Posted by willyee on April 27, 2006, at 21:10:37 [reposted on April 28, 2006, at 0:11:58 | original URL]
In reply to Re: DLPA/ More info » willyee, posted by john berk on April 27, 2006, at 18:00:41
> Hi Willyee,
> thanks for all the great info. i have used arginine for bodybuiding, have you ever tryed the NO release, expensive stuff, but it is supposed to be very effective!!
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> can i ask you a question Will? When you take taurine, do you just take the caps from the healthfood store? is it able to cross the blood brain barrier? The reason i ask is they know have campral out for getting GABA and Tuarine better in the system, but it is so expensive, i would much rather just take the capsules.
> do you get yours at GNC? thanks so much for all the info....john
Although there are tons of info about taurine on the net,here is a snip of a good article that gets right into the meaning fast."WHAT IS TAURINE?
Taurine is an amino acid which plays a major role in the brain as an "inhibitory" neurotransmitter & neuromodulator. It is similiar in structure to the amino acids GABA & L-Glycine, which are also neuroinhibitory. This means it helps to calm or stabilize an excited brain.
Taurine stabilizes nerve cell membranes thus depressing the firing of brain cells & dampening the nerve cell action of the excitatory amino acids, glutamate, aspartate, & quinolinate.
Taurine acts by regulating the sodium & potassium concentration in the cells & the magnesium level between the cells. This has everything to do with the electrical activity of the cells & subsequent communication between cells.
By this mechanism, it has anti-anxiety & anti-convulsant activity. It has also been found useful in some cases of migraine, insomnia, agitation, restlessness, irritability, alcoholism, obsessions, depression, hypomania/mania.
Dosage is from 500 mg twice daily to a total of 5000 mg daily in 3-4 divided doses, though I rarely recommend that high a dose. The total ideal body pool of taurine for adults is 12,000- 18,000 mg.
Since taurine also affects the hypothalamus to help regulate body temperature, a higher dose can decrease your temperature & give chilliness, so be aware of that.
Taurine also plays a role in memory & increases the level of a memory neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, in the brain (in animal studies).
"As far as personaly,there is a brand called COUNTRY LIFE,besides perosnaly feeling this brand is top quality from other supplements ive used in the past example KAVA KAVA WHERE I know i felt the difference,by general COUNTRY LIFE is a known quality brand,they are i believe PHARMCUTICAL grade over the counter supplements,and they make a TAB of taurine 500 mg a tab,includes a small amount of B6 that any good brand of a single amino will have,b6 aids in the absorbation.
Country lide brands of taurine should be found at most local health shops and at any general heatlh website,out of all the brands of taurine its the only one i use,country life and solgar are incredable brands,normaly when getting otc supplements somtimes its worth to spend the extra buck or two when its a company whos proven there reputability over time like country life,solgar,solaray opposaed to a low end product like NOW foods or a bran i really DISLIKE twin lab.
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