NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
It might sound odd, but the winter – and the weather that comes with it – can seriously affect your sexual desire.
Less Vitamin D in winter means a lower mood which often goes hand in hand with a lower sex drive – but there are upsides too. Men have higher testosterone levels in the autumn and winter months, with a higher sperm count and women tend to be more fertile too.
Gigi Engle, certified sex educator at 3Fun and author of All The F*cking Mistakes, tells Metro.co.uk that we all have ‘brakes’ and ‘accelerators’ when it comes to sex – things that turn us off and things that turn us on.
‘All sex and levels of interest are normal,’ she explains. ‘A low sex drive isn’t a problem unless it’s a problem for you personally. The meaning that sex has for people and the importance that it has in their life varies from person to person.