Short sleepers function on four hours

Sleep deprivation is problematic for people, but a few people with a genetic mutation on less sleep manage to thrive. History HIGHLIGHTS "Natural short sleeper" have a genetic mutation that allows them to function on less SleepScientists 20-30 persons with identified people say possible sleep MutationsSome, they sleep well work to just five hours and not feeling, TiredRELATED TOPICSBrain, and nerve HealthGeneticsSleeping and sleep disorders (CNN)-for most of us, Setting the clock forward in the spring is a sad occasion, a sign that we an hour losing sleep. Daylight saving time begins Sunday at 2 am in most of the USA-with the exception of Hawaii and Arizona. But for some genetically blessed people, a loss of one hour sleep is not a problem. In fact, the featured seven or eight hours that is standard sleep less than. You feel at 4 am have this "short sleeper" course updated and ready to be into - a mutation on a gene known as hDEC2, which regulates their sleep wake rhythm. They can say this mutation researchers on less sleep function. There were supposed short thresholds such as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, actor James Franco and domestic personality Martha Stewart. It is unknown whether they were able to avoid sleep by Genetics or spirit. Amy Avery has not heard of this short sleep disorders or tested. While it is unclear whether she has the genetic mutation, Avery lives of only four to five hours sleep. As an adult, she has always asleep at 1:30 am or 2 am starts their day at 6 o'clock Avery or one hour earlier than it has a training. You fill up with coffee or other caffeinated beverages. "I so long have done," she said. "I fully function." I yawn, not during the day. "I'm not tired."