**Allmax TAURINE now on bb.com + Free Giveaway**

Eightpak · 10-21-2009, 07:31 PM

Allmax Nutrition brings you 100% Pure Pharmaceutical Grade TAURINE!

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/all/taurine.html

What is Taurine?

As a non-essential amino acid, TAURINE is one of the most abundant amino acids in the body which can be found in the central nervous system, white blood cells, the brain and skeletal muscles. It can help improve exercise performance and body composition.

* Improve Mental Focus*
* Potent Energy Source*
* Improve Body Composition*

Similar to Glutamine, TAURINE can also be considered a conditionally essential amino acid as during times of extreme physical exhaustion the body does not produce enough and supplementation is required.

Cell Volumizer: Similar to Creatine, TAURINE draws water in muscle cells and acts as a cell volumizer; this in turn draws additional nutrients for recovery and growth; increasing cell volume and enhancing muscle fullness.

TAURINE plays a role in Nitric Oxide production for greater oxygen supply and nutrient delivery. This mechanism may enhance the workout session and lead to a more rigorous workout.

Free Giveaway

So here's the deal. I have one 400g bottle of Allmax Taurine I want to giveaway to one lucky person. All I'm asking is for that person to post a review of the product once they have used the product for a couple weeks. No log is necessary. To apply simply let me know how you can incorporate Allmax Taurine into your current supplement regimen and why I should pick you to review it. That's all. Must be 18 or older.

bowskie69 · 10-21-2009, 08:21 PM

It's like this promo was made for me

.. Taurine will come in REAL handy when I run my next PH cycle. I am prone to back pumps so I could really use something of quality to alleviate my symptoms(if that make sense).

**factotum** · 10-21-2009, 08:24 PM

Isn't taurine a GABAergic? Doesn't seem like it would "improve mental focus" or have any stimulatory effect.

soundcheck129 · 10-21-2009, 09:27 PM

I'd love some Taurine

Wolf-Baron · 10-21-2009, 10:14 PM

Basically all I take is protein as of now (Due to lack of cash).
I would love to try Taurine

kapitaljin · 10-21-2009, 10:53 PM

I currently am on noxplode right now. I mainly use it because of the stimulants and the mental focus I get from it. Sometimes double scooping helps me even more on the stuborn days but some of the key ingredients becomes a waste when taken in that amount of volume in the short amount of time. The taurine would help boost up that mental focus and energy boost that I need in place of that double scoop leaving me with more noxplode for the regular training days. Thats how I would use the product, it would be an efficient and an effective additive I would need for the extra boost and excitement in my workouts.

workinghard · 10-22-2009, 06:22 AM

I would incorporate it into my regiment by adding it to my Pre-Workout supplements. It should complement nicely the Allmax Creatine and R-ALA i take PWO. I am hoping it does give me a little kick to keep my energy high throughout the workout.

AConrad00 · 10-22-2009, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by factotum

Isn't taurine a GABAergic? Doesn't seem like it would "improve mental focus" or have any stimulatory effect.

i never understood that either... taurine is good for back pumps while on cycle, thats the only reason i'd ever recommend it... even at a 5g pre and 5g post dosing schedule, i never saw anything from taurine, although perhaps the effects would be amplified if the person wernt already taking workout enhancers, and i mean more then preworkouts... interesting indeed, i'd like to see someone log this and see what they say

seems like companies get tyrosine and taurine confused?

xStevenx · 10-22-2009, 12:04 PM

goooooood stuff
good luck to everyone!

Eightpak · 10-22-2009, 03:27 PM

Awesome guys. Keep them coming. Since there's only one giveaway, I'll probably announce the winner this weekend.

Urban Monk · 10-22-2009, 03:29 PM

I've heard of the effects Taurine has on regulating blood pressure. I'd love to try this out for that regard. Also, I've heard it can help me relieve back pumps. These two things are of paramount importance in resolution.

wlknier · 10-22-2009, 03:36 PM

I'd like to add Taurine to my stack to reduce my lower back pumps. I have a pinched L5S1 nerve and heard that Taurine will help reduce such sensations, especially around an inflammed region.

xStevenx · 10-22-2009, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Monk

I've heard of the effects Taurine has on regulating blood pressure. I'd love to try this out for that regard. Also, I've heard it can help me relieve back pumps. These two things are of paramount importance in resolution.

Yes Taurine can help to relax blood vessel by helping control water in the body, has mild diuretic effects. It is great for back pumps when on certain PH/DS. Taurine is very very useful at fighting fluid accumulation and tissue swelling.

