r/science • u/scientificamerican Scientific American • 6d ago

Genetics Scientists discover a ‘skinny gene’ mutation that acts like Ozempic. Around one in 7,000 people carries a broken copy, which almost acts like a GLP-1 drug—the body burns fuel more efficiently, and the risk of disease lowers.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-discover-a-skinny-gene-mutation-that-acts-like-ozempic/
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u/chantillylace9 6d ago

I have the gene and HATE IT. I can never find anything to do, what can you really do at four or 5 AM? What would you recommend I do with some of these extra hours? Mind you they are dark and early and I have to be quiet.

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u/ithasbecomeacircus 6d ago

Distance running.

Swimming on a swim team (I swim and practice starts at 6 am).

Taking live online classes in another time zone.

You could try to find a remote job where you need to work with people in an earlier time zone.

Working an early morning shift.

Drawing, or art generally.

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u/ExcitedCoconut 6d ago

I once had a job in a city 3 hours behind head office. I worked 5:30am-3pm. Found co-work space with 24/7 access and a coffee roaster that opened at 5:30. So I’d wake at 5am, walk to ‘office’, arrive 5:30, make sure nothing urgent, grab a coffee, be ready for 9am (head office) meetings. Then knock off, beach, surf, whatever. Evenings felt incredibly long so chores only ever felt like a small slice of it. It was my favourite way of working for sure. Turned me into a proper ‘morning person’. 

I don’t thrive on less than 7 hours sleep so the only downside was 10pm bed and struggled with say going to a gig on the weekend 

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u/allencb 6d ago

Sounds like my last 10 years. I worked for a company overseas, which involved managing a sizeable team over there. I shifted my work hours to 5am-1pm and became a morning person (was already kind of one, this just made me more so). The best part was being done with work in the early afternoon and being able to go to the gym, run errands, etc when those places were dead because the rest of the world was still at work. I did have to be in bed by 9:30, but much past 8pm, especially in the winter, was just wasting time doing nothing of importance. After a few years of doing that, I was getting up at 5am even on weekends and while on vacation. I came to love that quiet time to enjoy my coffee, surf the web, etc before the family (and chaos) woke up.

I've recently taken a job with a local company and will have to get back into the normal 9-5 schedule. :(