I work in a night shift which is from 11 pm to 7 am. I have heard about the ill effects of a night shift on your health due to lack of sleep. So if a person works in a night shift and makes sure that he gets adequate uninterrupted sleep of 7 hours will it neutralize the bad effects of a night shift?

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