HW: Cold Turkey

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

what? - even when you cook the thing? -doesn't all that chemaical stuff just
disappear? you mean instead of a bedtime story I should be consuning vast
amounts of turkey to fall asleep? wonder what'd happen to Holmes if he'd
done the Hawkwind gig and had a turkey dinner -
he' d still be asleep now!!!!!!
Andy Garibaldi (seriously dounting the sanity of some people on this list
right now - but, hey, this is fun!!!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Pearson" <ceres at SIRIUS.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Cold Turkey


> 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