Taurine is an amino acid that supports neurological development and helps regulate the level of water and minerals in the blood. Taurine is also thought to have antioxidant properties.<\/p>\n
Taurine occurs naturally in fish and meat. The mean daily intake from omnivore diets was determined to be around 58\u00a0mg (range from 9 to 372\u00a0mg) and to be low or negligible from a strict vegan diet.\u00a0Some studies suggest that taurine supplementation may improve athletic performance, which may explain why taurine is used in many energy drinks.<\/p>\n
A study published by Japanese researchers in 2003 examined 11 men aged 18 to 20, who were told to perform bicycle exercises until they were exhausted. After taking taurine supplements for seven days (each time, before their workout), the men showed significant increases in VO2max (the maximum capacity of a person’s body to transport and use oxygen) and time until exhaustion set in. The researchers credited the improvement to taurine’s antioxidant activity and protection of cellular properties.<\/p>\n
Another way\u00a0taurine can help improve overall health is by fighting obesity. Obesity impacts every area of the body, especially because of the inflammation-generating abdominal fat stores<\/strong>. Human studies show that 3 grams per day<\/strong> of taurine for 7 weeks reduced body weight significantly in a group of overweight or obese (but not-yet-diabetic) adults.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Taurine is an amino acid that supports neurological development and helps regulate the level of water and minerals in the blood. Taurine is also thought to have antioxidant properties. Taurine occurs naturally in fish and meat. The mean daily intake from omnivore diets was determined to be around 58\u00a0mg (range from 9 to 372\u00a0mg) and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1098,1097],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becoral.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becoral.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becoral.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becoral.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becoral.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/becoral.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becoral.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becoral.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becoral.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becoral.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}