Postby Sheenar » Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:52 pm
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€
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