The strong role of severe oxidative stress, reduced antioxidant defenses like GSH with increased lipid peroxidation and malondialdehyde generation (213), lipid, protein and DNA oxidation with increased apoptosis and necrosis in atherosclerosis as a major cause of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, supports the use of complementary and alternative medicines, dietary supplements, and antioxidants with hardly any adverse effect, able to restore homeostasis reversing oxidative stress (214)
Animal studies also show that supplemental taurine can affect the gut microbiome in positive ways, especially after antibiotics.[ref] In the heart: In the heart, taurine makes up about 60% of the free amino acid pool and is important in muscle function and the prevention of heart disease.[ref] Cardiomyopathy: Early on, researchers found that if pets dont get enough taurine in their food, they will develop cardiomyopathy
Moreover, the NTG and POAG patients in the validation study population also had a significant reduction in patients with stage 3 visual field loss (Fig
Typical usage levels range from 0.015%-3% in leave-on products and 0.078%-3.2% in rinse-off products