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    I have recently heard what I believe to be a rumor regarding taurine (which is commonly found in energy drinks) being bull urine. I did a little research and I now think I am understanding that taurine is found in bull urine but can also be manufactured in plants. Any insight here?

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    Default Re: taurine=bull urine

    it is an amino acid, part of the DNA that makes all living things.

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    Yeah I heard it comes from the BALLS of bulls...ha ha..

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    Haha, yea, when redbull became popular, everyone said there was bull sperm in there.
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    Default Re: taurine=bull urine

    It's not bull urine. It may be IN bull urine. It's actually an amino acid precursor. Nothing gross about it, don't worry! lol

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    http://msgboard.snopes.com/message/u...00490/p/1.html

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    "Taurine, or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, is an organic acid that is a major constituent of bile, and can be found in lower amounts in the tissues of many animals including humans. Taurine is also found in plants, fungi, and some bacterial species, but at lower levels. Taurine is a derivative of the sulfur-containing (sulfhydryl) amino acid, cysteine."

    "Taurine is named after the Latin taurus, which means bull, as it was first isolated from Ox bile in 1827 by Austrian scientists Friedrich Tiedemann and Leopold Gmelin. It is often called an amino acid, even in scientific literature, but it lacks a carboxyl group and therefore does not qualify as an amino acid in biochemical terminology. It does contain a sulfonate group and may be called an amino sulfonic acid."

    "Recent studies show that taurine supplements taken by mice on a high-fat diet prevented them from becoming overweight. Studies have yet to be done on the effect of taurine on obesity in humans. Currently taurine is being tested as an anti-manic treatment for bipolar depression. Recent studies have also shown that taurine can influence (and possibly reverse) defects in nerve blood flow, motor nerve conduction velocity, and nerve sensory thresholds in experimental diabetic neuropathic rats. Taurine levels were found to be significantly lower in vegans than in a control group on a standard American diet. Plasma taurine was 78% of control values, and urinary taurine 29%."
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    Default Re: taurine=bull urine

    Quote Originally Posted by KennedyWinters View Post
    Yeah I heard it comes from the BALLS of bulls...ha ha..
    I'm just thinking if it was true, the Bulls wouldn't be very happy, what with the massive quantities of Red Bull people are drinking, and each bull only has 2 BALLS - not a lot of extras to spare.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bella21
    Haha, yea, when redbull became popular, everyone said there was bull sperm in there.
    On the other hand... they might be happy if this was the case

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