Many people do. A mainstay on the dinner table at this time of year, turkey contains tryptophan, which is widely believed to be responsible for the uncontrollable yawns and sudden snoozes common after ...

Do you believe in the holiday food coma? Many people do. A mainstay on the dinner table at this time of year, turkey contains tryptophan, which is widely believed to be responsible for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Turkey is well-known for its food coma-inducing effects. That’s because it’s rich in an amino acid called tryptophan — a precursor ...

We don’t need to do this every year. Indeed, a tryptophanic fever was about to spread across America. By the end of the decade, tryptophan was being widely sold in supplements as a treatment for ...

Every Thanksgiving, myths of the quasi-magical powers of tryptophan rise again. There’s the turkey/drowsiness myth: Eating lots of juicy turkey meat supposedly makes people feel tired because it ...

Turkey is well-known for its food coma-inducing effects. That’s because it’s rich in an amino acid called tryptophan — a precursor to serotonin — which makes us sleepy. As the centerpiece of ...