10 Ways Sleeping without Clothes can Benefit You

1 Decreases Cortisol

Allowing your body to cool at night lowers cortisol levels. Cortisol can cause serious problems ranging from disrupted sleep cycles to serious weight gain.

2 Comfortable in Your Own Skin

We spend a lot of time trying to hide our imperfections. We dress our bodies in the "right" clothes to make us feel more secure about our bodies however, sleeping naked will make you fully aware of your body and therefore, you'll feel more comfortable with it.

3 Growth Hormones for a Healthier Body

Growth hormones are released when you sleep naked. This helps to: promote bone density, lowers your risks of diabetes and heart disease, repairs tissue, builds muscle, promotes a healthier body weight and stimulates the growth of internal organs as well as a healthier immune system.

4 Colder Temps = Youthful Life

Keeping the temperature around 70 degrees while sleeping helps the anti-aging hormones and melatonin to do their job. Sleeping naked will keep you slightly cooler and it could have a positive effect on your life overall.

5 Happier Together

If you sleep naked with your partner, that skin-on-skin contact will release some oxytocin. Oxytocin makes you happier, reduces social anxieties and helps with overall satisfaction.

6 Better Loving

In addition to being happier after this kind of sleep, you'll also be in the mood a lot more. The release of oxytocin will not only increases your sex drive but it could offer up better orgasms!

7 Healthier Lady Business

Ladies, yeast infections are a pretty real risk. Sleeping in constricting clothes increases yeast as it thrives in warmer, moist conditions but by giving some air, your lady parts will stay cool and dry.

8 Increases Reproductive Chances For Men

Gentlemen, sleeping in cooler conditions is good for your reproductive parts too. Keeping your testes cool will keep your sperm healthy and functioning better.

9 Less Laundry

This is a humorous reason to consider sleeping in the nude, but it's a pretty good point. You'll have one less set of clothes to wash each time once PJs are taken out of your regular equation.

10 Summer Sleep

Summertime can be unbearable, especially if you don't have a quality air conditioner. This can result in worse sleep because it's just too dang hot! Sleeping naked should help solve that, afterall, it's the one time of the day where you can be nude and no one can stop you.

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200 Orgasms for Better Health - But Who's Counting?

An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away? A prescription for pleasure? The titles for this section practically wrote themselves when we read about a recent study from Duke University that found a clear correlation between a healthy sex life and looking and feeling up to six years younger. A key point of this research is that this physiological fountain of youth can be attained by having over 200 orgasms a year; truly a bit of science we can get behind!



Among the benefits to be expected from this magic number:

A bolstered immune system - sexual activity boosts your body's amount of immunoglobin A, an enzyme that increases your body's resilience to illnesses like colds and the flu.



An improved appearance – the same endorphins that help to boost intimacy also keep your skin supple and improve your complexion, while the act of sex itself is an excellent calorie burner!



More refreshing sleep patterns – the drop in blood pressure and the release of natural sedatives that occur after having an orgasm can lead to sleep, and regulate your sleeping patterns.



Of course, to reach this target of 200 orgasms you don't even need a partner. When it comes to doing the job right, sometimes you've got to do it yourself -- and adding a sensual massager to the equation won't hurt your chances for pleasure! 



One way your personal massager is of huge benefit is to help you reach what is known as the 'orgasmic plateau' ("I can see my orgasm from here!"). This is a stage of arousal where orgasm is imminent - and is very important, especially for women who have difficulty reaching orgasm.



So next time you feel like enjoying yourself, take extra peace of mind from the fact that the benefits go beyond pleasure, and you're doing your health a good service as well.

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4 More Reasons for a Kiss & Cuddle

Hey, do you like getting intimate with your partner? How about sex? Well if you said yes to both, then have we got good news for you; displaying your affections for your partner is not only good for your mood, but will positively impact your health as well.



It mainly comes down to oxytocin; this special hormone is linked to a number of positive physiological reactions including pain relief and pair bonding, and is what makes something as simple as a hug such a reassuring and satisfying act. So reassuring, in fact, that the American Psychosomatic Society reports that a brief hug and ten minutes of hand holding will greatly reduce stress and can carry on throughout the day.

This comes as great news for couples, especially considering that we’re less than 2 weeks away from Valentine’s Day, the lovin’-est, touchin’-est time of year. Take our word for it, and treat your health to these following moves for all the right reasons;



Talking: Simply spending no-touch time together with your romantic partner makes you feel at ease, and lowers blood pressure as well, according to a study out of the State University of New York at Oswego. This finding correlates with a number of previous studies that show less instances of heart disease among married people – bonus!



Cuddling: While we’re talking about communication, did you know that cuddling (otherwise known as ‘endurance hugging’) is an effective way to tell your partner what you can’t say with words? This is the case, according to marriage and family therapist David Klow, who told Shape Magazine that cuddling “Non-verbal communication can be a very powerful way to say to your partner ‘I get you,’”. Additional to this is the release of that sweet oxytocin, which will embolden the feelings of closeness you both share.



Kissing: Some good smoochin’ will not only raise your levels of oxytocin and serve to reduce stress, but kissing also helps to keep your mouth clean; when you kiss, you’re also flushing bacteria and plaque away from your teeth – so brush, floss, rinse and pucker up!



SEX!: The health-related reasons to be enjoying more sex are numerous, enough so that some physicians recommend 200 orgasms a year to reap the most benefits. And what benefits they are! Not only will a racy romp burn off a couple calories, it will also bolster your immune system, making you more resistant to colds and the flu.
And while you’re adding some extra TLC to your fitness routine, don’t forget about diet and exercise – namely, foods and workouts that bolster and enhance your sexual performance. 

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How Winter Affects Your Sex Life

Ah the cold, cosy winter evenings. You know the ones we’re talking about, when all you want to do is wrap yourself in a quilt, relax in front of the fire – and have sex. That’s at least according to a number of U.S. studies regarding seasonal affects on sensuality; winter is when we all start getting a little hot under the collar (of our puffy down jackets).

Did you know that that most common shared birthday is September 16^th? This means that most babies are conceived in December (August is when the least babies are conceived).

That alone doesn’t prove that winter is when we can expect an uptick in our sexual encounters, but despite the increase in conceptions, the holidays also see a jump in the sales of condoms. Twice as many are sold the week before Christmas than the week after, further indicating that many are enjoying a holly jolly holiday indeed!

And ladies, winter is when you can truly feel your sexiest, as a Polish study found that men find women more attractive in winter than in the summer months. Is it the increased coverage of skin that winter clothing provides that gets the imagination going? Either way, it’s the perfect time of year to make the most of a slinky item of sexy lingerie, the sales of which also explode during the winter months.

So what are you going to do with your cold climate sexual upswing? You know that we have a few ideas. The chillier evenings make it a perfect time to spend with a partner getting closer with a sensual massage using massage oils or massage oil candles, and to follow up a prelude like that, share some new sensations with a wearable couples’ vibrator – let it snow, indeed!

Next article: 4 more reasons for a kiss and a cuddle.