Is Milk Calming?

Is Milk Calming?
Scientists from University Henri Poincare-Nancy & Georgetown U. Medical Center*, etc., pondered whether milk really has a calming effect. "According to folk wisdom, milk intake improves sleeping or has a calming role, a belief supported by some scientific studies," they wrote.

They wondered about that. If it is true, there must be a biochemical rationale. They gathered a group of ten medical scientists to find out.

They discovered that a casein (milk protein) constituent mimics the action of anxiety-reducing drugs--but--"....it does not trigger any side effects." (emphasis added.)

*Drs. Miclo, Perrin, Driou, Papadopoulon, Boujard, Gaillard, et al, Faculty of Sciences, U. Henri Poincare-Nancy, France, Dept. of Cell Biology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Georgetown U. Med. Center, Wash. D.C.