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Taurine supplements lowered blood pressure, total cholesterol and triglycerides across 12 controlled trials.
Meta-analysis of 12 trials using 0.5-6 g/day taurine for 15 days to 6 months, mostly in people with liver or metabolic conditions. Systolic pressure fell 4.7 mmHg, diastolic 2.9 mmHg and total cholesterol 10.9 mg/dl.
An expert review concluded creatine improves high-intensity exercise performance and training adaptations and is well tolerated in healthy people.
Position stand by the International Society of Sports Nutrition reviewing the creatine literature. It reports consistent gains in high-intensity exercise performance and training adaptations, with short- and long-term use (up to 30 g/day for 5 years) well tolerated in healthy people.
In postmenopausal women with low bone density, calcium alpha-ketoglutarate lowered a marker of bone breakdown versus calcium alone.
Randomised, double-blind, 6-month trial in 76 postmenopausal women with osteopenia given 6 g AKG with 1.68 g calcium daily or calcium alone. Serum CTX fell by up to 37% with Ca-AKG, significantly more than with calcium alone.