The season of myth! Turkey doesn’t have any more tryptophan in it than any other meat. The difference is, on T-day you eat a lot of it, plus a lot of carbs, and that’s what conks you out.
Whatever it has, even if it’s placebo effect, it’s efficacy has stood the test of serial observations at my house. I suppose I could do a crossover and grill steaks or maybe do turkey with bean sprouts next year, but it would be hard to blind…
Gobble gobble!
Happy days!
is this traditional psychopharmacology?
Some people, especially the elderly, respond to warm milk and turkey at night as an effective soporific.
The season of myth! Turkey doesn’t have any more tryptophan in it than any other meat. The difference is, on T-day you eat a lot of it, plus a lot of carbs, and that’s what conks you out.
Whatever it has, even if it’s placebo effect, it’s efficacy has stood the test of serial observations at my house. I suppose I could do a crossover and grill steaks or maybe do turkey with bean sprouts next year, but it would be hard to blind…