Taurine

• Helps absorb fats and fat-soluble vitamins
• Regulates heartbeat and helps with cardiac arrhythmias
• Maintains cell membrane stability
• Helps prevent brain cells from being overactive
• Helps with Congestive Heart Failure
• Helps with Diabetes
• Helps with High Blood Pressure
• It is a building block for other Amino Acids
• It is a key component in bile (needed for digestion of fats)
• Helps in the control of serum cholesterol
• Used for edema and hypoglycemia
• Vital for the proper utilization of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium
• Used to treat anxiety, poor brain function and seizures
• May benefit Down's Syndrome and muscular dystrophy
• Used occasionally in breast cancer treatment

Deficiency signs: cardiac arrhythmias, disorders of platelet formation, intestinal problems, yeast overgrowth, stress (physical and emotional), zinc deficiency, excessive consumption of alcohol.