Comments on: Is it true that warm milk can make me sleepy? http://www.scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/ The Shortest Distance Between You and Science Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:45:26 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Penes http://www.scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/comment-page-1/#comment-4347 Penes Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:51:25 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/#comment-4347 Eric, there's not enough tryptophan in milk to make you sleepy. There's not even enough tryptophan in anything edible to make you sleepy. You look it up. Eric, there’s not enough tryptophan in milk to make you sleepy. There’s not even enough tryptophan in anything edible to make you sleepy. You look it up.

]]> By: Eric http://www.scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/comment-page-1/#comment-4155 Eric Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:02:19 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/#comment-4155 Tryptophan...look it up. Tryptophan…look it up.

]]> By: Richard http://www.scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/comment-page-1/#comment-3298 Richard Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:06:20 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/#comment-3298 "Who doesn’t enjoy a good suckle?" LOLKSF (Laugh out loud, knee-slappingly funny!) “Who doesn’t enjoy a good suckle?”

LOLKSF

(Laugh out loud, knee-slappingly funny!)

]]> By: JLOWD http://www.scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/comment-page-1/#comment-2945 JLOWD Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:30:06 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/#comment-2945 There is a chemical in warm milk that makes you tired. Just because scientists haven't discovered it doesn't mean its not in there. They know alot but not everything. Its absurd sometimes when these authors assert that just because science hasn't discovered something means it doesn't exist. btw I'm a scientist. There is a chemical in warm milk that makes you tired. Just because scientists haven’t discovered it doesn’t mean its not in there. They know alot but not everything. Its absurd sometimes when these authors assert that just because science hasn’t discovered something means it doesn’t exist. btw I’m a scientist.

]]> By: majd http://www.scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/comment-page-1/#comment-2882 majd Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:32:27 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/#comment-2882 At home i can sleep almost instantly. However, when i go to colledge (which is far away from home), i sleep on campus. The bed is not that comfy but thats not the problem. Sometimes my thoughts just seem to keep me awake if i keep moving from one to another. I dnt know what to think about when i go to sleep At home i can sleep almost instantly. However, when i go to colledge (which is far away from home), i sleep on campus. The bed is not that comfy but thats not the problem. Sometimes my thoughts just seem to keep me awake if i keep moving from one to another. I dnt know what to think about when i go to sleep

]]> By: Shanza http://www.scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/comment-page-1/#comment-2766 Shanza Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:01:03 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/#comment-2766 I don't have any belief in the fact that milk makes me sleepy, it just does. A few days ago I was certain of the fact that it was the combination of milk and choc chip cookies which made me sleepy but now I suspect it's just milk because I ate an apple while drinking milk and felt sleepy anyway. It might be, however, that I am acting upon instincts that allow me to sleep easier by recalling feelings that I had during infancy as the article says because I do kind of feel safe and happy and content and... young :P I don’t have any belief in the fact that milk makes me sleepy, it just does. A few days ago I was certain of the fact that it was the combination of milk and choc chip cookies which made me sleepy but now I suspect it’s just milk because I ate an apple while drinking milk and felt sleepy anyway.

It might be, however, that I am acting upon instincts that allow me to sleep easier by recalling feelings that I had during infancy as the article says because I do kind of feel safe and happy and content and… young :P

]]> By: KM http://www.scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/comment-page-1/#comment-2645 KM Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:31:31 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/#comment-2645 "But remember, the only way for a placebo effect to work is if you keep on believing." Ummm... kind of hard for people to do that if you just told them the milk has no effect... willful suspension of disbelief is now required for me to drink milk before bed??? “But remember, the only way for a placebo effect to work is if you keep on believing.”

Ummm… kind of hard for people to do that if you just told them the milk has no effect… willful suspension of disbelief is now required for me to drink milk before bed???

]]> By: bonnie wagner http://www.scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/comment-page-1/#comment-2513 bonnie wagner Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:45:20 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/#comment-2513 There is another reason why milk makes some people tired. 75 % of the worlds population is lactose intolerant- least in N. Europe and more as you move away from there. Nearly 1/3 of people with lactose intolerance have noticeable tiredness when they consume dairy. This is because excess lactose in the body causes tiredness (physiological). Milk has more lactose per serving than other dairy (much more). Often about half the people who test poor on diagnostic test for lactose digestion are unaware that their body is not digesting the lactose properly (this is consistent in many Epidemiological studies- so this can happen even if you don't know your lactose intolerant. I became very symptomatic for lactose intolerance in my thirties and milk always makes me tired now- warm or cold. There is another reason why milk makes some people tired. 75 % of the worlds population is lactose intolerant- least in N. Europe and more as you move away from there. Nearly 1/3 of people with lactose intolerance have noticeable tiredness when they consume dairy. This is because excess lactose in the body causes tiredness (physiological). Milk has more lactose per serving than other dairy (much more). Often about half the people who test poor on diagnostic test for lactose digestion are unaware that their body is not digesting the lactose properly (this is consistent in many Epidemiological studies- so this can happen even if you don’t know your lactose intolerant. I became very symptomatic for lactose intolerance in my thirties and milk always makes me tired now- warm or cold.

]]> By: noury http://www.scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/comment-page-1/#comment-2270 noury Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:59:23 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/#comment-2270 a glass of warm milk, mix with cream and a little hunny...puts me right to sleep a glass of warm milk, mix with cream and a little hunny…puts me right to sleep

]]> By: alexandria http://www.scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/comment-page-1/#comment-2126 alexandria Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:07:58 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/10/10/ask-klein-milk/#comment-2126 The warm milk made me sleepy for like 5 minutes but I couldn't go to sleep. I think I have insomnia. The warm milk made me sleepy for like 5 minutes but I couldn’t go to sleep. I think I have insomnia.

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