Quote (TheBert @ Jul 28 2011 07:26pm)
I do not know that answer
but i do know that it is soon to be banned in the U.S. at the rate things are going
to much of it is not good for you, it is what causes you to get the jitters and stuff when u drink a energy drink and such
Taurine is only one of the many ingredients inside energy drinks that causes you to have the shakes and shit. There is a couple of ingredients that do it. They max out the caffeine then add a couple 'natural' ingredients that also have the same effect, hence why they kill people because it quite literally over-loads their heart. It's also why they do not recommend mixing it with alcohol.
Taurine is named after the Latin taurus (a cognate of the Greek ταύρος) which means bull or ox, as it was first isolated from ox bile in 1827 by German scientists Friedrich Tiedemann and Leopold Gmelin.
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This post was edited by SageNovastar on Jul 28 2011 10:07pm