Stephen and others, thanks for those links!! I'd encourage all the tipsters out there to take them up on the excerpting for teaching as there are some excellent examples of BAD reasoning in the article (e.g., the http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/335/7633/1288?etoc one).
The argument on "Turkey doesn't make you sleepy" basically seems to focus on the fact that Turkey doesn't make you sleepy because, although l-tryptophan is linked to sleep, there are foods that have more l-tryptophan than Turkey does. Huh? So my 5mg zolpidem tartrate doesn't make me sleepy because the 7mg CR has more zolpidem tartrate in it? Hey, that's brilliant! Guns don't kill people. Bigger guns do!! I can't stop!! Seriously, it does make further points re: digestion probably breaks it down, it is inhibited by other foods frequently ingested with the Turkey, there is that little factor of the BBB, digestion removes blood flow from the brain, etc. But it is the greater tryptophan in other foods that leads the paragraph (or did I miss something in paragraph construction lessons, grasshopper?). But my favorite was the "dangerous beer" article. Who knew that winning a sporting contest could lead to celebratory beer cap ingestion thus rendering champagne a "safer" drink!!! (Though I admit, I rather have a cork bop off my noggin than swallow a beer cap!!- you got to think someone is experiencing a slow news period!) Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems ---
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