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  2. Does turkey really make you tired? Chefs share the best time ...

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    Turkey contains tryptophan, an amino acid in our bodies that helps make melatonin to regulate sleep schedules, according to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

  3. Postprandial somnolence - Wikipedia

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    The effects of hypokalemia can include fatigue, muscle weakness, or paralysis. [18] The severity of the hypokalemic state can be evaluated using Fuller's Criteria. [19] Stage 1 is characterized by no symptoms but mild hypokalemia. Stage 2 is characterized with symptoms and mild hypokalemia. Stage 3 is characterized by only moderate to severe ...

  4. The Real Reason Why Turkey Makes You So Sleepy - AOL

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    Turkey doesn’t really contain more tryptophan than other foods. Case in point: A 3-ounce serving of turkey typically has around 215 mg of tryptophan, while beef and pork each have about 230 mg ...

  5. Turkey isn’t solely to blame for your post-Thanksgiving food ...

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    5 factors besides turkey that cause sleepiness after Thanksgiving Turkey is just one piece of the "food coma" pie (pun intended). Several other factors contribute to post-Thanksgiving fatigue:

  6. Oral allergy syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Eczema, otolaryngeal symptoms of hay fever or asthma will often dominate leading to the food allergy being unsuspected. Often well-cooked, canned, pasteurized, or frozen food offenders cause little to no reaction due to denaturation of the cross-reacting proteins, [ 9 ] causing delay and confusion in diagnosis as the symptoms are elicited only ...

  7. Kynurenine pathway - Wikipedia

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    Metabolites involved in the kynurenine pathway include tryptophan, kynurenine, kynurenic acid, xanthurenic acid, quinolinic acid, and 3-hydroxykynurenine. [2] [3] The kynurenine pathway is responsible for about 95% of total tryptophan catabolism. [4] Disruption in the pathway is associated with certain genetic and psychiatric disorders. [5] [2 ...

  8. Does eating turkey really make you sleepy? The truth about ...

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    The legend of tryptophan in turkey having the power to make people sleepy has become almost as famous as the bird's white and dark meat. But does Thanksgiving turkey actually induce drowsiness ...

  9. Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase - Wikipedia

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    Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase plays a central role in the physiological regulation of tryptophan flux in the human body, as part of the overall biological process of tryptophan metabolism. TDO catalyses the first and rate-limiting step of tryptophan degradation along the kynurenine pathway and thereby regulates systemic tryptophan levels. [5]