The Truth About Tryptophan - Does tryptophan really make you sleepy — and is turkey to blame? Experts set the record straight
Every year at Thanksgiving, most of us engage in an annual rite of passage: stuffing ourselves mercilessly with turkey, cranberry sauce, and pie. Not a bad way to spend a Thursday. But inevitably, in that hour between feeling so full you think you’ll explode and gearing up for round two with the leftovers, your relatives can find you conked out on the couch.
Along comes Aunt Mildred with her armchair scientific explanation. You’re tired, she tells you, because the turkey you just ate is laden with L-tryptophan. Tryptophan, she says, makes you tired.
So is your aunt right? Is the turkey really what’s to blame for Thanksgiving sleepiness? The experts helped WebMD sort out the facts. Click Here
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November 27, 2009
Tags: L-tryptophan, trytophan turkey, turkey sleepiness Posted in: COPD and the Holidays
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