Re: [RC] [RC] ultium and ot her high tech feeds - gary affleck
It's also in a natural form in Turkey. That's one reason you get a little sleepy after a turkey dinner. G.Affleck
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From: Lynn Kinsky
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 9:26 AM
To: Dbeverly4@xxxxxxx
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Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] ultium and ot her high tech feeds
I found the following on the website. I'm wondering about the ingredients...is L-tryptophan a calming thing? Is it a "drug"? Sounds *illegal* to me for some reason.....Anybody know? Susan, if you're not too busy DVMing, could you take a look? Thanks! :)
Sylvia
l-tryptophan is an amino acid and as such is in the category of a nutraceutical. It used to be in all the equine calming supplements (and in my experience, it was reasonably effective -- better than vitamin B-1) and available for humans too until quality control issues became an issue (http://www.howstuffworks.com/question519.htm).
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Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/
