More than cats and dogs to add

When it comes to taurine, people who have furry children must be familiar with it, especially cat owners, most of them will buy taurine pet food supplements, because cats cannot produce taurine on their own, and long-term deficiency will affect the cat’s health. Eyesight, heart, brain, bile, fertility… and other important physiological functions lead to various degenerative diseases and even death.

In fact, although the human body can synthesize taurine, the amount produced is far less than the basic daily needs, and most of it must be obtained from food, so taurine is classified as a “conditionally essential amino acid”. Since taurine is mostly found in protein foods such as seafood, fish, and meat, and plant sources are quite scarce, it is best for vegetarians to supplement health food with taurine to ensure sufficient memory in the body.

In addition, the body of infants and young children has not yet developed the function of synthesizing taurine, so it must be supplied through food sources. Many formula milk powders also contain additional taurine to help the brain and overall development of infants and young children. Some mothers will also add taurine Chicken broth and chicken essence containing taurine are added to non-staple food for infants and young children.

All over the body

Taurine accounts for about 0.1% of the body weight, and can be found in almost all organs, among which the heart has the highest storage capacity, skeletal muscle is also rich in taurine, and the rest are liver, kidney, lung, brain and ovary A considerable amount of taurine is stored in the cervix, uterus and sperm. Women naturally have less muscle mass than men, so the taurine stores in women are also lower than men.

The content of taurine in the retina is higher than that of all tissues, in other words, taurine is very important for vision function and eye health. According to the research results, the lack of taurine will make vision worse, and even cause macular or retinal lesions.

The benefits of taurine

Because taurine has a wide range of uses in the human body, it has also won the title of “lubricating oil of life”. Taurine is also often used in medicine for experimental or therapeutic purposes. Examples are as follows

1. Heart Health :

Taurine increases the blood flow of the heart and improves the contractility of the heart muscle. It can also prevent the loss of potassium ions in the heart muscle and prevent arrhythmia. It is very helpful for heart and cardiovascular health.

2. Metabolic Health :

Taurine promotes insulin secretion, inhibits hyperglycemia, improves insulin resistance, and avoids glycation damage caused by excessive glucose in blood vessels.

3. Liver and gallbladder health:

Taurine is an essential nutrient for liver detoxification and bile production, which can protect liver health and prevent gallstones.

4. Brain Health :

Taurine can lower blood cholesterol, maintain cerebrovascular health and improve brain function. It also helps increase melatonin production, which aids in sleep.

Easy to lose during cooking

Taurine is a type of nutrition that is easily hydrolyzed, and it is easy to flow out of the food into the soup during the cooking process. Therefore, when cooking seafood, fish, and meat, you can eat some cooking soup, which will contain Lots of taurine. Boiling fish soup and chicken soup is also a good way to ingest taurine.

Super comparison of fish, chicken, and beef essence

If you want to add taurine to maintain or regulate the body, it is feasible to choose taurine health food. Taurine products in the form of tablets, capsules or powder are easy to buy. However, if you want to choose the nutritional essence extracted from natural food, chicken essence products are also a good choice rich in taurine.

At present, there are a lot of chicken essence, beef essence and fish essence series products available on the market, among which fish essence is the best one rich in taurine, and its content is mostly higher than that of chicken essence and beef essence. The main types of fish essence are perch and milkfish. Compared with the content of taurine, milkfish will be higher than that of sea bass, and the cholesterol content is also relatively low. The king of sulfonic acid content. Friends who want to supplement taurine in particular can choose milkfish essence as a supplement source.

Multiple Supplements Keep Healthy

Taurine is very important to health, but it is also a nutrient that is easily overlooked. People who live under stress, often socialize and drink alcohol, elderly people with silver hair, developing children and teenagers, etc., need to pay special attention to whether there are enough sources of taurine in food , if you want a high-efficiency supplement, milkfish fish essence will be the best choice. Of course, other fish essence drops, chicken essence drops, and beef essence drops are also good options, and it is also a good way to eat them in rotation.

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