isn't just a sign of a bad night's sleep, but a blaring alarm bell about your overall health?

In this podcast episode, I expose the shocking truth behind your morning wood and its intimate connection to REM sleep, erectile dysfunction, and your hidden health markers. I'll reveal why your sleep patterns might be the secret weapon to stronger erections and peak vitality. Get ready for science-backed strategies to optimize your REM sleep and reclaim your youthful vigor.

Stop ignoring the most important health report your body gives you every night. Tune in now!

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This podcast is for you, the Modern Man. I'm Dr Anne Truong,

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your host. I'm an intimate health medical doctor and best

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selling author of the book, Erectile Dysfunction Fix. I'll

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do a deep dive into sexual health and performance and how

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it affects men of all ages and backgrounds. So let's get

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started, and be sure to visit my website at

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resources from the show. See you on the inside.

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Hello there, Modern Man. I'm Dr Anne Truong, I'm a sexual health

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specialist. I treated over 7000 men. In this episode, we're

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going to talk about what is the relationship between sleep and

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your morning erection. Because, as you all know, morning

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erection is kind of like your best thing. Kind of like you

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wake up and you're like, are you there? Are you awake? Are you

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alive? And it's also your barometer on how you're doing.

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And I know it's important for men, because you start having it

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in puberty, and you have it throughout your life, and when

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you don't have it, you kind of miss it, right? Let me know what

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you think.

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Well, morning erection, or the formal medical term is called

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nocturnal penile tumescent (NPT). So they are normal

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physiological phenomena that occur during sleep, and

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particularly REM sleep or rapid eye movement. It is considered a

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sign of healthy vascular and neurological function in the

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penis. So what I'm trying to say is, when you have morning wood,

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it is considered that everything is working down there. You have

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healthy vascular system. You have healthy neurological

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system. However, the absence of morning erection can have

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multiple causes, both benign and pathological. We're just gonna

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focus on sleep today. There are many other factors that will

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affect your morning erection, but let's focus on sleep as

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something that is so simple, but yet so pivotal in your life, and

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particularly for your sex life, for every day. Because if you

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don't sleep well, you're not going to function that day or

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the day after. Sleep is like blinking your eye. It is a must.

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Now consider this so the normal sleep cycle is common to wake up

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without an erection, but if awakening does not coincide with

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REM sleep, then your morning erection may not appear. So

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we're going to talk about common causes for no morning erection.

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So sleep, it's important. We'll dive into that later. Number two

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is aging. So the frequency and rigidity of morning erection

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tend to decrease with age due to natural decline in testosterone

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and changes in your erection tissue such as age related

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atrophy, collagen or scar tissue development that leads to venous

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leakage. I have talked about it in my previous episode about

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what venous leakage is. So check it out here. So sleep quality

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and disturbances, what it does is that it disrupts your

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circadian rhythm and can really, really disrupt the mechanic of

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your morning erection. Now other physical condition can affect

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your morning erection, such as diabetes, heart condition, high

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blood pressure, kidney disease, nerve disorder and Peyronie's

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disease. Of course, low testosterone could contribute,

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but it's not the only reason. Something to consider,

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medications, such as high blood pressure medication,

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antidepressant, tranquilizer like anxiety medication,

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appetite suppressant. I know appetite suppressants are kind

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of the big deal now where people are taking it to lose weight,

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but that will also affect your morning erection. And medication

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for enlarged prostate will affect your morning wood, as

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well as any type of painkillers. Depression, anxiety will play a

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role into this. And I gotta mention lifestyle factors such

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as smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, overweight and

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sedentary lifestyle can really impact the vascular health of

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blood flow, which then will reduce morning erection.

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Now the absence of morning erection is not always a cause

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for concern, especially it occurs with aging. But if it is

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persistent loss of morning erection and accompanied by

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erectile dysfunction during sexual activity may indicate

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underlying vascular nerve or hormone that really need an

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evaluation with your doctor. Now when to seek advice? Well, you

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seek advice is when you have persistent loss of morning

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erection with ED. And the first thing you should do is to get

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blood work and to really look at your diet, your exercise, your

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weight. Are you smoking? How much alcohol you're drinking,

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like I talk about my other episode here as well.

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So let's dive a little bit into sleep. How does REM sleep affect

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morning erection? Rapid eye movement or REM sleep play a

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central role because it often happens during sleep, of course,

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but that is when dreaming is most common. Dreaming only

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occurs in REM sleep. The body experiences a shift from

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sympathetic, which is fight or flight, to parasympathetic,

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which is rest and digest. Parasympathetic is where you get

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your erection. That's where you are relaxed, you want to be in

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parasympathetic for morning wood an erection. Sympathetic takes

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away your erection. So the parasympathetic nervous system,

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especially the nerve that around the pelvic area, stimulate blood

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flow to the penis. So REM sleep, stimulate the parasympathetic.

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Number two is that men typically experience multiple REM cycle

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through the night, and with each REM phase, an erection can occur

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4 to 6 times each night, lasting 5 to about 30 minutes. So mother

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nature is already helping you exercise your penis at nighttime

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as many as 4 to 6 times a night. And what happen is that REM

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sleep get longer towards the morning, and the likelihood of

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waking up during or just after an REM phase increases. That's

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how morning wood is more noticeable in the morning. You

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may not notice Morning Wood at nighttime. So during REM sleep,

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inhibitory signals from the brain in the area called the

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locus coeruleus are reduced. So it's reduced, allowing more

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excitatory testosterone mediated pathway to induce an erection.

