The real reason you want to nap after Thanksgiving dinner

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For as long as anyone can remember, turkey has gotten the blame for our post-Thanksgiving nap. But, as it turns out, the bird may not be guilty after all. The all-too-familiar “food coma” we experience is due to the large quantities of food in general. That includes turkey, but also stuffing, potatoes, and pie, according to research from the Loyola University Health System.

That means tryptophan, the essential amino acid protein building block, is off the hook.

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Kim Sasso, a registered and licensed dietitian at Loyola University Health System, said in a press release: "Because of transport and breakdown, not enough tryptophan will reach the brain to cause sleepiness after a holiday meal. Likely, the stressful hustle and bustle of the holiday, travel schedules, alcohol indulgence, and cooking tasks will contribute more to fatigue than a few slices of turkey."

Plus, turkey doesn’t really have exorbitantly high levels of the amino acid when you compare it to other...

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