well there’s a big myth about turkey okay so turkey does have l-tryptophan in it. you’d have to eat about a 46 pound turkey to get enough tryptophan in your system to for it to make a difference and the truth of the matter is that tryptophan doesn’t work particularly well in the presence of protein. so it doesn’t really work. there’s just as much tryptophan in beef and pork so if you eat a big thanksgiving meal it’s not what’s making you sleepy is not the turkey. it’s probably the preparations and the lack of sleep you got the night before getting the meal ready that’s actually making you tired.
will eating turkey help me sleep?