Enjoy Your Turkey Day!
gobble gobble?
Today is Thanksgiving, and if you’re like a lot of people you may be feeling prematurely guilty about all the food (and turkey!) you may be eating today. Well, don’t be. Turkey actually has a lot of benefits for your health, and it is a meat that seems to be neglected regularly in favor of that other bird, the ubiquitous chicken. But really, turkey has a lot of positive qualities if you just give it a chance.
Without its skin on, turkey actually is quite lean, having only 1 gram of fat per ounce, is a good source of some vitamins as well as folic acid, and of course, contains tryptophan. Tryptophan has often been associated with the sleepy feeling you get after eating turkey, but really the most important thing to know is that it is an essential amino acid and a precursor to the mood molecule serotonin.
And since I’m off to eat now, I’m leaving you with some useful references about turkey to peruse at your own pleasure:
