HW: Cold Turkey

[Doug Pearson]

On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 15:23:15 -0500, Rik Rx <hw at CY-B.ORG> wrote:
>in ref to all the recent drugz talk can i be the first to point out that
>most of the audience will be on cold turkey at the next gig??
>
>......................(leaves quietly)

Actually, this is serious (well, not THAT serious)!  Turkey is an excellent
source of Tryptophan (as are, I believe, bananas), an amino acid that has
several neurological effects including stimulation of seretonin (a
neurotransmitter) production in the brain.  And one of the neurological
effects of LSD is to *reduce* seretonin levels in the brain (part of the
reason why it's difficult to sleep under the influence of that substance -
and why, for the opposite reason, you get sleepy after eating one of those
big turkey dinners!).

So be careful not to blow your trip forever if you're attending holiday
dinners ... (people on-list who actually know something about neuroscience
please feel free to clarify/correct anything I've written) ...

        -Doug
         ceres at sirius.com