Muscle Empire L-Taurine 800 mg Unflavored Review
Muscle Empire L-Taurine 800 mg Unflavored is listed in the Dietary Supplement Label Database as a powder dietary supplement with a net content of 500 grams (1.1 lbs). The label describes it as a 100% pure powder. Each serving is 0.8 grams and provides 800 mg of L-Taurine, with 625 servings per container. The supplement facts list L-Taurine powder as the only active ingredient, and silicon dioxide is the only other ingredient listed. The product is marked as a Premium quality Dietary Supplement, lab tested for purity and quality, and packed in the USA. The label states it contains no soy, dairy and dairy byproducts, eggs, fish, shellfish, wheat, gluten, tree nuts, or sesame, and it is listed as gluten free and dairy free for adults 18 to 50 years. The suggested use is one serving, which is one scoop, three times daily, and the label lists morning, pre, during, post, and night as usage times. A serving scoop is included, though the label notes it may settle during shipping. The label's general statements say L-Taurine is a non-essential sulfur-containing amino acid commonly found in red meat and fish. It says some studies suggest it works together with l-glycine and gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) as a neuroinhibitory transmitter, and that other studies suggest it may play a role in muscle maintenance and increased nitric oxide production, which may increase oxygenated blood flow to the muscles. The label also says it has been suggested to act as a stabilizer regulating water and minerals in the blood and as an antioxidant. Listed benefits include preventing potassium loss, improved muscle protein synthesis, aiding digestion of fat and vitamins, and promoting a healthy cardiovascular and nervous system. Precautions say to consult a qualified health physician before taking any new supplement, not to use if the inner seal is broken, and to keep out of reach of children. Those under 18, pregnant or nursing women, and people with medical conditions or taking prescription or OTC medication should not take it. The label is stored in a cool, dry place. The manufacturer is Supplement Partners, LLC of Glendale, AZ, and the label data is from NIH, March 2017. The FDA disclaimer states the statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and the product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. The product version code is PART#83820-5005T VER 2.1 REV 07 16 2015.
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Study, Trial or Testing Result Summary
Members OnlyHuman studies
This product supplies L-taurine, listed at 800 milligrams per serving, with silicon dioxide as a flow agent. For the goal of blood pressure, we were given no human study findings on taurine. That means we cannot tell members whether taurine at this dose lowers blood pressure, helps the heart, or does nothing for these goals. Nothing here shows that it works, and nothing shows that it fails. The label we have does not state the dose. The 800 milligram amount comes only from the store listing, so check the container to confirm how much taurine each serving gives. Buyers rate the product highly in star counts, but no written reviews of this product could be read. The review notes we have describe similar taurine powders from other brands rather than this one. Those notes mention heart health as one reason people take it, along with exercise, sleep and calm, but they do not report measured changes in blood pressure. Until human studies on this goal are added, treat this as an unproven choice for blood pressure. Keep taking any blood pressure care your doctor has set out. Animal and cell studies are never counted.
Review Totals and Summary
Members Only2,300 reviews · 95% positive
Feedback specific to Muscle Empire's taurine is very thin. The one review I could find, on the 500 g unflavored powder, was a one-star complaint about quality control. The buyer said the product arrived with an expiration date printed several months before delivery. That points to a concern about freshness and storage turnover at the seller, not about how the supplement works. Because that is a single data point, it shouldn't be treated as a pattern. Reviews of comparable unflavored taurine products show several recurring themes. Buyers like that the powder is pure, with no fillers or added chemicals, and they often call it inexpensive for what it is. Many mix it into electrolyte drinks or take it alongside minerals such as magnesium and potassium. Several describe it as a steady part of a daily routine. Some use it for bile support, and some are on carnivore or low-plant diets. Others take it for heart health or exercise performance, and for calming and sleep. Effects on sleep are mixed. Some users say taurine slows racing thoughts and helps them wind down before bed. At least one reviewer got the opposite effect: they woke up an hour after taking it and had insomnia. That reviewer now takes it only in the morning or afternoon. Some buyers also start with a half serving once a day instead of the labeled two to three times, and raise the dose gradually. Reviewers of capsule versions are split on swallowability. Some find the capsules easy to swallow and others find them a little large. Unflavored powders are described as practically tasteless and easy to mix. The main complaints are about seller logistics and the lack of noticeable effects for some people. These include expiry dates, shipping condition and storage turnover. Some users also say they felt nothing obvious, which is common with amino acids that work gradually. A few are cautious about side effects after trying it, so they take it conservatively. For this particular brand, the small number of reviews means buyers should check expiration dates on arrival and buy from reputable sellers.
