Sleep Types (Chronotypes) Have you ever had the weird feeling like you’re on a different schedule than everyone around you? Maybe you’re always yawning when your friends are just getting ready to go to dinner. Or no matter how many hours of sleep you get, you never really feel awake at work before noon. Yea, the scientists say “your chronotype, or your body’s biological clock”. Your chronotype comes from the length of your PER3 gene and is dependent on genetic, environmental, and age-related factors. Your chronotype influences hormone levels, metabolic function, and body temperature, to name a few. Chronotypes were first studied in the 1970s… Read More
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