Hi Everyone,
I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Today I have two Thanksgiving appropriate links. There was a time when we thought that the Tryptophan (L-Tryptophan, an amino acid/protein) in turkey is what makes us all tired after our Thanksgiving meals. We now think that that is not the case. It is more likely that the large amount of calories (heavy on the fats and carbohydrates) is probably the reason we all feel like a nap after we eat.
This first link has almost any information about L-tryptophan that you could want.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2908021/?tool=pmcentrez
This second link has some interesting "facts" about thanksgiving. It also talks about turkey and tryptophan. The article is a couple of pages long so make sure to click on the "next page" link at the bottom of each page. If you want to know why the tryptophan in turkey probably doesn't make us sleepy, click on this link. http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/question519.htm
Enjoy!
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