The hours of childbirth and getting up are not a matter of habit, but of genetics.
This is what we learned on Tuesday from doctor Jimmy Mohamed, health consultant from Europe 1. He gives us advice on how to adapt and determine whether you are an early riser or a late riser.
Do you have trouble getting up in the morning, or on the contrary, do you have trouble staying up late at night? It is not a question of habit, but of genetic inheritance, teaches us the doctor Jimmy Mohammed, the health consultant of Europe 1.
"We are all roughly programmed to be either morning or evening or in between. Those who are in the morning will tend to go to bed early, that is to say before 10 pm, and get up early without too much. difficulties, while night owls will tend to delay bedtime and have a hard time in the morning and getting up, starting the day when it starts too early.
There would be around 25% early risers in the population, 25% late risers and the rest in between.
This is called the chronotype and this chronotype is determined by our genetic makeup.
Clearly, we are born like that.
It is almost impossible to fight against our biological rhythms.
And what if you're a night owl who has to get up early?
This is the whole problem, because our society is rather based on early risers.
As a rule, we work in the morning, we have to bring the children to school and in the evening, not much is happening.
The problem is, when you are out of step with your body clock and your lifestyle, you are more at risk, according to a recent study of more than 80,000 people, of having a poorer quality of life and suffering more from disease. anxiety, but also depression.
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Moreover, it seems that early risers are more protected from depression and have a better feeling of well-being because, once again, our life is more based on early risers.
How do we know if we are suffering from a lag between that of our biological clock and that imposed by our work, for example?
It's pretty straightforward.
To know if you are in social jet lag, it is enough to observe your natural rhythm without constraint during the weekend or the holidays.
If you get up more than two hours after the usual time on weekdays, your biological rhythm is not adapted.
So beware, it is possible, on weekends, to make up for a weekday sleep debt and it is therefore natural to wake up a little later. The ideal is therefore to observe your natural rhythm during the holidays over ten days, by going to bed and getting up without putting too many constraints on yourself. You will have a good idea of the tempo of your biological rhythm which will have to be respected in order to simply stay healthy.