16 May DNA Health Check for Better Sleep
You struggle to fall asleep, stay asleep, or always feel sleepy during the day. Do you prefer to work late at night? Or feel more productive in the morning?
This is not just by chance. It’s in your DNA.
Everyone’s body is preprogrammed with an internal body clock and regulated by 24-hour cycles or a circadian rhythm. Your circadian rhythm also determines whether you are a night owl or an early bird, or a bit of both. Our DNA Health Check can tell you which one you are and much, much more.
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What Is a DNA Health Check?
YOLO Health’s at-home DNA Health Check makes it even easier for you to understand your unique genetic makeup. With a swab of the inner cheek, our state-of-the-art labs process your sample and uncover what is written in your DNA. Thereafter, our experts in nutrigenomics translate your DNA into an easy-to-understand report.
Our report details the genetic factors affecting digestion, metabolism, stress, immunity, nutrients, stimulants, exercise, and sleep. It includes a gene description, your result (indicated as high impact red, healthy green, or some impact yellow), and impact and advice. Additionally, we offer a male or female hormone health report, which goes in-depth into your hormone variants, how to age healthily, your heart health, cholesterol, and more.
YOLO Health’s DNA Health Check provides personalised insights into each of these factors. This article will focus on the genetics of your sleep.
The Link Between DNA and Sleep
Your body clock is regulated and run by “clock genes.” Your sleep is triggered by light and darkness in your bedroom. This darkness activates the release of melatonin, the sleep hormone. Light stimulates a rise in body temperature, which activates the release of a stimulating hormone, commonly associated with stress, cortisol, which wakes you up. If your environment or genetics improperly signals any hormones linked to this sleep process, you may experience disturbed sleep or altered sleep patterns.
CLOCK:
- A backronym for Circadian Locomotor Output Cycles Kaput
- Determines if you are a night owl, a morning person, or a mix of both.
PER3
- This gene works in opposition to CLOCK.
- It regulates the timing of sleep onset by signalling the appropriate circadian functions.
- It triggers the responses of releasing melatonin and lowering body temperature in dim light or darkness.
MTNR1B
- This gene is involved in the receptivity to melatonin.
- Not only does it help regulate circadian rhythms, but it also helps with mood regulation, anxiety, immune responses, and heart function.
- Naturally, variants in this gene can disturb your sleep.
How a DNA Health Check Analyses Sleep Traits
- What sleep-related markers are assessed
- Examples of common findings (e.g. tendency to be a night owl, deep sleeper, risk of insomnia)
- Explanation of how results are interpreted
Benefits of Knowing Your Sleep DNA Profile
Knowing exactly how your genes, and which genes, are affecting your sleep will greatly contribute to its improvement. You will gain personalised insights into improving your sleep, such as changing your diet and lifestyle, sleeping more or less, or needing extra melatonin supplements.
These changes could reduce your risk of developing sleep disorders like sleep apnea. Additionally, proper sleep hygiene can ensure your overall health is taken care of, too. Sufficient, good-quality sleep assists in regulating stress and heart health and even reduces the risk of diabetes!
Is a DNA Health Check Right for You?
You’re tired (pardon the pun) of waking up tired every morning. It feels like you are constantly behind on sleep and cannot catch up. You’ve stopped drinking coffee after 2 pm, you tried going to bed earlier, you tried going to bed later, thinking maybe if you’re more tired, you’ll fall asleep quicker.
We get it.
That’s why we’ve simplified the process for you to take a DNA sample and get answers. Purchase one of our easy-to-use DNA Health Check kits. Open the kit, fill in the consent form, swab your inner cheek, place your sample in the return envelope, and after 4-6 weeks, receive the answers you’ve been looking for! And rest assured that your data is safe, secure, and protected throughout the entire process.
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Take Back Control
Sleep is the body’s physical and biological way to rest. It is quite literally the foundation of your health. Don’t leave it up to chance.
Take control of your sleep and start your health journey with us. A DNA Health Check can be the key to unlocking your best night’s sleep!
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