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The Blood Type Diet Archives Volume 5
Turkey as a downer
Posted By: JFS
Date: June-08, 1998 at 23:34:27
Turkey is said to be high in tryptophan, the amino acid that is the precursor to serotonin, the calming neurotransmitter. But pork is close behind, so it must be something else, eh?
Amino acids
|
| Pork
| Turkey
|
Tryptophan
|
g
|
0.303
|
0.298 |
Threonine
|
g
|
1.092
|
1.163 |
Isoleucine
|
g
|
1.120
|
1.360 |
Leucine
|
g
|
1.919
|
2.084 |
Lysine
|
g
|
2.151
|
2.465 |
Methionine
|
g
|
0.633
|
0.758 |
Cystine
|
g
|
0.305
|
0.272 |
Phenylalanine
|
g
|
0.955
|
1.038 |
Tyrosine
|
g
|
0.833
|
1.034 |
Valine
|
g
|
1.298
|
1.389 |
Arginine
|
g
|
1.487
|
1.824 |
Histidine
|
g
|
0.955
|
0.816 |
Alanine
|
g
|
1.393
|
1.619 |
Aspartic acid
|
g
|
2.219
|
2.540 |
Glutamic acid
|
g
|
3.744
|
4.268 |
Glycine
|
g
|
1.136
|
1.297 |
Proline
|
g
|
0.961
|
1.088 |
Serine
|
g
|
0.988
|
1.163
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Messages in This Thread
- Turkey as a downer
JFS -- Wednesday, 10 June 1998, at 5:47 p.m.
Martha -- Wednesday, 10 June 1998, at 5:47 p.m.
Re: Turkey as a downer
Julie -- Tuesday, 9 June 1998, at 11:38 a.m.
Missing info about that table
JFS -- Monday, 8 June 1998, at 11:35 p.m.
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