Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging

[Jam]

@Jam 150mg iodide? Didn't you mean 150mcg? Just to make sure I understand your dosage.

150mg, 3 drops of SSKI.

 

[Mossy]

Does anyone have a go to food source for Taurine? Seems like it's mostly in seafood, which I'm trying to avoid because of heavy metals. Maybe Turkey thighs based on this article? Not sure about the pufas though

Top Foods High in Taurine

Taurine is an amino acid important to many bodily functions and may reduce your risk of disease. Learn which foods to eat to get more taurine.

www.webmd.com

When finances were better, I'd always go for scallops for taurine, and white fish (orange roughy, Alaskan cod). I don't worry about the heavy metals. I see some sites have eggs and milk as sources too. I think I remember reading a quote about milk for taurine from Peat.

 

[Hermes]

@Jam

What positives do you see with 150mg SSKI?

 

[Jam]

@Jam

What positives do you see with 150mg SSKI?

As mentioned previously, it seems to have halted my periodontal disease and reversed various arthritic issues like tendinosis in my left shoulder and sciatica. Again, I do not consider it a supplement, but a medicine, FWIW.

 

[Mauritio]

This totally makes sense to me. It's actually one of the side effects that I don't like when taking taurine; as it can be distracting.

Oh yes , wait until you tried it topically on the private parts

 

[Mauritio]

View: https://twitter.com/Grimhood/status/1680410965790130176?t=YEXn7m7BDwKqdIjgTy5tZg&s=19

Oh wow!
Not even 4g of per day for 7 days brought taurine levels back to normal in trauma patients. It just brought it to half of the normal level.
It is interesting that taurine seems to be so affected by trauma. I've read before that the biosynthetic pathway is inhibited by stress.
Maybe taking semi-large (>5g/day) doses post-trauma for 2 or 3 weeks would be a good idea! Or even pre-trauma, in the case of an operation or a stressful event.

 

[Comstock]

When finances were better, I'd always go for scallops for taurine, and white fish (orange roughy, Alaskan cod). I don't worry about the heavy metals. I see some sites have eggs and milk as sources too. I think I remember reading a quote about milk for taurine from Peat.

Apparently it's high in organ meats like heart and liver.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTrd8DrArnQ


I'll be taking some freeze dried organ supplements like these, and see if I feel anything.

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[Mossy]

Oh yes , wait until you tried it topically on the private parts

Next level distractions.

 

[Mossy]

Apparently it's high in organ meats like heart and liver.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTrd8DrArnQ


I'll be taking some freeze dried organ supplements like these, and see if I feel anything.

WARRIOR — Heart & Soil

Feed your inner warrior. Foundational support for strength, recovery, and exercise performance.

shop.heartandsoil.co

Interesting. So there is a naturally derived source, though not isolated, and definitely not cheap. Maybe it's the beef heat that has the taurine, because according to this site, beef liver doesn't have it (or their data is off):

Beef Liver (Variety Meats And By-Products, Cooked, Braised) Nutrition Facts - Eat This Much

www.eatthismuch.com

 

[Comstock]

Interesting. So there is a naturally derived source, though not isolated, and definitely not cheap. Maybe it's the beef heat that has the taurine, because according to this site, beef liver doesn't have it (or their data is off):

Beef Liver (Variety Meats And By-Products, Cooked, Braised) Nutrition Facts - Eat This Much

www.eatthismuch.com

So there are these sources. Idk really

https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk491/files/aal/pdfs/spitze.pdf

Taurine content of liver vs heart

I was reviewing this document by Spitze et al published in 2003 (UC Davis). http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/vmb/labs/aal/pdfs/spitze.pdf Taurine concentrations in animal feed ingredients; cooking influences taurine content J. Anim. Physiol. a. Anim. Nutr. 87 (2003), 251–262 According to this...

thecatsite.com

Amazon product ASIN B07SBXSFHFView: https://www.amazon.com/Beef-Liver-Treats-Freeze-Dried/dp/B07SBXSFHF

Concentrations in beef and lamb of taurine, carnosine, coenzyme Q(10), and creatine - PubMed

Levels of taurine, carnosine, coenzyme Q(10), and creatine were measured in beef liver and several muscles of beef and lamb and in cooked and uncooked meat. The amino acid taurine has numerous biological functions, the dipeptide carnosine is a buffer as well as an antioxidant, coenzyme Q(10) is...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Highserotonin90]

@Jam I have borax at home, it was given to my mother for a shoulder calcification. She tried it on an empty stomach one morning and was vomiting, the label also states that she is toxic . Maybe I had the wrong dosage...should I go to mcg with water or juice? i want to try it

 

[Jam]

@Jam I have borax at home, it was given to my mother for a shoulder calcification. She tried it on an empty stomach one morning and was vomiting, the label also states that she is toxic . Maybe I had the wrong dosage...should I go to mcg with water or juice? i want to try it

Who gave it to her, what brand, and how much did she take? The borax I have is food grade, make sure yours is too. I take the tip of a knife, about 25-30mg (ca. 3mg of boron) in orange juice. This is the dosage recommended by Walter Last (RIP).

 

[David PS]

Here is part 2 of an interview with the lead author of the paper.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu9TM5MwxXU


Here is part 1 -

Taurine - The Science Behind It Explained By The Lead Author Of The Paper | Prof Vijay Yadav Ep1​

Here is part 3 -


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDQ4tLcDvRA

 

[ddjd]

View: https://youtu.be/qH5QumHGrgk

 

[TheSir]

Even 200mg throws me into depression and despair for a few hours. Wonder what's up with that

I think people should experiment with the dosage quite a bit.
Those GABA receptors function in a U-shaped curve (and you might have to take a possible rebound into account), so you get a different effect from it depending on where on the curve you are at any given moment in time.

Revisiting this. The depressive mood does seem to be caused by a too low dose of taurine. A gram made me feel great today. I think you're completely right.

 

[TheSir]

took just 70 mg of taurine and shortly after lots of rumbling in my gut i passed some bile containing stools and felt calm and less water retention

I used to interpret this as a symptom of having taken too much taurine. Is it actually something you could push through?

 

[Mauritio]

I used to interpret this as a symptom of having taken too much taurine. Is it actually something you could push through?

After a week I had to stop taurine . I got a feeling of bile congestion and my sleep was bad. Eating copper rich foods helped with the insomnia and especially the bile congestion but not completely.

 

[TheSir]

After a week I had to stop taurine . I got a feeling of bile congestion and my sleep was bad. Eating copper rich foods helped with the insomnia and especially the bile congestion but not completely.

From just 70mg? What did the bile congestion feel like?

 

[Mauritio]

From just 70mg? What did the bile congestion feel like?

No, i went to higher doses. It felt kind of toxic, constipation, endotoxin like feeling, pressure over the liver/ gallbladder, dark cicrcles under eyes,...

 

[Dolomite]

We tried 500 mg at supper. After a week and a half I really notice some constipation and I ended up with a sore spot on my nose. Maybe a lower dose would be better if I decide to try it again.