There’s something in the air, and it’s not just eye that connects to the Body image springs into our consciousness this time of year. We’re shaking that craving for carbohydrates that makes us put on weight, says Smolensky. “It’s likely a carryover from our ancestors who had a hibernation-type biology. In the fall, they began putting on weight to get through the lean times of winter.”
We may have more energy in springtime, but it won’t necessarily play itself out in the bedroom, Smolensky tells WebMD. “When we look at couples who have kept diaries of sexual encounters and single males who have kept their own data, sexual activity is really rather low in the spring. The peak is in the fall.”
The reason? Testosterone levels peak in summer and autumn — not in springtime, he says. The evidence: More women conceive in late summer and early autumn than in spring, he says. The pattern also shows up in the CDC’s data on two birth control pills were used and found that unintended conceptions occurred twice during the year — in May and in September/October — “even though the women claimed they were consistently adherent to birth control. There likely are seasonal biological factors at work, but what they are, we don’t know.”
Another word of caution: “lung function.”
It’s happened in his neighborhood. Someone collapsed and needed CPR. “We almost lost him,” says Smolensky.