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Taurine is essential for heart health and lowering blood pressure.

I wonder whether any vegan taurine supplements exist.

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Taurine is commonly sold as a dietary supplement, but there is no good clinical evidence that taurine supplements provide any benefit to human health.[7] Taurine is used as a food additive for cats (who require it as an essential nutrient), dogs, and poultry.[8]

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Not an essential human dietary nutrient — taurine is excluded among nutrients with a Reference Daily Intake[4] — and its role in human physiology is unknown.

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Taurine is a major constituent of bile, and can be found in the large intestine.[citation needed] Its concentrations in land plants are low or undetectable, but up to a substantial wet weight has been found in algae.[10][11]

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  • It's probably worth mentioning that almost all cat food is supplimented with taurine, including the food with dead animals (which is of such poor quality and highly processed that they need so supplement it with taurine) and also vegan cat food (which otherwise would have near-zero taurine). So, yes, there definitely is vegan taurine available on the market. Commented Nov 16 at 16:20

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