Andrew Huberman· PhD
Swing shifts are the most detrimental.
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Swing shifts are the most detrimental.
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So if you can negotiate with your employer to stay on the same shift for two weeks at a time, that's going to be immensely beneficial and will help you offset a lot of the negative effects of shift work.
If there's one rule of thumb for shift work, it's that if at all possible, you want to stay on the same schedule for at least 14 days, including weekends.
One of the main things is that you can make sure that you stay on the same sleep-wake schedule, excuse me, for at least two weeks. It's the swing shift that's really the worst.
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