Eightpak · 10-22-2009, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by factotum

Isn't taurine a GABAergic? Doesn't seem like it would "improve mental focus" or have any stimulatory effect.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AConrad00

i never understood that either... taurine is good for back pumps while on cycle, thats the only reason i'd ever recommend it... even at a 5g pre and 5g post dosing schedule, i never saw anything from taurine, although perhaps the effects would be amplified if the person wernt already taking workout enhancers, and i mean more then preworkouts... interesting indeed, i'd like to see someone log this and see what they say

seems like companies get tyrosine and taurine confused?

Taurine acts as a metabolic transmitter and is important for brain metabolism. It stabilizes the heartbeat as it is an inhibitory neurotransmitter, which helps to improve focus during training. It may also help to stabilize the cell membranes in the brain and heart.

AConrad00 · 10-22-2009, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eightpak

Taurine acts as a metabolic transmitter and is important for brain metabolism. It stabilizes the heartbeat as it is an inhibitory neurotransmitter, which helps to improve focus during training. It may also help to stabilize the cell membranes in the brain and heart.

i'm not trying to come off as a jerk or ruining your promo, but how does taurine stabilize your heartbeat???? and how does that, in turn, improve focus while training????

i've never heard of either of those statements before, and i've done a lot of research on the topic, especially when i was doing cycles and whatnot. i also did a bunch of research when i wrote my supplement book, so i am hoping i did not miss something huge

AConrad00 · 10-22-2009, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Monk

I've heard of the effects Taurine has on regulating blood pressure. I'd love to try this out for that regard. Also, I've heard it can help me relieve back pumps. These two things are of paramount importance in resolution.

check out this study

effective at relieving hypertension

http://endo.endojournals.org/cgi/con...ull/147/7/3276

edit: i linked the wrong study, here is the one i meant:

http://hyper.ahajournals.org/cgi/con...ract/53/6/1017

Eightpak · 10-23-2009, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AConrad00

i'm not trying to come off as a jerk or ruining your promo, but how does taurine stabilize your heartbeat???? and how does that, in turn, improve focus while training????

i've never heard of either of those statements before, and i've done a lot of research on the topic, especially when i was doing cycles and whatnot. i also did a bunch of research when i wrote my supplement book, so i am hoping i did not miss something huge

The information I posted was straight form the write-up on Allmax's website. I did however do some research and have come to a few conclusions on how Tau may effective focus and cognition. First of all Tau is an inhibitory neurotranmitter in the brain acting on the same receptor as GABA. Some studies suggest it to be a GABA agonist increasing its effects and others suggest its an antagonist thereby increasing GABA concentration in the brain. From my understanding of the effects of GABA, it will have a calming effect on the individual reducing anxiety and stress. We all know how well we can focus when in high states of anxiety, not very well at all.

The evidence for these effects are not very conclusive and there does not seem to be any direct effects on focus as there is with caffeine, but rather an indirect increase in focus and cognition through the decrease in anxiousness and increase in a 'calm' feeling.

The study study you posted is a good example on Taurine's positive effects on cardiac health. Here are a couple more interesting studies on taurine:

A taurine and caffeine-containing drink stimulates cognitive performance and well-being.

Seidl R, Peyrl A, Nicham R, Hauser E.

Department of Pediatrics, University of Vienna, Austria.

Caffeine- and taurine-containing drinks have been on the European market for about a decade, and research on the individual constituents of these drinks indicates an improvement in cognitive performance resulting from consumption of such drinks. In this double-blind, placebo-controlled study using 10 graduate students, we obtained the P300 components of event-related potential (ERP) waveforms following an auditory oddball paradigm, measured motor reaction time, and applied the d2 test for the assessment of attention. Status of mood was assessed by the "Basler-Befindlichkeitsbogen" questionnaire, a standard test for evaluation of feelings of well-being. Measurements were made at night, prior to and starting one hour after consumption of energy drink ingredients or placebo. At the end of the experiment (midnight), P300 latency and motor reaction time were significantly longer compared with baseline measurements in the placebo group, but were unchanged in the energy drink group. In the test system for evaluating feelings of well-being, total scores, vitality scores and social extrovertedness scores were significantly decreased in the placebo group but not in the energy drink group. The findings clearly indicate that the mixture of three key ingredients of Red Bull Energy Drink used in the study (caffeine, taurine, glucuronolactone) have positive effects upon human mental performance and mood. These effects may be mediated by the action of caffeine on purinergic (adenosinergic) receptors and taurine modulation of receptors. As half of the study cohort were non-caffeine users, the described effects cannot be explained in terms of the restoration of plasma caffeine levels to normal following caffeine withdrawal.

Taurine supplementation increases skeletal muscle force production and protects muscle function during and after high-frequency in vitro stimulation.

Goodman CA, Horvath D, Stathis C, Mori T, Croft K, Murphy RM, Hayes A.

