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Busting Myths: TRYPTOPHAN
Sometimes, when we overeat our favorite helps regulate the sleep cycle. The second So, if you really want to be alert after the
food or have a lot of birthday cake, we feel is involved with appetite, mood, sleep, and holiday meal, eat smaller portions of the
really full and tired afterward. It’s like we pain. starchy sides and desserts. That way, you can
want to take a nap because we ate too much. There isn’t enough tryptophan to make us still enjoy the food without feeling sleepy
It happens to all of us. afterward.
fall asleep after the Thanksgiving feast.
On Thanksgiving, some people think that the The real reason we feel tired is because we eat Source:
turkey makes them feel tired. They blame a a lot of high-carbohydrate foods. There are https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/
chemical called tryptophan in the turkey for more than enough carbs on the Thanksgiving special-topic/tryptophan#
making them sleepy. table — mashed potatoes, sweet potato pie,
But actually, tryptophan is an amino acid macaroni & cheese, and rolls — to make us https://www.sleepfoundation.org/nutrition/
what-is-tryptophan
found in many foods, including milk, chicken, tired. Around 60 to 90 minutes after we eat
fi sh, nuts, and soy. The body uses tryptophan these foods, we start feeling really tired.
to create melatonin and serotonin. The fi rst

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