Another contribution from Franchesca. Eating turkey makes people sleepy. Which presumably explains why I never feel tired after Christmas dinner. We all eat steak in our household.
the current thought is that eating turkey doesn't make people sleepy, but, rather, it's the amount of food people ate. When you're digesting a ton of food, your body has to send a lot of blood to the stomach, which can make you quite sleepy.
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more thoughts on tryptophan, which is the chemical in turkey that supposedly makes people feel sleepy:
http://www.ehso.com/ehshome/FoodSafety/foodtryptophan.php
the current thought is that eating turkey doesn't make people sleepy, but, rather, it's the amount of food people ate. When you're digesting a ton of food, your body has to send a lot of blood to the stomach, which can make you quite sleepy.
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