Doesn't amino acid uptake generally decrease with aging, leading to sarcopenia/osteopenia? Doesn't exercise generally improve amino acid metabolism? Why focus on taurine?
Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging
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Re: Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging
#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dark chocolate isn't exactly the safest food, even unsweetened: https://time.com/6243073/heavy-metals-dark-chocolate-food/
For those curious, here's the report linked in that article: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-... A similar problem exists with Polonium-210 uptake in tobacco... although no one ever called tobacco healthy or safe. I basically live on dark chocolate, wine, red meat and tobacco, so we'll see what gets me first.
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#163Would taking supplements work as well? I saw that Taurine supplements are available for cheap. I have no idea what people are taking it for.
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#164I order stuff off the Internet from time to time including taurine, is there an easy/cheap way to test things that come through the post from Amazon or another company are Taurine and don’t contain things they shouldn’t?
The supplement industry strikes me as dubious! Is there a better way to think about this?
Re: Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging
#165I order stuff off the Internet from time to time including taurine, is there an easy/cheap way to test things that come through the post from Amazon or another company are Taurine and don’t contain things they shouldn’t? The supplement industry strikes me as dubious! Is there a better way to think about this?
Order from a trusted pharmacy, rather than from 3rd parties like Amazon.
With the way binning works at Amazon, you can't trust that you will get a legitimate product even if you ordered the same thing you made sure was legitimate last time.
Re: Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging
#166I order stuff off the Internet from time to time including taurine, is there an easy/cheap way to test things that come through the post from Amazon or another company are Taurine and don’t contain things they shouldn’t? The supplement industry strikes me as dubious! Is there a better way to think about this?
Maybe just drink Red Bull.
Supplements are dubious, buying things on Amazon you consume is especially dubious.
There are some signals here and there about the legitimacy of various vendors but I’m generally skeptical of all of them, just some more than others.
Re: Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging
#167Taurine? I've been jacking myself full of that since Middle School! Thanks RedBull! Jokes aside, This feels like one of "Wine is Good for you " In moderation and other fine point details. Not buying it.
> Not buying it
What is there not to buy?
They tested it in mice and it increased lifespan, they never claimed it worked for humans in the study.
> To test whether taurine deficiency is a driver of aging in humans as well, long-term, well-controlled taurine supplementation trials that measure health span and life span as outcomes are required.
Did you read the abstract?
Re: Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging
#168I'm surprised to see no mention of exercise in the comment section. It seems that working out produces "[...] increased the concentrations of taurine metabolites in blood, which might partially underlie the antiaging effects of exercise." For the able-bodied, it may be enough to incorporate more exercise into our life?
If you are working out a lot, you might want to consume more taurine anyways (which you can naturally get from eggs and meat). It's an important amino acid that supports muscle growth.
I believe it plays a factor in getting salts/electrolytes to the tissue, but I'm not 100% clear on that.
Re: Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging
#169I order stuff off the Internet from time to time including taurine, is there an easy/cheap way to test things that come through the post from Amazon or another company are Taurine and don’t contain things they shouldn’t? The supplement industry strikes me as dubious! Is there a better way to think about this?
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#170Earlier quoted context omitted.
You probably can live longer if you stick with coffee (black), berries (minus the food you put the berries on top of), dark chocolate (unsweetened), and wine (in strict moderation).
Dark chocolate isn't exactly the safest food, even unsweetened: https://time.com/6243073/heavy-metals-dark-chocolate-food/
I guess the would matter on where in the world too the cocoa was grown. In the Caribbean the soil wouldn't have heavy metals.