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JerryClower
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My theory is that my body is putting more energy into breaking down foods and converting the food into energy my body can use. What do you think is the reason for this?
Eat thanksgiving meal, get dozy. It's probably a good thing that male African lions always feed first. They get fat and dozy and forget to kill the cubs.It has more to do with insulin, and blood sugars. High blood glucose levels, can switch off the brain cells{orexin neurons} that normally keep us awake and alert.
I believe it occurs in all mammals.
No, I'm talking about the cellular uptake of amino acids from the blood, so that they can be used for protein synthesis: http://books.google.com/books?id=4I...v=onepage&q=insulin amino acid uptake&f=falseMonique when you say insulin increases amino acid uptake, are you talking about muscle cells where gluconeogenesis can not occur?
The fancy name is "Postprandial somnolence". What happens is that when you eat food high in sugar and carbohydrates (which are converted into sugar), your blood glucose levels rise. This causes the body to respond with insulin production, which takes the sugar and amino acids out of your blood.
What happens is that insulin does not have an effect on the amino acid tryptophan, which relative levels in the blood will rise. This causes the neural amino acid transport to shift to transport of tryptophan to the brain, the brain responds in making serotonin (causing the happy feeling), which can be metabolized into melatonin (which regulates circadian rhythm).
Article http://wurtmanlab.mit.edu/publications/pdf/178.pdf" [Broken]