For most of us, the definition of the clock forward is a sad occasion, characters, we will lose an hour of sleep until spring.
Daylight saving time begins Sunday 02 in most of the United States - with the exception of Hawaii and Arizona.
But for some people who are genetically blessed, the loss of one hour sleep is not a problem. In fact, the standard sleep less than the recommended seven or eight hours. You are of course, updated and ready to go - 04
This "short sleepers" have a mutation on a gene, known as hDEC2, which regulates your sleep cycle. This transfer function less sleep, researchers say.
It was just alleged relationships as the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, actor James Franco and personality, inner Martha Stewart. It is unclear whether they stave off sleep by Genetics or could be.
Amy Avery has heard of this short gen sleep neither tested. While it is not known whether she has the genetic mutation feeds Avery of only four to five hours sleep.
Adults, it has always asleep at 01: 30 or 02 Avery began his day 06 or training was one hour earlier than they. It is not full of coffee or other caffeinated beverages.
"So long I have," she said. "I am completely." I yawn not during the day. I'm not tired. »
Avery juggling a family and a full-time job as a digital directors in advertising. His two children two to five years sleep at 21 and purifies her husband of dozes off at 10 pm later, Avery, watches TV, a book or work in their home quietly reads Terminal near the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
"This is only something that naturally occur", Avery said about his pattern of sleep. Still awake, "she said even the days when no work at night to do links, I will."
Avery points out that his father has always late sleep went and woke up too early.
Certainly a natural short sleep has competitive advantages, but most people would probably genetic mutation, said Fu Ying-Hui, Professor of Neurology at the University of California in San Francisco.
"It's hard to say how many times is this mutation," she said. His lab has found, believe only 20-30 people with the genetic mutation who sleep on the ability, fewer researchers contribute.
Many with this mutation hold two jobs, have successful career, and enjoy the different interests.
"Every day to do it two or three hours more things," said Fu. "they are very active."
Dan Nainan, a New York 29-year-old actor, beds approximately four hours each evening. Avoid caffeine, alcohol and prescription drugs, and said that he will feel well rested from the bed of 04.
He said "My services". "I have 20% more time than your typical person."
Nainan is not known whether his genes or job well determined his sleeping schedule. In bed at midnight, he wakes four hours later. With the extra time he works on his comedy material and marketing.
He said "Many actors up to 5 people in the evening". "they don't know how much business with phone calls and hearings and rolls of film going on."
Problems occur when your body needs from seven or eight hours, but you force yourself to operate with less, sleep experts said.
Many people boast their lack of sleep, as a sign of honor, to be superhuman. But more likely, this lack of sleep can you less than Super.
"You're tired, tired, walking", said Dr. David Volpi, founder of doctor Manhattan snoring and sleep Center. "Her performance is impaired, knowledge is reduced and the attention is diminished."
Sleep deprivation can lead to an increase in driver fatigue, drowsiness and poor eye-hand coordination. In the long run, people have found sleep less than six hours were more risk of mortality, obesity, heart attack and stroke.
Most of us need need about seven or eight hours sleep, and some people as much as 10.
Fu thinks that people who are not natural relations "use short". artificial less things to sleep.
"In the long run, it is more likely to lead, that risk for heart circulatory complications and cancer problems," she said.
It is not the case that natural relationships the risk of health problems related to short sleep deprivation.
Published 2009 in a study in science, Fu and his colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco has identified a mother and her adult daughter, who regularly slept 6.25 hours on average. Their blood tests showed a specific mutation, which affects their cycle of 24 hours. There are probably more unknown genetic mutations, facilitating the sleeping habits, Fu said.
"they wake up," said people with this genetic mutations. "Four to six hours - it's your optimal sleep.".
Seth Priebatsch, 22-year-old tech entrepreneur, and which is like a Ninja SCVNGR, describes his unorthodox sleeping patterns began when he was 12. Get to work at the beginning it with a franchise in India, get only four or five hours per night. It is a short sleep by choice, but he did it for so long it is of course to a certain point.
From time to time, it crashes in a room with a crest a quick NAP of taking draped over his head. Even though it need not several hours, he enjoys its calm.
"If I nothing comparable to a good night sleep, he y to get", Priebatsch said. "This is a luxury I from time to time to get."