Biohacker Summary
Members Only2 of 10 recommend it
Taurine is the main ingredient in this product, and the panel leans favorable but is far from unanimous. Three of the ten take it themselves: one takes 2 grams a day for longevity, one takes 2 grams before bed for sleep, and one takes it daily in a longevity mix. Others recommend it for stress and calm, blood pressure, metabolic health, liver support, and balancing fluid inside muscle cells alongside creatine, with doses given from 500 milligrams up to 3 grams. Several are neutral, noting that the longevity results come mostly from mice and monkeys and that human evidence is thin, and one says it adds little for performance alone but helps when paired with caffeine. One panelist warns against it and stopped using energy drinks containing it after eye blood vessel damage, while another is not worried about cancer concerns, calling the doses in that study irrelevant.
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Thomas DeLauer · Taurine · recommends
- Recommends taurine, stating it raises the stress threshold, acts as a GABA and glycine receptor modulator, and protects neurons from stress, ultimately lowering cortisol release.
- Recommends adding 0.5 to 3 grams of taurine, a cellular osmolite, to help regulate and stabilize fluid balance inside the cell, supporting creatine's effect and preventing muscle shrinkage, and also notes its benefits for performance and longevity.
- Notes that sardines also contain taurine.
- Recommends taurine, obtainable from supplements or red meat, for its role in intracellular retention of magnesium and as an underrated longevity supplement.
- Taurine has shown improved time to exhaustion and anaerobic performance across multiple studies.
- Personally used taurine while dieting to maintain performance in a calorie deficit, noting it allowed him to push boundaries on volume and recover better.
- Recommends taurine, especially when paired with beta-alanine, for its significant brain and heart effects. He notes that taurine supports calcium handling and cardiac stability, and together with carnosine, it creates an ultra-protective antioxidant and anti-inflammatory environment, improving cardiac resilience. He suggests a dose of 2-6 grams, with evidence showing 1 gram can be powerful.
- Recommends pairing taurine with creatine and electrolytes to create a 'hydration trifecta,' as taurine acts as an osmolite that regulates and stabilizes cellular hydration.
- Discusses how taurine is helpful in congestive heart failure, noting that it seems to affect slower twitch, fat-oxidizing muscles and can reduce stress.
- Recommends taurine as a powerful performance enhancer, citing studies showing increases in VO2 max and peak power, and decreases in creatine kinase, improving recovery. He rates it as "strong" for performance enhancement, but notes it requires effort for fat loss or muscle building.
Dr. Rhonda Patrick · Taurine · neutral
- Mentions that taurine depletion is a concern raised in long-term animal studies regarding Beta Alanine, though not observed in human trials, and notes that one can supplement with taurine, which is a beneficial compound.
- States that they do not use taurine for performance, acknowledging its benefits for mitochondrial health and longevity, as suggested by Bruce Ames, but finding performance literature mixed.
- Takes taurine in the morning, considering it a beneficial supplement with the ketogenic diet.
- Heather's asking if she'd like my opinion on whether or not the new sort of news that has come out about taurine perhaps even help playing a role in promoting cancer, what my thoughts are on that. I'm not really worried about it, to be honest. I think it was a— I mean, it was just like a very in vitro kind of study. Doses were completely irrelevant, and I just right now I have no concern about about taurine causing cancer.
- Dr. Rhonda Patrick explores taurine's longevity role.
