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Sleepy?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:47 pm
by David
I know I feel this way, it's gotta be all that turkey I ate. I hear turkey makes you tired but I forget why.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:52 pm
by Stephen
http://health.msn.com/general/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100176843>1=10613

According to that, Turkey does not make you tired. Just eating too much. (Which I did)

PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:55 pm
by David
oh well that would make sense wouldn't it?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:07 pm
by K. Ayato
Happens when you eat duck too. Why it doesn't happen when you eat chicken is beyond me.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:52 pm
by Sheenar
Copied from MSN.com

Thanksgiving Health Risks
By Rich Maloof for MSN Health & Fitness

Tired? Don’t blame the turkey.

There can be many reasons to drift off on Thanksgiving Day, but eating turkey isn’t really one of them. The amino acid L-tryptophan in turkey is popularly cited as a kind of dietary sedative, but nutritionist Samantha Heller lays bare the urban myth.

“L-tryptophan is the chemical precursor to the neurotransmitter serotonin, a calming agent in the brain,â€

PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:16 am
by Syaoran
Theres like a chemical in turkey that makes you relaxed. well I hoped you guys had a good Thanksgiving and all. had mine about last mounth.

PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:46 am
by Blitzkrieg1701
Tryptophan or not, I spent most of yesterday lounging around in a half-coma.

PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:40 pm
by uc pseudonym
I've never had the post-Thanksgiving coma experience. Perhaps it is because my family tends to eat more reasonable amounts (or because we all have high metabolisms).