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The “Elixir of Life.” Really?

14 Jun 2023

Prior to the buoyant accounts of the study with the alluring title “Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging,” it was mostly people who read the list of ingredients on the label of the “energy drink...

Combining Caffeine With Alcohol Can Be A Problem

27 Mar 2019

On March 1, 2018 the body of teenager Athena Gervais was discovered face down in a creek in the Montreal suburb of Laval. The coroner’s report of the case was just made public and concludes that...

Why is there a bull on the "Red Bull" logo?

19 Jul 2018

While it is true that taurine was originally isolated from bull semen, it is now produced synthetically. This compound is an “aminosulfonic acid” that is widely distributed in the human body and...

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