“Keeping an owl schedule in our modern world with relatively early work (or school) schedule demands is less healthy,” said sleep specialist Kenneth Wright, a professor of integrative psychology at the University of Colorado Boulder.Ĭhanging your internal body clock or circadian rhythm by one to two hours confuses the body and brain. That might have been a problem in a preindustrial society with little light after dark, but today’s world is full of light, sound and tons of nightlife - so what’s the problem? Unfortunately, most work and school schedule are built for those who love to be “early to bed, early to rise.” A recent study found a variance in CRY1 in people with delayed sleep phase disorder, or DSPD, a disorder in which people stay up extremely late and get up much later. It’s possible that night owls are genetically predisposed to late nights due to a gene called CRY1, experts say. If you instinctively prefer to go to bed later and wake up later, you may be a “night owl.” You can further disrupt your sleep rhythm and add to your sleep debt by also staying up later during the workweek. “This pattern of sleeping puts you at risk for the effects of chronic sleep deprivation, which can put you at increased risk for medical conditions such as diabetes and heart disease.” “By staying up late on Friday and Saturday nights and sleeping in both days afterward, you’re essentially forcing your body into a different time zone,” Dasgupta said. Raj Dasgupta, an assistant professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. “Just like the way traveling from New York to Los Angeles can sometimes wreak havoc on your circadian rhythm (your body’s natural clock), so too can staying up late at the end of a stressful work week and sleeping in on weekends,” said sleep specialist Dr.
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