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| Reference #: | 862 |
| Submit Date: | 14 Oct 2006 |
| Browse Category: | sleeplessness |
| Author: | none |
| Email Address: | none |
| Treatment used: | tryptophan bannas turkey |
| You can buy this remedy at: | health food store |
| Remedy will cost you: | unknown |
| Country of Remedy: | USA |
| Remedy Source: | folklore |
| More Links about this Remedy: | http://home.howstuffworks.com/question519.htm |
| # Comments posted to this remedy: | 0 |
| Complaints Reported: | 0 |
| # of times remedy read: | 6,484 |
| Dosage Info: | |
| Typical Dosage: | unknown |
| Dosage should be related to weight: | unknown |
| Dosages used in clinical trials are significant: | unknown |
| Maximum dosages in relation to side effects and serious side effects: | unknown |
| Other foods/nutrients/medications that can affect absorption or utilization: | unknown |
| Foods that provide the nutrient recommended as a remedy (or reference giving same): | unknown |
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| Total # reviewers: | 0 |
| Average Rating: | 0.00 |
| Effectiveness: | 0.00 |
| No Side Effects: | 0.00 |
| Ease of Use: | 0.00 |
| Effective after long term use: | 0.00 |
| Cost Effectiveness: | 0.00 |
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Links: http://home.howstuffworks.com/question519.htm To fall asleep use the amino acid tryptophan which is found in bananas. it is also found in turkey meat. Airline piolots use it to get to sleep when crossing several time zones. In the 1990's the FDA banned tryptophan supplements because of an outbreak of eosinophilia-myalgia, a syndrome that causes muscle pain and even death. The FDA said contaminated tryptophan supplements caused the outbreak |
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