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So the activation of the parasympathetic nervous system

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during REM sleep leads to smooth muscle relaxation and also

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opening of the penis artery and therefore increasing blood flow

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and erection. Now interestingly, testosterone levels are the

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highest also in early morning, and also contribute to the

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frequency and rigidity of the morning wood. Although it's not

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the primary driver at this point, it's really the driver is

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REM sleep. So the clinical significance is that the

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presence of morning wood is a sign of healthy nerve, healthy

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vascular system, and that the absence may indicate issues with

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your sleep, your hormones and your vascular and your nerve

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health.

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Now, I'm gonna give you some tips in today's episode to how

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to improve your REM sleep. Because more REM sleep, more

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morning wood, more testosterone, more erection, and better

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erection. So number one, maintain a consistent sleep

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schedule. Go to bed and wake up at the same time every day,

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including the weekends. This regularity helps regulate your

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circadian rhythm and ensure you cycle through all your sleep

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stages, including REM sleep.

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Number two, prioritize sleep duration. REM sleep increases in

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the second half of the night, so getting enough sleep, usually

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around seven to nine hours for adult is crucial. Short sleep

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duration can significantly reduce REM sleep.

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Number three, optimize your sleep environment. Keep the

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bedroom dark, quiet and cool, ideally cool to 60 to 67 degrees

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Fahrenheit. I know that's kind of cool, and your partner may

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complain, because I'm always kind of cold nature. Right now

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it's 70 degrees, I'm sitting here with a jacket on. So you

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got to talk with your partner how much you want to lower that

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temperature down to, because I'm always fighting with my husband

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when it's around like 67, 65 degrees. But coolness will

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actually help you sleep better. And then you can add blackout

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curtain, and you can also add white noise machine. Yes, white

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noise machines. I'm gonna leave you a link for blackout curtain

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and white noise machine in the episode description, because I

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use a white noise machine to actually sleep, and also use

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that in my office. Also use comfortable bedding on your bed

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to minimize this disturbance that can fragment your REM

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sleep.

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And, number four, avoid substances that disrupt REM

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sleep. Yes alcohol. Limit or avoid alcohol before going to

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bed, because it could suppress REM sleep by 25%. As well as

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caffeine and nicotine, which are stimulant that would delay REM

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onset and reduce its duration. So do not take caffeine or

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nicotine, at least 6 to 8 hours before bedtime. Yes, 6 to 8

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hours. Believe me, I am a caffeine drink or two. I know

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that I have to probably stop at around 3pm if I want to have my

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good REM sleep.

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Number five, establish a relaxing bedtime routine,

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meaning engaging in calming activity before bed, such as

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reading, not on your iPad or on your phone, no screen. Just

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reading simple old fashioned take out a book or newspaper or

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magazine to read. Or even listening to soft music or

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taking a warm bath or practicing gentle stretching exercises. But

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avoid screen time. Avoid anything that stimulates your

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brain, especially blue light. That's what comes from the

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screen. That will also interrupt your sleep. So avoid the blue

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light and screen time, guys.

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Number six, exercise regularly, because moderate exercise, which

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is about 30 minutes 4 to 5 times a week, or total 150 minutes per

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week, is associated with improved sleep quality and more

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REM sleep. But avoid intense workout close to bedtime, I

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would say, probably not like at least 4 hours before you go to

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bed, because it can be very stimulating.

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Number seven, manage stress and mental health. So what that

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means is that stress and anxiety can really disrupt your REM

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sleep. Haven't you noticed sometime when you're kind of

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stressed? You know, sleep throughout the night, you keep

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waking up. Next day, you wake up more tired, because that's what

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happened. You didn't get your REM sleep. So what you can do is

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meditation, and then you can also do yoga practices, will

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really minimize the stress. And also, if you have sleep apnea,

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you need to use your equipment or get diagnosed and control the

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sleep apnea.

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Number nine, dietary consideration such as consuming

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foods rich in magnesium, which is spinach and almond and

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tryptophan, which is Turkey, bananas and eggs, may really

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support sleep quality, and indirectly benefit sleep. Now I

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take a magnesium supplement at nighttime because I don't really

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have a lot of time during the daytime to eat a lot of these

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vegetables or even eat turkey. So I'll put my favorite

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magnesium supplement that I take myself at nighttime. So my

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husband and I, we take magnesium and a melatonin chewable for our

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sleep routine.

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And then number ten, my favorite, replace your old

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bedding. Uncomfortable pillows or mattresses can cause

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disruption in your sleep. So updating the bedding or fine

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sheets, like satin sheet, satin sheet helps with skin, help with

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your hair, even satin pillows, I'll put that recommendation

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here in my Amazon store. See all these links. And just even

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putting a little bit essential oil on the bedding may also

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help.

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So these are the 10 tips to improve your REM sleep that will

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give you better morning erection. Doing better

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improvement in your testosterone and better erection overall. So

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