This content is restricted to Free & Premium members.
Sign UpSome people are naturally more alert at night or more sensitive to sleep loss. Logan Pendergrast, Ph.D., explains how your genes might influence your sleep tendencies—and how to work with them rather than against them.
0:00
now lastly here health and genetics are
0:03
also a factor to be considered with
0:04
sleep so if we're experiencing sleep
0:07
issues such as insomnia or sleep apnea
0:10
or even mental health issues such as
0:12
anxiety and depression we should be
0:14
working with our physicians our doctors
0:17
to help optimize our general health in
0:19
those areas overall and that
0:22
optimization in those areas can help
0:24
facilitate our ability to have restful
0:26
sleep additionally as we age our sleep
0:29
quality decreases through just general
0:31
aging factors and so that's something to
0:33
be considered as we progress in time
0:37
overall and it's something that can be
0:39
optimized through optimizing the factors
0:41
we've talked about here previously and
0:44
then additionally recent research has
0:46
shown that there is a genetic
0:48
underpinning for people being night owls
0:50
or early birds and so this is also
0:53
something to be considered we all know
0:55
ourselves whether we function best in
0:57
the morning or in the evening and
0:59
considering that and our body is
1:01
preparation for sleep