School of Human Movement, Recreation and Performance, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. goodmanc@unimelb.edu.au

Recent studies report that depletion and repletion of muscle taurine (Tau) to endogenous levels affects skeletal muscle contractility in vitro. In this study, muscle Tau content was raised above endogenous levels by supplementing male Sprague-Dawley rats with 2.5% (wt/vol) Tau in drinking water for 2 wk, after which extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles were examined for in vitro contractile properties, fatigue resistance, and recovery from fatigue after two different high-frequency stimulation bouts. Tau supplementation increased muscle Tau content by approximately 40% and isometric twitch force by 19%, shifted the force-frequency relationship upward and to the left, increased specific force by 4.2%, and increased muscle calsequestrin protein content by 49%. Force at the end of a 10-s (100 Hz) continuous tetanic stimulation was 6% greater than controls, while force at the end of the 3-min intermittent high-frequency stimulation bout was significantly higher than controls, with a 12% greater area under the force curve. For 1 h after the 10-s continuous stimulation, tetanic force in Tau-supplemented muscles remained relatively stable while control muscle force gradually deteriorated. After the 3-min intermittent bout, tetanic force continued to slowly recover over the next 1 h, while control muscle force again began to decline. Tau supplementation attenuated F(2)-isoprostane production (a sensitive indicator of reactive oxygen species-induced lipid peroxidation) during the 3-min intermittent stimulation bout. Finally, Tau transporter protein expression was not altered by the Tau supplementation. Our results demonstrate that raising Tau content above endogenous levels increases twitch and subtetanic and specific force in rat fast-twitch skeletal muscle. Also, we demonstrate that raising Tau protects muscle function during high-frequency in vitro stimulation and the ensuing recovery period and helps reduce oxidative stress during prolonged stimulation.

Eightpak · 10-23-2009, 07:59 AM

Tarine as an Inhibitory Neuromodulator

Taurine is an inhibitory neurotransmitter involved in neuromodulatory and neuroprotective actions. Supplementing with taurine can have a specific effect on GABA function.There are two primary ways in which taurine affects GABA.; First, it can inhibit GABA transaminase, an enzyme that metabolizes GABA. This allows GABA to stay in the synaptic cleft longer to bind to the postsynaptic receptor. Second, taurine can bind to the GABAAreceptor mimicking the effects of GABA. By helping GABA function, taurine is an important neuromodulator for prevention of excitoxicity. Excitability occurs when glutamate binds to its receptor, in this case, the NMDA receptor. Once glutamate activates the NMDA receptor there is an increase in intracellular Ca++ causing depolarization or cell excitability. With glutamate release, there is also simultaneous GABA and taurine release. When the inhibitory neurotransmitters, GABA and taurine, activate the GABAA receptor, the result is an increase in intracellular Cl- ions. This results in hyperpolarization which reduces cell excitability. Thus, the overall effect of taurine supplementation is to support GABA function. The relevance of GABA support is to prevent overstimulation due to high levels of excitatory amino acids. Therefore, taurine and GABA constitute an important protective mechanism against excessive excitatory amino acids. Similarly, taurine is increased in response to the exposure of free radicals elucidating its neuroprotective actions. Exposure to free radicals increases glutamate excretion, further potentiation NMDA receptor activation. Taurine modulates this effect to prevent cell excitability by keeping the cell hyperpolarized. The supplementation of taurine can help alleviate some excitability issues associated with elevated excitatory amino acids as well as play a role in regulating the effect of free radicals.

Source: https://www.neurorelief.com/index.ph...=149&Itemid=48

harry44 · 10-23-2009, 08:27 AM

I could definately use some of this stuff because I am at university so I am always busy with things on the go. Currently I am on the rugby team so I am exhausted everythime I go to the gym to lift. I would be incorperating this stuff with my AllWhey and Allmax creatine into my suppliments and routine, in order ot help me recover faster and make greater gains at the gym with mental focus and in helping my bodying funnel nutrients's into my system. All I can say is that I am an Allmax fan, and I would nto be suprised if this stuff works well; and if it does then I am fur sure going to add it into my suppliments.

ricky8989 · 10-23-2009, 08:47 AM

i am in the navy and dont get paid yet. but im currently on a cycle of hdrol and getting back pumps and my bottle of taurine is almost out. :[

Vitruvian · 10-23-2009, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eightpak

Allmax Nutrition brings you 100% Pure Pharmaceutical Grade TAURINE!

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/all/taurine.html

What is Taurine?

As a non-essential amino acid, TAURINE is one of the most abundant amino acids in the body which can be found in the central nervous system, white blood cells, the brain and skeletal muscles. It can help improve exercise performance and body composition.

