Taurine
Taurine is a non-essential amino acid which can be derived from your diet or synthesized from the amino acid cysteine, if there is enough cysteine & pyridoxal-5-phosphate(co-enzyme B6.) Taurine is highly concentrated in animal & fish protein.*
Taurine is essential to fetal & new born central nervous system development. The infant cannot initially manufacture taurine & must obtain taurine from its mother's milk.*
Taurine plays a variety of roles in the normal functioning of the brain, heart, gallbladder, eyes, & vascular system. It is the most important & abundant free amino acid in your heart & contributes to your heart muscles' contractility & regulation of its rhythm.*
Taurine acts as a neurotransmitter in your brain where it is the second most abundant amino acid. It also protects & stabilizes the brain cells' fragile membranes. It is an inhibitory calming neurotransmitter.*
Taurine is found in high concentrations in your eyes & is the most abundant amino acid in your retina.*
Taurine is known to re-invigorate the natural killer cells of your immune system & to stimulate the release of the immune substance, Interleukin-1.*
Additional benefits & uses are:
- Useful in the management of chemical sensitivities as a powerful sulfur donor which removes foreign material & oxidized chlorine.*
- Useful with malabsorption of fats.*
- Important for proper bile production & fat metabolism, thus the ability to maintain healthy cholesterol levels.*
- Can be calming.*
- Helps maintain healthy sleep patterns.*
- Low moods.*
- Vegetarianism.*
- Helps maintain healthy blood pressure.*
- Helps regulate heart rhythm.*
- Potentiates & improves the action of insulin.*
- Helps maintain a healthy Gallbladder.*
- Helps support eye health*
- Helps support the immune system.*
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DIRECTIONS:
For Sleep: 1-2 with dinner plus 1-2 at bedtime.
For Anxiety: 1-2 two to four times daily as needed. May open capsule under tongue for quicker benefit.
For other benefits: 1 capsule one to two times daily as needed.
Has the potential to irritate the stomach if taken without food (though Dr. Slagle has not seen this.)
May lower body temperature in larger doses.
*THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THESE PRODUCTS ARE NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE, OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE.
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