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 ...

Have you ever felt especially sleepy after eating turkey on Thanksgiving? This may be due to the tryptophan found in the turkey. Clinical studies have found that tryptophan, through diet or ...

Tryptophan is an essential amino acid, a building block of protein that we obtain through our diets, particularly from foods, ...

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