If you eat too much turkey you'll fall asleep??!!?!?
2006-10-08 08:11:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
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2006-10-08 08:11:47 · update #1
lol....ahhh more new information.......you are such a good teacher....and oh so clever......
have a good nap....lol
2006-10-08 08:13:58 · answer #1 · answered by zuli 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it's not strictly true....
In this instance, lore almost intersects with science. Turkey does contain tryptophan, an amino acid which is a natural sedative. But tryptophan doesn't act on the brain unless it is taken on an empty stomach with no protein present, and the amount gobbled even during a holiday feast is generally too small to have an appreciable effect. That lazy, lethargic feeling so many are overcome by at the conclusion of a festive season meal is most likely due to the combination of drinking alcohol and overeating a carbohydrate-rich repast, as well as some other factors:
2006-10-08 15:19:14 · answer #2 · answered by Bog woppit. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, been there a few times.
Tryptophan and turkey
According to popular belief, tryptophan in turkey meat causes drowsiness [6]. Turkey does contain tryptophan, which does have a documented sleep-inducing effect as it is readily converted into Serotonin by the body. However, tryptophan is effective only when taken on its own as a free amino acid. Tryptophan in turkey is found as part of a protein, and, in small enough amounts, this mechanism seems unlikely [7].
A more-likely hypothesis is that the ingestion of large quantities of food, such as at a Thanksgiving feast, means that large quantities of both carbohydrates and branched-chain amino acids are consumed. Like carbohydrates, branched-chain amino acids require insulin to be transduced through the myocyte membranes, which, after a large meal, creates a competition among the amino acids and glucose for insulin, while simultaneously creating tryptophan's reduced competition with other amino acids for the Large Neutral Amino Acid Transporter protein for transduction across the blood-brain barrier. The result is a greater availability of tryptophan, via the Large Neutral Amino Acid Transporter, for conversion into serotonin by the raphe nuclei, which is then available for conversion into melatonin by the pineal gland. Drowsiness is the result.
2006-10-08 15:18:27 · answer #3 · answered by Dorkboy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. Food has a natural sedative in it ...and he more you eat ... the more exhausted you feel. This is why most try to eat a light lunch ... then they're not really tired, when they go back to work. A turkey dinner? ... lol ...nighty-night!!
2006-10-08 15:19:18 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Carol♥ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, whenever I eat to much I feel like I could fall asleep... but I hear that it isn't good to sleep when you just ate.
2006-10-08 15:15:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I heard that. Good thing I don't eat turkey.
2006-10-08 15:24:39 · answer #6 · answered by Angel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, happens all the time, there's some chemical in it that has that effect on people, triptathan or something like that.
2006-10-08 15:15:49 · answer #7 · answered by bobemac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah, b/c if you eat too much, ur stomach expands, presses against your lungs, slows your breathing, and your ody tries to conserve energy but putting you to sleep...or not.
i also think for turkey, there is like a chemical or protein or something like that, idk
2006-10-08 15:14:04 · answer #8 · answered by Vanna 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats the rumor, eat veggies instead, poor little gobble-gobble
2006-10-08 15:14:18 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-08 15:29:57 · answer #10 · answered by รкเttlєร 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