Turkey and Tryptophan

Do you think it’s the tryptophan in turkey that makes you sleepy or is it that you ate too much that makes you sleepy?

Answer #1

supposedly tryptophan is not why you get sleepy after you eat a big Thanksgiving dinner with turkey. They say that turkey doesn’t really have enough tryptophan in it to do that, but that it’s because your body must exhaust a lot of energy to digest the big meal.

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/turkey/faqs.html

http://www.physorg.com/news8453.html

hope this helps…………PeAz

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