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Contest: Er, actually, there isn’t one
by Mary - November 22, 2006 - 6:03 PM

There’s no contest this week, since it’s not really a week so much as three days. You can also gather from this that there will be no blogging on Thursday and Friday, as I personally plan to spend both days passed out on a tryptophan overdose. But check back next Monday for the opportunity to win free stuff!

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  1. So if there is no contest and nobody enters, does that mean nobody wins?

    posted by Sheldon Siegel on 11-24-2006 at 11:23 pm

  2. Wait a minute! Isn’t that tryptophan stuff all just a bunch of BS?

    posted by Joe on 11-25-2006 at 10:28 pm

  3. Joe: yes and no. I can’t post the link but here’s what How Stuff Works has to say about it:

    “Turkey does have the makings of a natural sedative in it, an amino acid called tryptophan. Tryptophan is an essential amino acid, meaning that the body cannot manufacture it. The body has to get tryptophan and other essential amino acids from food. Tryptophan helps the body produce the B-vitamin niacin, which, in turn, helps the body produce serotonin, a remarkable chemical that acts as a calming agent in the brain and plays a role in sleep. So you might think that if you eat a lot of turkey, your body would produce more serotonin and you would feel calm and want a nap. …

    But nutritionists and other experts say that the tryptophan in turkey probably won’t trigger the body to produce more serotonin because tryptophan works best on an empty stomach. The tryptophan in a Thanksgiving turkey has to vie with all the other amino acids that the body is trying to use. So only part of the tryptophan makes it to the brain to help produce serotonin. …

    There is a way to take advantage of the tryptophan in turkey. If you have trouble getting to sleep one night while there is still leftover turkey in the refrigerator, you could have a late snack of turkey and that, nutritionists say, might be the right amount of tryptophan on an empty stomach to help produce some serotonin.

    posted by Mary on 11-26-2006 at 12:04 pm

  4. Count turkeys- not sheep- works everytime !

    posted by Doug Matthews on 11-27-2006 at 2:57 am

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