tryptophen
starbuckcooking
November 17th, 22:52 So…the holiday is here family shows up….theres large amounts of cranberry port reductions with drippings from the turkey made into a thickened sauce from roux and golden crisp skin on the Turkey that we all do adore….paired with yamm concotions aka sweet potatoes mashed smashed marshmallows jello with floating fruits and sage garlic mashed potatoes and the wine..yes lots of wine and of course pumpkin pie with whip cream on it, that we inhale after 10 min prior we swore that the there was no more room possibly in our stomachs and then we pass out watching football and all the people swearing that the reason there so so so tired is because of the the tryptophen in it! well it can’t be because you just gorged your self four times the amount that you do on any other day of the year that causes the lethargy…….trypophen is an amino acid. Everything from turkey to tofu, and dairy products to nuts — as well as virtually all meats — contain about 20 amino acids. One of these amino acids is tryptophan. There’s nothing unique about turkey and its tryptophan content. It contains about as much as other meats. So, if there were a direct sleepy effect, we’d feel it with all protein. Once tryptophan enters the body, it becomes the building block — or precursor molecule — of serotonin and melatonin. These are two brain compounds involved in regulating mood and sleep, but the amount that you intake when eating your turkey could not add up in an way enough to make you sleepy. Now how much tryptophen is needed to make you tired? well you would need to eat about 40 lbs of turkey for the tryptophen to really put you on your ass……not saying Im myth busters but just filling you in and letting you all know that this is just an urban myth.So now that I just dropped some science on you feel free to use it at the table this Thanksgiving. All enjoy your holiday thank God for your friends and family that you are able to share this with.
-Starbuckcooking
