Caveats and Side Effects of Taurine Supplements
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Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM
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🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 5 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Titorine or not to-toreen. |
| 0:09.0 | That's the question. |
| 0:12.0 | Tourine is an ingredient in some so-called energy drinks, which some people consume to improve |
| 0:16.0 | physical performance, although there is little evidence that Toreen per se exerts any beneficial effects in healthy individuals |
| 0:22.1 | or animals without torrent depletion. |
| 0:24.6 | But that was written before this seminal study, published in one of the most prestigious scientific journals, |
| 0:30.6 | showing that torrent supplementation starting in middle age can significantly improve the health span and lifespan of a number of different animals. |
| 0:38.9 | Now, not all animal studies have shown benefit. |
| 0:41.9 | Lifelong torrent supplementation induced retardation of learning in mice, for example, |
| 0:46.5 | and low doses of torrent significantly enhanced lung tumor growth in mice, |
| 0:50.9 | which led the authors to suggest that lung cancer patients may want to stay away |
| 0:54.4 | from drinks with torene. You probably wouldn't want to consume too much torrent if you |
| 0:58.8 | have kidney failure either, since torring levels are normally regulated by our kidneys. |
| 1:04.5 | The acute symptoms of torene overload, mainly dizziness, were relatively mild and rapidly |
| 1:09.8 | disappeared after stopping Taurine, |
| 1:11.5 | but researchers suggest that there should be warning-type labels on beverages containing |
| 1:15.9 | to caution patients with kidney failure from drinking them. |
| 1:19.8 | Similarly, patients who have bleeding disorders may not want to take Taurine since it might |
| 1:24.6 | thin our blood. |
| 1:26.2 | psoriasis patients may also want to steer clear, as Torine |
| 1:29.2 | definitely causes a predictable, intense itching response that can last |
| 1:33.5 | the day or two, making skin lesions worse. |
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