What's with the turkey?
 

:p What is it about turkey that makes you want to take a nap after dinner? Some kind of sedative? Sure seems like it.

Hey everybody have a great Turkey Day and stay cool :D


gobble :D gobble :D gobble:D

Dani:

Turkey does have the makings of a natural sedative in it, an amino acid called tryptophan.
However, tryptophan probably doesn't really cause the 'Thankgiving sleepyness' we all experienced.
It's actually the whole traditional Thanksgiving meal that can produce that after-dinner lethargy.
The meal is usually quite heavy and high in carbohydrates (mashed potatoes, bread, stuffing and pie) and your body is working hard to digest that food. Also, should you drink any alcohol with that dinner, you'll probably be likely to feel it's sedative effect, too.

In any case, don't worry about it, just plan to crash on the couch or in the chair after the meal (that's my plan).

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, everyone!

Mr 5 0 beat me to it.

Well, the potato's and sweet potato's can be linked to an increase in serotonin as well. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that will help you, well, be lazy and sleep. LOL.

That's intresting Unet5302... Seritonin is a chemical in the brain that makes you feel happy. Many people with depression have low seritonin levels. I guess that means that depressed people should eat more potatoes! At the rate I'm going I need about 5,834,000 pounds of sweet potatoes, plus plenty of sugar, cinnamon, and butter. I'll be round and happy!!

Well you see, Butter has milk in it. And Milk does a body good.

Yeah see, I can be smart too.

Drink Coconut Milk if you get tired after Thanksgiving. Can we say naturaul Laxative! :D If you fall asleep then, man I feel sorry for you when you wake up.

gobble gobble gobble yourself.....
 

why, are you tired already just thinking about it?:D sorry, cant help myself today. j/k :p


gobble gobble gobble, BANG! its dead!

really osama bin laden has been putting morphine in our turkeys another terrorist plot that basturd:eek:

look out for the train!
 

crazy, that was funny! some guy i know doesnt call it Anthrax, he calls it AMTRAX? i laughed when i told him that it was Anthrax. he was shocked. all those years he thought that way. :D

Serotonin is also linked to REM sleep.

Milk is also relatively high in it. Drinking some warm milk before bed actually does have some merit to helping you sleep.

As long as it's not coconut milk!:D

Take care,
-Chris

Yummy Yummy in my tummy!!!!!! Another good thing about turkey day is getting my wife tippsie on champange. She gets warm and goofy....then the kids take a nap and mommy and daddy "go to bed and rest" so they think :) Anyway happy thanksgiving guys.

Not sure what it is that makes u sleep. I eat all my diner then i had some pumkin pie and ice cream and feel aslepp for 5 hours awfterwards just in enought time to drink some beer and watch football.