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Taurine Boosts Good Gut Bacteria & Short-Chain Fatty Acid Prod. | 1st Study to Show Natural Beats Synthetic Taurine

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The bacteria in our guts are the latest rage in medical sciences... and taurine, especially natural taurine, may be a way to modulate them in beneficial ways. It has been some time since the last taurine article on the SuppVersity ( read all articles ). There was simply a lack of interesting studies... until now, or rather until the latest study of scientists from the Zhejiang University of Technology  which suggests that taurine "might be of benefit to health by inhibiting the growth of harmful bacteria, accelerating the production of SCFA and reducing LPS concentration" (Yu. 2016). As the authors of the paper point out, taurine is a necessary amino acid that taurine plays an important role in the regulation of neuroendocrine functions and nutrition. In previous studies, taurine was shown to improve immunity, resist oxidation, delay senility, reduce blood pressure, promote recovery from acute hepatitis, etc. (Averin. 2015; Wang. 2013; De Luca. 2015; Ito. 2012). In ad...
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3g Taurine Improve Post-Workout Glycogen Resynthesis, Protect the Testes of Doping Sinners & Battles Alzheimer's

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Taurine - A useful supplement for chemical, natural athletes and even sedentary slobs who are afraid of diabetes. Taurine, or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, as Wikipedia says, is an organic acid widely distributed in animal tissues. It is a major constituent of bile and can be found in the large intestine, and accounts for up to 0.1% of total human body weight. That does not sound like much, but taurine has many fundamental biological roles, such as conjugation of bile acids, antioxidation, osmoregulation, membrane stabilization, and modulation of calcium signaling. It is essential for cardiovascular function, and development and function of skeletal muscle, the retina, and the central nervous system and you were thus probably not too surprised, when you've recently read on the SuppVersity Facebook Page that taurine may help with Alzheimer's disease . You can learn more about taurine & other amino acids at the SuppVersity Taurine Pumps Up Strength & Recovery? ...
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Study Puts Taurine Back in the Limelight - Sprint Cycling in Trained Athletes Benefits from Taurine, not Caffeine!?

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More evidence that the often high taurine content in your energy drinks is more than a mere marketing gag. You will probably remember my recent article about the potentially underestimated contribution of taurine to the performance enhancing effects of Red Bull™ and co. ( read it again). Now, a new study from the School of Sport, Health and Applied Science at the St Mary’s University  in Great (soon small) Britain shows: Only taurine, yet not caffeine boosts the sprint cycling performance in trained athletes. And as if that wasn't enough, yet, the study also proves another benefit of taurine I've written about in the past: it reduces the typical (negative) side effects of high(er)-dose caffeine. You can learn more about taurine & other amino acids at the SuppVersity Taurine Pumps Up Strength & Recovery? Taurine the Actual Active Agent in RedBull&Co Taurine ➲ 180% Testosterone Increase Taurine + BCAA Work Hand in Hand Taurine Boosts Good Gut ...
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Up To 180% Increase in Testosterone w/ Taurine? Androgen Boost Just One of the "Side Effects" of Cysteine Derivative That Won't Benefit (Pre-)Diabetic Baby-Boomers, Only

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Image 1: No, taurine is not made from the sperm of Belgian Blues and no it won't make you look like one overnight, either ;-) After yesterday's allegedly pretty complicated post on the fallacious ups and downs in body weight from repetitive dieting and episodes of overeating, I decided it was about time to readdress one of your all-time favorites: supplemental testosterone boosting . Instead of the next best herb from the Brazilian jungle that has a " history as a potent aphrodisiac in traditional medice " or the shrub that can be found " only in a specific region of the remote [... insert whatever your marketing guy believes would increase sales here]", I decided to take another look at one of the established readily available and dirt cheap ways to give your natural androgen production, fertility, fatty acid and glucose metabolism a leg - taurine , or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid (which is, by the way, not produced from bull semen, although its name, w...
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Meta-Analysis: Could Energy Drinks be All About Taurine? Taurine, not Caffeine Predicts Performance Enhancement

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While almost all energy drinks appear to have it, the evidence that taurine adds to the effects of caffeine has hitherto been unconvincing. Does this change with the latest study by a group of researchers from Brazil and Spain? Energy drinks (ED) are all about caffeine, right? I have to admit. If you had asked me before I've read the latest study from the Londrina State University in Brazil and the Camilo José Cela University in Spain, I would have answered this question in the affirmative. I mean, come on... the strange add-ons the producers mix into their drinks have but one purpose: distinguish drink X from drink Y and, even more importantly, the healthier competition of plain coffee. The fact that Souza, et al. observed in their latest meta-analysis that "a signifcant association between taurine dosage (mg) and performance (slope = 0.0001; p = 0.04), but not between caffeine dosage (mg) and performance (slope = 0.0009; p = 0.21)," caught my attention. You can...
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