Taurine Effective Against High Fructose Induced Symptoms of the Metabolic Syndrome
Regular visitors of the SuppVersity know about the diverse positive effects of dietary taurine on health, body composition and exercise performance. Now, a recent study by Mesallamy et al. ( Mesallamy. 2010 ) found another good reason for the non fish-eaters among you (fish is particularly high in taurine) some supplemental taurine in your diet / supplement regimens. Figure 1: Effect of HFD and taurine supplementation on weight gain at days 0 and 35 of feeding. Each value is expressed in grams. ( Mesallamy. 2010. Fig. 1 ) The scientists put rats on either a control diet or high fructose diet (HFD), with both groups receiving additional 300 mg/kg/day taurine via intra-peritoneal (i.p.) route for 35 days. While the decrease in body weight gain illustrated in figure 1 is relatively low, the overall effect of taurine on makers of the metabolic syndrome was significant: Fructose-fed rats showed significantly impaired glucose tolerance, impaired insulin sensitivity, hypertriglycer...