Monty by Jim Meddick for November 25, 2015
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A turkey pot pie? Ok, admit it... This pre-Thanksgiving diet has failed. If anything you're more obsessed with poultry than ever! Ok. Maybe. But don't worry. I'm switchin' to plan B. Right after this meal, I'm gonna do a crazy intense workout and totally burn it all off. Zzzz Wake up. Wake up. I guess I hadn't counted on the tryptophan in the turkey making me so drowsy...
What’s the deal with tryptophan?~For most of my life, I absolutely believed that turkey meat makes you drowsy. Now, however, researchers claim that it’s probably the carbohydrates that accompany a traditional Thanksgiving dinner that make you drowsy. You can look it up — Wikipedia has an article. ~I still have a hard time believing that. I wonder what other people think.