So thatâs the bad news. Mercury retrograde can be a total kick in the teeth for those of us who normally pride ourselves on having our karmic shit together! The GOOD news is that Mercury retrograde provides us with lots of beautiful opportunities if we can just tilt our head and squint.
Turkey is a good source of L-tryptophan. L-tryptophan is an amino acid, one of about 20 that bind together to make protein. Amino acids and proteins are known as the building blocks of life. L-tryptophan is one of nine amino acids your body cannot produce, so it is known as an essential amino acid -- you must get it through your diet. Your body needs amino acids for a number of reasons, and L-tryptophan, like other amino acids, offer a number of benefits.
IN addition to being a substrate for protein synthesis in the body, dietary tryptophan is metabolized to at least two physiologically important compounds, nicotinic acid and serotonin, via the intermediates outlined in Figure 1Figure 1 Main Metabolic Pathways of Tryptophan.