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Congestive Heart Failure
2 grams three times per day with a doctor's supervision
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Taurine, an amino acid, helps increase the force and effectiveness of heart muscle contractions.
Taurine, an amino acid, helps increase the force and effectiveness of heart-muscle contractions. Research (some double-blind) has shown that taurine helps people with CHF. Most doctors suggest taking 2 grams three times per day.
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Anemia and Iron Deficiency
1,000 mg daily at a different time from an additional iron supplement
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Taurine has been shown, in a double-blind study, to improve the response to iron therapy in young women with iron-deficiency anemia.
Taurine has been shown, in a double-blind study, to improve the response to iron therapy in young women with iron-deficiency anemia. The amount of taurine used was 1,000 mg per day for 20 weeks, given in addition to iron therapy, but at a different time of the day. The mechanism by which taurine improves iron utilization is not known.
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Cystic Fibrosis
30 mg per 2.2 lbs (1 kg) of body weight daily
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Taurine is an amino acid and a component of bile acids, which are important for proper fat digestion. Supplementing with taurine may help improve fat digestion.
Taurine is an amino acid and a component of bile acids, which are important for proper fat digestion. Some, but not all, investigators have reported improvement in fat digestion among people with CF when they supplemented with 30 mg taurine per 2.2 pounds of body weight daily. Greater improvement was seen in people with the worst maldigestion.
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Iron-Deficiency Anemia
1,000 mg daily
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Taurine has been shown to improve the response to iron therapy in young women with iron-deficiency anemia.
Taurine has been shown, in a double-blind study, to improve the response to iron therapy in young women with iron-deficiency anemia. The amount of taurine used was 1,000 mg per day for 20 weeks, given in addition to iron therapy, but at a different time of the day. The mechanism by which taurine improves iron utilization is not known.
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Pre- and Post-Surgery Health
Take at least 1.5 grams daily before and after surgery
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Taurine is an amino acid that appears to have an important role in immune cell functions. Supplementing with it may reduce inflammation.
Taurine is an amino acid abundantly present in the body that also appears to have an important role in immune cell functions. A preliminary trial found that patients receiving an oral formula enriched with taurine (1 gram per liter) beginning two days before surgery and continuing until five days after surgery had less inflammation after surgery compared with those receiving a standard formula.
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Cardiomyopathy
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Taurine has been shown in preliminary studies to be beneficial for cardiomyopathy.
Several veterinary studies have demonstrated benefits from supplementation with taurine, another amino acid, in animals with cardiomyopathy. Most of these studies showed taurine deficiency to be a cause of cardiomyopathy. Taurine supplementation in animals with DCM has resulted in improvement of symptoms and survival rates. However, clinical studies in humans are lacking; thus, despite a good safety record, the benefits of taurine supplementation in people with any form of cardiomyopathy remain speculative. When taurine supplements are used by doctors to treat people with other conditions, 2 grams taken three times per day for a total of 6 grams per day is often recommended.
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Epilepsy
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Taurine, an amino acid that is thought to play a role in the brain's electrical activity, appears to temporarily reduce epileptic seizures in some people.
Taurine is an amino acid that is thought to play a role in the electrical activity of the brain; deficits of taurine in the brain have been associated with some types of epilepsy. However, while some short-term studies have suggested that taurine supplementation may reduce epileptic seizures in some people, the effect appears to be only temporary.
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Hypertension
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Research has found that supplementing with taurine lowers blood pressure in people, possibly by reducing levels of the hormone epinephrine (adrenaline).
A deficiency of the amino acid taurine, is thought by some researchers to play an important role in elevating blood pressure in people with hypertension. Limited research has found that supplementation with taurine lowers blood pressure in animals and in people (at 6 grams per day), possibly by reducing levels of the hormone epinephrine (adrenaline).
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Type 1 Diabetes
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People with type 1 diabetes tend to have low taurine levels, a condition that increases the risk of heart disease. Supplementing with taurine may restore levels.
Taurine is an amino acid found in protein-rich food. People with type 1 diabetes have been reported to have low blood taurine levels, a condition that increases the risk of heart disease by altering blood viscosity. Supplementing with taurine (1.5 grams per day) has restored blood taurine to normal levels and corrected the problem of blood viscosity within three months.
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Type 2 Diabetes
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Supplementing with taurine may affect insulin secretion and action, and may help protect the eyes and nerves from diabetic complications.
Animal studies have shown that supplementing with taurine, an amino acid found in protein-rich food, may affect insulin secretion and action, and may have potential in protecting the eyes and nerves from diabetic complications. However, a double-blind trial found no effect on insulin secretion or sensitivity when men with high risk for developing diabetes were given 1.5 grams per day of taurine for eight weeks. In another double-blind trial, taurine supplementation (2 grams per day for 12 months) failed to improve kidney complications associated with type 2 diabetes.
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