It’s Thanksgiving week, so it’s time to hear about how the tryptophan in turkey makes us tired. I always wondered about that , and read that while tryptophan helps produce Niacin in the body, which helps with sleep, the reason why people get tired has more to do with everything else we jam into our mouths. Carbohydrates releases insulin into the body, which removes amino acids (but not tryptophan) from the body, which can increase the tryptophan levels. Add in some bad football games, lots of people in a room that causes the room temperature to rise, and bingo! you’re sleepy. It all makes sense to me now.
The article suggests eating a carbo-loaded snack if you have trouble sleeping. I can pass, as sleeping has always been easy for me. It has been difficult for me to get comfortable enough to sleep over the past ten days, but that’s the accident. Today I actually am less sore than I’ve been, so maybe I am actually healing. Thanks to everyone who’s contacted me – surprising how much that helps.
Before sleeping after your turkey (or any meat, fish and cheese), listen to the latest podcast – not a turkey among ’em. This week’s artists are the Rascals, the Mojave 3, His Name is Alive, Julia Holter, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Joan Armatrading, Randy Crawford, Brenda Holloway, Johnny Nash, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, the Creation, Beck, and Relatively Clean Waters.
This podcast is, as always, available to stream or download at brennick.net. There should be more content there, and I will try to put more things up this year. The podcast is also available to download as a podcast at your favorite podcast streamer – iTunes, Stitcher, etc. The podcast is called brennick.net. Check that out sometime. I welcome suggestions and comments, too – leave them as you will. Thanks for everything you do to encourage me.
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