| Taurine is used as a functional food in many | | | | from having diuretic properties, taurine is able to |
| energy drinks and energy products. Despite being | | | | strengthen the heart muscles and maintain proper |
| present in many energy foods, it has not been | | | | calcium balance. Together with Coq10 and |
| proven to be energy-giving. A study of mice | | | | carnitine, taurine is able to regulate the heart's |
| hereditarily unable to transport taurine suggests | | | | contractability and guard against toxic threat of |
| that it is needed for proper maintenance and | | | | chemotherapeutic drugs such as |
| functioning of skeletal muscles. Additionally, it has | | | | adriamycin(doxorubicin). |
| been shown to be effective in removing fatty | | | | Working together with magnesium, taurine also is |
| liver deposits in humans, preventing liver disease, | | | | able to regulate heart rhythm and help to stabilize |
| and reducing cirrhosis. | | | | it. |
| Taurine is an important amino acid in our body. It | | | | * A deficiency of Taurine can add to chemical |
| is found mostly in our central nervous system, | | | | sensitivity and decrease the body's ability to |
| skeletal muscle, and in greater concentration in our | | | | detoxify chemicals. |
| heart and brain. It is made from two sulfur | | | | * Taurine is a major inhibitory amino acid. |
| containing amino acids called methionine. | | | | * Taurine helps support normal electrical firing of |
| Cardiovascular Disease | | | | cell membranes in the brain, and essential in the |
| In the cell, taurine keeps potassium and | | | | generation and transmission of nerve impulses. |
| magnesium inside the cell while keeping excessive | | | | * The need for Taurine increases during periods |
| sodium out. In this sense it works like a diuretic. | | | | of illness, stress, anxiety, grief, or depression. |
| But unlike prescription diuretics, it is not a cellular | | | | * Women require more Taurine than men. |
| poison. It does not act against the kidney, but | | | | * Taurine is the most prominent amino acid in the |
| improves kidney function instead. Taurine is very | | | | heart, and plays a role in smooth heart rhythm |
| useful in fighting tissue swelling and fluid | | | | and heart muscle contractility. Taurine also plays a |
| accumulation. People with heart failure, liver | | | | role in metabolism of calcium in the heart. |
| disease , late stage ovarian cancer, congestive | | | | * A deficiency of Taurine is often seen with |
| heart failure frequently have unwanted fluid | | | | retinal and eye degeneration. |
| accumulation inside their bodies and people who | | | | * A deficiency of Taurine may cause depression. |
| take long plan flight usually have slight fluid | | | | * Taurine helps with hyperactivity, Tourette's, |
| retention. | | | | excessive movement, and epilepsy. |
| Taurine has been very successfully used to treat | | | | * Taurine is an essential amino acid in newborns |
| people with high blood pressure. When excessive | | | | and children for proper growth and development. |
| fluid is normalized, blood pressure becomes | | | | * In over 300 amino acids plasma test, Taurine |
| normalized. Taurine functions to dampen the | | | | was the number one deficiency. |
| sympathetic nervous system, thereby relieving | | | | * Taurine is important in vegetarian women who |
| arterial spasm. When blood vessels relax, the | | | | intend to bear children. |
| body's blood pressure will fall. | | | | * Pets need Taurine too. Commercial dog food |
| There have been studies showing the positive | | | | often is lacking in taurine. |
| effectiveness of taurine on heart failure. Aside | | | | |