Females Who Desire Better Sex Can Start By Sleeping Longer

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Women who got excess sleep of an hour at night are 14 per cent more likely to have sex with their partner the next day, reports a study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.  Women had better genital arousal when they had good sleep at night than those who had insufficient sleep.

David Kalmbach, the lead author of the study said that sleeping much wouldn't give good time in bed on the other hand healthy amount of nightly sleep is essential for good sexual health. The researcher also added that "these findings indicate that insufficient sleep can decrease sexual desire and arousal for women", stated a report on The Age.  

Kalmbach added, "I think the take-home message should not be that more sleep is better, but that it is important to allow ourselves to obtain the sleep that our mind and body needs." About 171 female college students aged around 20 were involved in the questionnaire based study by the researcher, reported The Huffington Post.  

The participants were requested to fill web based questionnaires every day for a period of two weeks that included questions on their sleep pattern, sexual mood and sexual functions. The researchers explained that the study was controlled of other factors that influence sexual arousal like mensuration, oral contraceptive usage and general well-being, reported The Age.  

The participant's average sleep duration was observed to be seven hours and 22 minutes while 20 per cent of women were reportedly experiencing sexual distress. Though women who had shorter night sleep also had good vaginal lubrication and arousal, women who had healthy night sleep reported much better arousal and sexual satisfaction according to the study. 

The researcher also clarified that short sleep for a night could give good sexual arousal but constant sleep deprivation would give an opposite effect. "Women with chronically insufficient sleep may be at greater risk for genital arousal difficulties, though one night of sleep loss appears to lead to short-term improvement in genital arousal the following day," explained the researcher.

Meanwhile it is said that a person spends 25 years of his life sleeping on his average life span of 78 years according to a study. Though the exact function of sleep is not evident, it could be a process of resetting our system, says Erin Hanlon, an assistant professor at the University of Chicago's Sleep, Metabolism and Health Centre. Hanlon added that insufficient sleep might increase the risks of heart diseases, depression, obesity and diabetes, says the BBC news.