Do you hit your pillow every night between 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. and wake up between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.? Then you’re a morning chronotype. And it turns out this is more true than researchers initially thought.
Morning person vs. evening person
Let’s start at the beginning: Everyone has their own chronotype, which more or less determines how you prefer to organize your day. Your chronotype is a kind of umbrella term for the type of biological clock you naturally have. Your biological clock is responsible for your sleep/wake rhythm, your appetite, and your mood during the day. This may be genetically determined. If you found your parents whistling in the kitchen in the morning, chances are you—just like your mom and dad—are a morning person too. One person feels great in the early morning hours, while another comes alive in the evening. And then you have a whole range in between.
Good news for the people of the morning
We’ve talked before about the four chronotypes and how to figure out which one you are. Clearly, these chronotypes say more about you than you think. Scientists Northwestern University In the US and the University of Surrey in England, they investigated whether sleep rhythm affects lifespan. In this study, 400,000 participants between the ages of 38 and 73 were asked about their chronotype. With the categories “clear morning type,” “moderate morning type,” “moderate evening type,” or “clear evening type.” The participants’ mental and physical health was then monitored for 6.5 years.
Bad news for evening types, because according to this research, moderate and clear-headed evening types are more likely to suffer from mental disorders and diabetes than morning types. Evening types were even found to live shorter lives than morning types.
How is this possible?
If you think going to bed late is harmless, you’re wrong. However, researchers suggest that these differences may be due to people exercising less in the evening and eating at the wrong times. Malcolm von Schantz, professor of chronobiology, also notes that sleep rhythms may need to be taken into account more.
“We need to know whether evening people can start and stop work later where possible. They shouldn’t be forced to wake up at 8am. More research is also needed to determine how to keep their body clocks in sync with solar time. It’s not a bad idea to look kindly at your boss and ask if you can start an hour later and then work an hour longer.
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