Outdated Medical Advice Nutrition Medicine
BUSTED Comprehensively false

Turkey contains special amino acid that makes you sleepy

Tryptophan is common in many foods; post-meal sleepiness from carbs and full stomach

✗ The myth everyone repeats

Turkey contains tryptophan which causes drowsiness after eating.

✓ What is actually true

Turkey does contain tryptophan but no more than chicken or other meats. Post-Thanksgiving drowsiness comes from carbs increasing serotonin and a full stomach, not turkey specifically.

Believed 1980–2020
Year Revised 2011
Why Changed Oversimplification
Confidence Fully Debunked
Region Worldwide

Reception

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The receipts 2 sources
  1. Tryptophan Turkey MythPRIMARY
  2. Carbs Serotonin SleepREFERENCE

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