* Improve Mental Focus*
* Potent Energy Source*
* Improve Body Composition*

Similar to Glutamine, TAURINE can also be considered a conditionally essential amino acid as during times of extreme physical exhaustion the body does not produce enough and supplementation is required.

Cell Volumizer: Similar to Creatine, TAURINE draws water in muscle cells and acts as a cell volumizer; this in turn draws additional nutrients for recovery and growth; increasing cell volume and enhancing muscle fullness.

TAURINE plays a role in Nitric Oxide production for greater oxygen supply and nutrient delivery. This mechanism may enhance the workout session and lead to a more rigorous workout.

Free Giveaway

So here's the deal. I have one 400g bottle of Allmax Taurine I want to giveaway to one lucky person. All I'm asking is for that person to post a review of the product once they have used the product for a couple weeks. No log is necessary. To apply simply let me know how you can incorporate Allmax Taurine into your current supplement regimen and why I should pick you to review it. That's all. Must be 18 or older.

I'd love to try this out in comparison to generic bulk taurine I have been using for quite some time. The "pharmaceutical grade" claim interests me.

manofmany · 10-23-2009, 09:14 AM

This is relative to my interests. Good luck guys

wbmstr · 10-23-2009, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eightpak

Tarine as an Inhibitory Neuromodulator

Taurine is an inhibitory neurotransmitter involved in neuromodulatory and neuroprotective actions. Supplementing with taurine can have a specific effect on GABA function.There are two primary ways in which taurine affects GABA.; First, it can inhibit GABA transaminase, an enzyme that metabolizes GABA. This allows GABA to stay in the synaptic cleft longer to bind to the postsynaptic receptor. Second, taurine can bind to the GABAAreceptor mimicking the effects of GABA. By helping GABA function, taurine is an important neuromodulator for prevention of excitoxicity. Excitability occurs when glutamate binds to its receptor, in this case, the NMDA receptor. Once glutamate activates the NMDA receptor there is an increase in intracellular Ca++ causing depolarization or cell excitability. With glutamate release, there is also simultaneous GABA and taurine release. When the inhibitory neurotransmitters, GABA and taurine, activate the GABAA receptor, the result is an increase in intracellular Cl- ions. This results in hyperpolarization which reduces cell excitability. Thus, the overall effect of taurine supplementation is to support GABA function. The relevance of GABA support is to prevent overstimulation due to high levels of excitatory amino acids. Therefore, taurine and GABA constitute an important protective mechanism against excessive excitatory amino acids. Similarly, taurine is increased in response to the exposure of free radicals elucidating its neuroprotective actions. Exposure to free radicals increases glutamate excretion, further potentiation NMDA receptor activation. Taurine modulates this effect to prevent cell excitability by keeping the cell hyperpolarized. The supplementation of taurine can help alleviate some excitability issues associated with elevated excitatory amino acids as well as play a role in regulating the effect of free radicals.

Source: https://www.neurorelief.com/index.ph...=149&Itemid=48

Wow - great research Eightpak, nicely done!

xStevenx · 10-24-2009, 05:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wbmstr

Wow - great research Eightpak, nicely done!

yes nicely done my friend!

tbell324 · 10-24-2009, 07:40 AM

I would love to try Allmax Taurine! This product would fit perfectly into my supplement regime. I am taking creatine mono, whey protein, multi-v, and fish oil. I would take 4g (about 1 teaspoon) of taurine before my workout and 5g of creatine after my workout. I have never tried taurine or any other Allmax product but i would love to because I know that Allmax is a very respectable company! I would gladly post a review on it, if chosen. Thank you.

kapitaljin · 10-25-2009, 04:51 PM

Any update on when the winners will be chosen? I got my fingers crossed for this weekend

Eightpak · 10-25-2009, 04:57 PM

Going to post the winner up this evening. May be later tonight though.

Iceman1800 · 10-25-2009, 04:58 PM

Taurine is a great supp for people who get cramps a lot. 3-5 grams a day really helps especially for when the whole body cramps up. Its a must have for anyone using certain supps that rhyme with "twen"......

Eightpak · 10-25-2009, 09:00 PM

And the winner is..........

kapitaljin

Though choice here guys. I wish I had more than one bottle to give away. Keep an eye out next month as Allmax has some new products coming out and I will be searching for some testers. Thanks guys to all who responded to this thread.

kapitaljin please PM me your mailing info.

kapitaljin · 10-25-2009, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eightpak

And the winner is..........

kapitaljin

Though choice here guys. I wish I had more than one bottle to give away. Keep an eye out next month as Allmax has some new products coming out and I will be searching for some testers. Thanks guys to all who responded to this thread.

kapitaljin please PM me your mailing info.

PM sent!

Thanks again!, review link will be posted as soon as I test it out!

Thanks,

Eric