Last year I cooked our Thanksgiving dinner on our two-burner stove
(plus oven) in the city marina in Key West. This year we're going to
the in-laws.

I think I'd rather be in Key West. grin

Y'all have a swell long weekend!

Frank

Frank wrote:
Last year I cooked our Thanksgiving dinner on our two-burner stove
(plus oven) in the city marina in Key West. This year we're going to
the in-laws.

I think I'd rather be in Key West. grin

Y'all have a swell long weekend!

Frank

Were are you now Frank?

Joe

Happy Thanksgiving to you, Frank.

Our house is already filled with turkey aroma. MmmMmm.

Scotty


"Frank" wrote in message
ups.com...
Last year I cooked our Thanksgiving dinner on our
two-burner stove
(plus oven) in the city marina in Key West. This year
we're going to
the in-laws.

I think I'd rather be in Key West. grin

Y'all have a swell long weekend!

Frank

Just put the bird in... 5 hours to go and counting.... then the tryptophan
kicks in... at least psychologically speaking..

Tryptophan and turkey

According to popular belief, tryptophan in turkey meat causes drowsiness.
Turkey does contain tryptophan, which does have a documented sleep-inducing
effect as it is readily converted into serotonin by the body. However,
tryptophan is effective only when taken on its own as a free amino acid.
Tryptophan in turkey is found as part of a protein, and, in small enough
amounts, this mechanism seems unlikely.

A more-likely hypothesis is that the ingestion of large quantities of food,
such as at a Thanksgiving feast, means that large quantities of both
carbohydrates and branched-chain amino acids are consumed. Like
carbohydrates, branched-chain amino acids require insulin to be transduced
through the myocyte membranes, which, after a large meal, creates a
competition among the amino acids and glucose for insulin, while
simultaneously creating tryptophan's reduced competition with other amino
acids for the Large Neutral Amino Acid Transporter protein for transduction
across the blood-brain barrier.

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"Scotty" wrote in message
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Happy Thanksgiving to you, Frank.

Our house is already filled with turkey aroma. MmmMmm.

Scotty


"Frank" wrote in message
ups.com...
Last year I cooked our Thanksgiving dinner on our
two-burner stove
(plus oven) in the city marina in Key West. This year
we're going to
the in-laws.

I think I'd rather be in Key West. grin

Y'all have a swell long weekend!

Frank

"Capt. JG" wrote:
Like
carbohydrates, branched-chain amino acids require insulin to be transduced
through the myocyte membranes, which, after a large meal, creates a
competition among the amino acids and glucose for insulin, while
simultaneously creating tryptophan's reduced competition with other amino
acids for the Large Neutral Amino Acid Transporter protein for transduction
across the blood-brain barrier.

I dare you to repeat that sentence after a few dringks.

Cheers
Marty

Uh..... dringks? :-) Looks like you got there before me.

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"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote:
Like
carbohydrates, branched-chain amino acids require insulin to be
transduced
through the myocyte membranes, which, after a large meal, creates a
competition among the amino acids and glucose for insulin, while
simultaneously creating tryptophan's reduced competition with other amino
acids for the Large Neutral Amino Acid Transporter protein for
transduction
across the blood-brain barrier.

I dare you to repeat that sentence after a few dringks.

Cheers
Marty

"Capt. JG" wrote:

Uh..... dringks? :-) Looks like you got there before me.

That, or I've been reading Katytype for too long! ;-)

Cheers
Marty

Scotty wrote:
Happy Thanksgiving to you, Frank.

Our house is already filled with turkeys
Scotty

You kinda just took all the joy out of it, Jon...

Capt. JG wrote:
Just put the bird in... 5 hours to go and counting.... then the tryptophan
kicks in... at least psychologically speaking..

Tryptophan and turkey

According to popular belief, tryptophan in turkey meat causes drowsiness.
Turkey does contain tryptophan, which does have a documented sleep-inducing
effect as it is readily converted into serotonin by the body. However,
tryptophan is effective only when taken on its own as a free amino acid.
Tryptophan in turkey is found as part of a protein, and, in small enough
amounts, this mechanism seems unlikely.

A more-likely hypothesis is that the ingestion of large quantities of food,
such as at a Thanksgiving feast, means that large quantities of both
carbohydrates and branched-chain amino acids are consumed. Like
carbohydrates, branched-chain amino acids require insulin to be transduced
through the myocyte membranes, which, after a large meal, creates a
competition among the amino acids and glucose for insulin, while
simultaneously creating tryptophan's reduced competition with other amino
acids for the Large Neutral Amino Acid Transporter protein for transduction
across the blood-brain barrier.

katy wrote:
Scotty wrote:
Happy Thanksgiving to you, Frank.

Pur houde ia already fillrd eith yurkeys
Acotty