DEAR DR. GOTT: I often work nights. No one ever addresses tips for night-shift workers. I struggle with weight, metabolism, mood swings and sleep problems. (I get four to five hours per day, tops.) Please give some tips in your column; you would be the first to do so, I think.
DEAR READER: Night-shift workers often experience adverse effects as a result of working late hours. This is because they are essentially going against nature. We are diurnal, meaning we are awake during the daylight hours and asleep during nighttime hours.
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