Taurnine- Miracle or Menace? - AI Podcast
Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health
Briana Mercola
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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- Taurine, a common ingredient in energy drinks, was found to fuel the growth of leukemia cells by activating a powerful growth switch called mTOR
- In animal studies, blocking taurine’s entry into leukemia cells dramatically slowed disease progression and extended survival by up to sixfold
- Taurine supports healthy aging in animals, but too much, especially from synthetic sources, poses serious risks if cancer is already present
- The same compound that helps your cells stay young is hijacked by cancer, making the source, dose, and context important
- The safest way to use taurine is through whole foods like grass fed beef and pastured eggs; avoid overdoing supplements and skip energy drinks, especially if you’re at risk for leukemia
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| 0:00.0 | A common ingredient in your energy drink may be doing more than giving you a short-term boost. |
| 0:04.8 | It could be accelerating leukemia progression deep inside your bone marrow. |
| 0:09.3 | Welcome to Dr. Mercola's cellular wisdom. Stay informed with quick, easy-to-listen |
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| 0:19.2 | Subscribe for free at Mercola.com for the latest health insights. |
| 0:22.6 | Hello and welcome to Dr. Mercola's cellular wisdom. I'm Ethan Foster. Today we're |
| 0:29.7 | looking at Torrine, a popular amino acid found in energy drinks and supplements, and its |
| 0:35.0 | surprising role in both health and disease. |
| 0:38.0 | And I'm Alara Sky. Torrine has been shown to improve energy metabolism and even slow aging |
| 0:43.4 | in animals, but new research reveals a darker side. When leukemia is present, Torine may |
| 0:49.3 | help cancer cells grow and spread faster. A recent study published in nature looks specifically at how leukemia stem cells, |
| 0:57.4 | particularly in aggressive forms like acute myeloid leukemia, rely on taurine. |
| 1:02.7 | Researchers found that these cancer cells use taurin to activate a key growth pathway known |
| 1:07.7 | as M-T-O-R. |
| 1:09.7 | That M-T-O-R pathway acts like a master switch for cell growth and energy use. |
| 1:14.6 | When Taurine is present, it flips that switch, giving cancer cells the fuel they need to multiply. |
| 1:20.6 | Without Taurin, that growth signal weakens significantly. |
| 1:23.6 | In the study, scientists found that certain bone marrow cells actually began producing |
| 1:29.0 | more taurine as leukemia advanced. The cancer cells then pulled in the taurine through a transport |
| 1:35.1 | channel called T-A-U-T, short for the Taurine-Torine transporter axis. And when researchers blocked that |
| 1:43.5 | Tout channel, the cancer cells couldn't use |
| 1:46.1 | Taurine. The result was dramatic. Leukemia progression slowed and survival in mice increased by |
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