Taurine Mimics Effects of Insulin, Annihilates Appetite and Quadruples Hypothalamic mTOR Activity in Rodent Study.
Image 1: Bought in bulk, taurine is one of the cheapest amino acids on the market. If you listened to the third installment of the Amino Acids for Super Humans Series on Carl Lenore's Super Human Radio , you will know that I am a firm a believer in the power of the non-essential sulfur-amino acid taurine . You would have heard me talk about it's beneficial effects on diabetes, hepatic health, weight management and more .... a recent study ( Solon. 2011 ) published in the influential journal Amino Acids does not only confirm all the beneficial effects, we already knew about, it also expands our current knowledge about taurine to its effects on the hypothalamic Akt/FOXO1, JAK2/STAT3 and mTOR/AMPK/ACC signaling cascades and the satiety signal neuropeptide Y (NPY). Carina S. Solon and her colleagues from the University of Campinas in Brazil hypothesized that "some of the activity of taurine in the control of body fat would be exerted through direct action...