Tryptophan: do you use it , what for and is it effective?

It is one of the 20 amino acids the body uses as building blocks for making proteins in particular seretonin.

The body is not able to make it so you have to get all you need from your diet (it is an essential amino acid). It is particularly plentiful in chocolate, oats, dried dates, milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, red meat, eggs, fish, poultry, sesame, chickpeas, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, spirulina, and peanuts.

Your question reminded me of this video. It’s one of the more unconventional uses of tryptophan.

Tryptophan occurs naturally in turkey muscle; which is why people fall asleep after eating lots of turkey.

Fun food fact for thought. Learned it in Biochemistry at university.

I’m not taking it again. I took 2 last night and had nightmares.