Medically reviewed by Kayla Girgen, RD People often cite tryptophan as the cause of Thanksgiving drowsiness, but turkey ...

Tryptophan plays a key role in mood sleep and brain health Discover how this amino acid influences mental clarity and emotional balance.

You lean back, pat your overstuffed belly, and hear someone mumble, “It’s the tryptophan in the turkey.” Ah, yes, the infamous tryptophan—Thanksgiving’s scapegoat. Never mind that it’s ...

Studies show that when people eat foods rich in fiber, tryptophan and unsaturated fats, they sleep better at night.

Following is a transcript of the video. Dr. Daniel Barone: So the myth is that turkey has a lot of a chemical known as tryptophan, which is actually the precursor to melatonin. So people think ...

Turkey contains the amino acid tryptophan. This is said to be the cause of people wanting to nap after a big Thanksgiving dinner. While it is true that turkey contains tryptophan, it does not have ...

This phenomenon brings up a common question: Why does Thanksgiving dinner make people sleepy? A common misconception is that high tryptophan levels in turkey are the culprit. As tryptophan is a ...

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But to synthesise them, we need the amino acid tryptophan, which we can get only from food because our bodies don’t produce it. You’ve probably heard the old saying that eating turkey makes ...

Think turkey with lashings of roast potatoes! The NHS lists turkey as a high tryptophan food (others include chicken, cheese, eggs and milk) and recommend it to parents as a food that can help ...