Does the tryptophan in turkey make you drowsy? Bytesize Science debunks a Thanksgiving myth
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Uploaded by BytesizeScience on Nov 19, 2011
One common belief is that a compound in turkey known as tryptophan makes people especially drowsy, but we're here to debunk this holiday myth.
Directed by Adam Dylewski
Animation by Sean Parsons
Written by Sean Parsons and Adam Dylewski
Produced by the American Chemical Society
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Blood doesn't divert from the brain(look up pubmed for 15488646[uid])! you debunked one myth and yet advertised for another.
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I only enjoyed the creativity of the animation I didn't really give a f*ck about what he was saying lol
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ther is no debunking i was fukin slieepy as fuck.
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This is fd up
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Animation by sean parson not patterson.... In description
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I dont't get it
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This guy sounds like the minutephysics dude.
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Great video, real science in a way someone of even below average intelligence can understand!
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1:02 cameltoe.
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I don't eat turkey....
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If you Take A Look At 1:02 That Is Proof Turkey Gives Boners!
TheKonvict230 3 months ago 17
THIS VIDEO IS JUST AS BAD AS WHEN YOU HAVE TO TELL LITTLE KIDDIES SOMETHING SAD ABOUT SANTA CLAUS....
RocketFoxStudio 3 months ago 12