What is the function of taurine?

Taurine is a crystal separated from bezoar. Taurine has a significant effect on the human body and is generally obtained from food. Taurine can promote the brain development of infants, improve nerve conduction and visual function, prevent cardiovascular diseases, etc. Taurine has many benefits to the human body, as long as it is taken in moderation.

1.1 Promote the development of brain tissue and intelligence in infants and young children

Taurine is abundant and widely distributed in the brain. It can significantly promote the growth and development of the nervous system and cell proliferation and differentiation in a dose-dependent manner, and plays an important role in the development of brain nerve cells. Studies have shown that the taurine content in the brains of premature infants is significantly lower than that in full-term infants. This is because the cysteine ​​sulfenic acid dehydrogenase (CSAD) in premature infants is not yet mature, and the synthesized taurine is not enough to meet the body's needs and needs to be supplemented by breast milk. The taurine content in breast milk is relatively high, especially in colostrum. If the supplement is insufficient, the child's growth and development will be slow and his intellectual development will be delayed. Taurine is closely related to the development of the central nervous system and retina of infants and fetuses. Long-term and exclusive milk feeding can easily lead to taurine deficiency.

1.2 Improve nerve conduction and visual function

The main reason why cats and nocturnal owls prey on mice is that mice are rich in taurine, and eating more of them can maintain their sharp vision. If infants and young children lack taurine, they will develop retinal dysfunction. For patients who receive long-term intravenous nutrition infusion, if there is no taurine in the infusion, the patient's electroretinogram will change, and this change can only be corrected by supplementing with large doses of taurine.

1.3 Prevent cardiovascular disease

Taurine can inhibit platelet aggregation, lower blood lipids, maintain normal blood pressure and prevent arteriosclerosis in the circulatory system; it has a protective effect on myocardial cells and can resist arrhythmias; it has a special therapeutic effect on lowering blood cholesterol levels and can treat heart failure.

1.4 Influence on the absorption of lipids

The role of taurine in the liver is to combine with bile acids to form taurocholic acid, which is necessary for the absorption of lipids in the digestive tract. Taurocholic acid can increase the solubility of lipids and cholesterol, relieve bile obstruction, reduce the cytotoxicity of certain free bile acids, inhibit the formation of cholesterol stones, increase bile flow, etc.

1.5 Improve endocrine status and enhance human immunity

Taurine can promote the secretion of pituitary hormones and activate pancreatic function, thereby improving the state of the body's endocrine system and beneficially regulating the body's metabolism; it also has the effect of promoting the enhancement of the body's immunity and anti-fatigue.

1.6 Impact on sugar metabolism

Taurine can bind to insulin receptors, promote cellular uptake and utilization of glucose, accelerate glycolysis, and lower blood sugar concentration. Studies have shown that taurine has a certain blood sugar-lowering effect and is independent of increasing the release of insulin. The regulatory effect of taurine on cellular glucose metabolism may be achieved through a post-receptor mechanism, which mainly relies on the interaction with the insulin receptor protein rather than directly binding to the pancreatic islet receptors.

1.7 Inhibit the occurrence and development of cataracts

Taurine plays an important role in regulating lens osmotic pressure and anti-oxidation. During the development of cataracts, the sorbic acid content in the lens increases, the lens osmotic pressure increases, while the concentration of taurine, an important substance for regulating osmotic pressure, decreases significantly, the antioxidant effect weakens, and the protein in the lens becomes over-oxidized, thereby causing or aggravating the occurrence of cataracts. Taurine supplementation can inhibit the occurrence and development of cataracts.

1.8 Improve memory function

In animal experimental studies on the relationship between taurine and brain development, it was found that taurine can promote the learning and memory abilities of rats. Supplementing an appropriate amount of taurine can not only improve the speed of learning and memory, but also improve the accuracy of learning and memory, and also has a certain effect on the anti-aging of the nervous system.