Since Thanksgiving is next week, in this episode, we take a closer look at the common belief that turkey makes you sleepy. We discuss the science behind this claim and whether or not there is any truth to it.SourcesAmino acids:https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002222.htm Tryptophan:https://www.sleep.org/what-is-tryptophan/Tryptophan supplement contamination:  http://www.nemsn.org/Articles/truth_about_tryptophan.htm Tryptophan and sleepiness: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/science/no-the-tryptophan-in-turkey-wont-make-you-sleepy.html#:~:text=As%20the%20common%20myth%20goes,repeated%2C%20but%20it's%20not%20true. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97449569 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-does-turkey-make-you-sleepy/ Pubmed studies:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4370080/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2669092/ Double-blind study-sleep: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/mi/2020/3142874/#B63