Magical Taurine
Taurine may extend healthy lifespan
On June 9, 2023, researchers from the National Institute of Immunology in India, Columbia University in the United States, and other institutions published a research paper titled "Taurinedeficiency asadriveraging" in the top international academic journal Science [source 1]. Research has shown that a lack of taurine may be one of the driving factors of aging, and supplementing taurine can slow down the aging of nematodes, mice, and monkeys, and even extend the healthy lifespan of middle-aged mice by 12%. In other words, this substance will have a positive impact on lifespan.
The research team observed the levels of taurine in the blood of mice, monkeys, and humans and found that taurine levels decrease significantly with age. In humans, the taurine level of a 60 year old person is only about one-third of that of a 5-year-old child.
Taurine levels rapidly decrease with age
To further verify whether taurine deficiency is a driving factor of aging, the research team conducted large-scale experiments on mice. They conducted a controlled experiment on nearly 250 14 month old mice (equivalent to 45 years old in humans), and the results showed that taurine extended the lifespan of these middle-aged mice by 3-4 months, which is equivalent to 7-8 years in humans. Specifically, taurine extended the average lifespan of female mice by 12% and male mice by 10%.