Think turkey makes you sleepy? Think again. Every Thanksgiving, myths of the quasi-magical powers of tryptophan rise again.
The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writers. CNN is showcasing the work of The Conversation, a collaboration between journalists and academics to provide news analysis and commentary. The content is produced solely by The Conversation.There's the turkey/drowsiness myth: Eating lots of juicy turkey meat supposedly makes people feel tired because it contains an amino acid called tryptophan.
Instead, SSRIs, the best-known of which is Prozac, bluntly boost serotonin everywhere.This non-specificity is why, in my mind, it's hard to believe that SSRIs work at all. Here's an analogy: Say you're Jeff Bezos and you want to increase Amazon's revenue by speeding up your deliveries. So you decide to crank up the speed on all delivery vehicles. From now on, every truck will boost its speed by 5%.
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