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DEL.ICIO.USHoliday Turkey Mythbust
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For years, turkey has been blamed for the notorious “after dinner snooze.” This supposively came from the knowledge of experts that state that the high amounts of tryptophan (an amino acid) increases the amount of serotonin produced in the brain. (I did my research and I can’t find who the “experts” are). By the way, serotonin is a hormone that helps you feel relaxed.
Well, whoever the experts were, they didn’t do a good job on their hypothesis. It is now known, that the amounts of tryptophan in Turkey is not high enough to make you go to sleep. This is unless, of course, you eat nothing but turkey on an empty stomach and in high amounts.
If you haven’t figured it out by now, you can blame the sluggishness on the high amounts of carbohydrates, simply stuffing yourself, and alcohol. I guess there is no better reason. Have fun this Thankgiving.
Don’t forget to check out some of my Holiday Eating Tips from last week.
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