Posted by LOOPS on April 12, 2005, at 9:30:25
In reply to Re: inositol, taurine failed » LOOPS, posted by Larry Hoover on April 10, 2005, at 10:45:02
> > 500mg taurine isn't very much -
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> > I think I was taking about a gram - it did have a good effect at first (calming, stabilizing). I was vegan at the time so wasn't getting any taurine from food, so was probably deficient (I don't believe I am very good at making the 'non-essential' aminos - similarly the co-enzyme vitamins).
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> > I did disover that if too much taurine had been taken and I was feeling too 'flat', 500mg l-glutamine remedied the situation immediately.
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> > Loops
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> Interesting. Glutamine can go directly to glutamate. Glutamate and taurine are direct and mutual antagonists. One cancels the other.
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> Lar
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> yes it's interesting -Michael Lesser goes on in his book about using taurine and glutamine together along with B6 and zinc. I assume this is because glutamine will eventually make GABA which would complement the calming action of taurine?
Loops
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