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Why warm milk may not make you sleepy

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The old wives' tale claims the tryptophan in milk is a natural sedative. While milk does contain this amino acid, you would need to drink roughly a gallon of the stuff to get a pharmacological dose strong enough to induce sleep, at which point you’d be too bloated and need the bathroom too much to actually rest. The sleepiness is mostly just psychological comfort from drinking a warm beverage.

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