Have you recently enjoyed feelings of deep drowsiness after your Thanksgiving dinner? Well, you're not alone. And you can thank your Thanksgiving turkey as well as other components of your Thanksgiving dinner which all work together to keep you immobilized and stuck to the couch.Turkey has a protein known as TRYPTOPHAN (pronounced "tript-O-fan"). This protein is in several other meats, but turkey itself contains a lot of tryptophan.
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Everybody has hormones in their body. Hormones are chemical proteins which glands in our bodies produce for several reasons (to help us sleep, to help us feel better when we injure ourselves, or to help us grow). Tryptophan causes one's body to release hormones which in turn makes you sleepy!
