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Beta-Alanine, Widely Used, but Rarely Tested for Safety!? Individual Studies Find Serum / Muscle Taurine is Reduced by >20%, However the Totality of Evidence Suggests...

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Reductions in muscle and especially serum taurine have indeed also been observed in humans, but the fact that they do not occur in lower dose studies and cannot be observed consistently in studies using higher dosages (6g) suggests that they shouldn't be a problem for the average BA user. Regular SuppVersity  readers will be familiar with the way(s) in which taurine (#TAU) and beta-alanine seem to both complement and antagonize each other. Beta-alanine, in particular, has been found to deplete muscular (and other tissue) taurine stores - a problem, generations of scientists have used to study the ill health effects of taurine-deficiency. While studies have never reported clinical taurine depletion in response to beta-alanine supplements, we have to consider the possibility that ... If it works (no runs + high intensity+volume exercise) bicarbonate is the king of H+buffers: Caffeine + Bicarb Make Champions Bicarb + Asp = Muscle Magic!? NaCHO3 & Leg Days're...
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Magnesium - Beyond Bioavailability: Bioaccumulation in the Brain 1.2-Fold Higher for Mg-Taurate | No Effect on Muscle

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Brainiacs listen up: Magnesium + taurine can also be achieved from a (high seafood) diet. You will remember that the year 2017 saw the publication of the first study to lend credible support to the use of transdermal magnesium . If you go back to my article discussing the results of the study, you will find the following items in the overview of CNS symptoms of magnesium deficiency (48% of the Americans don't get enough Mg | Moshfegh 1997 ): "Nervousness, increased sensitivity of NMDA receptors to excitatory neurotransmitters, migraine, depression, nystagmus, paraesthesia, poor memory, seizures, tremor, vertigo." What you will also find is a figure depicting the effects of administering different forms of magnesium (orally) to rodents on plasma, bone, and red blood cell (#RBC) magnesium levels. Mineral water contains Mg, a lot of other minerals and bicarbonate you don't want to miss: Hydrogen Rich Water = Quackery? Glass of Water Before Meals as Diet ...
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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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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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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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