- She has not tried taurine yet but is considering experimenting with it, noting that she gets a lot of carnitine from her meat-rich diet.
- Mentions taurine as a potential longevity vitamin, found in meat.
Siim Land · Taurine · neutral
- States that taurine supports normal muscle, nerve, and heart function, and supplement trials suggest benefits for some metabolic markers, exercise performance and blood pressure.
- Recommends Taurine for blood pressure and metabolic health, based primarily on human research, especially randomized controlled trials showing measurable benefits.
- Lists Taurine as one of 15 supplements backed by human studies.
- Thinks taurine has some of the strongest evidence and is worth considering.
- Recommends taurine for older people to support mitochondrial function and metabolic health.
- Explains that taurine targets metabolic syndrome, which is characterized by high waist circumference, low HDL cholesterol, high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and high triglycerides.
- Discusses taurine, an amino acid, noting its longevity benefits in animal studies and its ability to improve blood sugar, lipids, and blood pressure in human trials. He mentions that the Japanese diet is high in taurine-containing foods like tuna, scallops, nori, and sea vegetables.
- Recommends taurine as one of the boring, foundational supplements.
- Places Taurine in the 'god tier' due to extensive human clinical trials showing its benefits for metabolic health, metabolic syndrome, cholesterol, lipids, blood sugar, blood pressure, and exercise performance, including muscle strength.
- Includes taurine in his 'all out' supplement stack.
Dave Asprey · Taurine · neutral
- Dave Asprey explains that a 2017 study in rats found taurine pretreatment reduced several behavioral and biochemical effects of chronic unpredictable stress, but notes this does not show that taurine treats depression in humans.
- Mentions that taurine, a common longevity molecule, affects the sense of smell, but they do not know why it works.
- Dave Asprey takes taurine, acknowledging it's cheap and safe, but notes that while mouse studies show spectacular longevity benefits, human data is currently only observational and lacks randomized longevity trials.
- Mentions taurine as one of the ingredients in the Ageless Cocktail, which is designed for longevity.
- Dave Asprey explains why taurine remains popular in energy drinks and pre-workouts despite limited scientific evidence, what dosages and activity types future research should test, and why a reality check on a billion-dollar supplement category is exactly the kind of truth biohackers need.
- Dave breaks down why a daily stack of taurine, B6, folate, and B12 works for motivation when either ingredient alone doesn't.
- Recommends the amino acid taurine to support bile production for toxin removal.
- Mentions that atrial fibrillation has to do with mineral status, including taurine.
- Recommends 5 to 10 grams of taurine for people experiencing a racing heart when taking metabolic stimulants like GLP drugs, as it helps normalize heart rate.
- Takes things that boost GABA, such as taurine, to counteract the potential anxiety, restlessness, and irritability from excess norepinephrine production when boosting dopamine.
Ben Greenfield · Taurine · neutral
- Taurine on its own isn’t particularly impressive as an ergogenic aid, but when combined with caffeine, there are significant increases in power production.
- Recommends taurine supplementation, especially for plant-based dieters, citing a 2023 study showing its decline with age and its potential to extend health span and restore markers of brain aging in mice, with anecdotal evidence for human brain function.
- Recommends Taurine as one of the top two individual ingredients for managing elevated liver enzymes.
- Gets nerdy about taurine and explains which longevity supplements actually work, according to the science in mammals.
- Notes that taurine is an amino acid with research supporting its benefits for reducing DNA damage, mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, and telomere shortening, but he doesn't take it separately as he gets a full amino acid complex.
- Notes that taurine tends to be low in plant-based eaters and recommends supplementing with it.
- Ben Greenfield discusses a study showing that taurine, at a dose of about 50 milligrams per kilogram of body weight, can help prevent overheating during exercise in hot conditions by improving sweating parameters and heat transfer.
- Recommends taurine as a modern biohack to maintain or build muscle on a plant-rich diet, addressing deficiencies not obtained from plants.
- Used nutrients like taurine, found largely in animal foods, to help his heart prevent remodeling, recover, and heal.
- Likes to combine L-taurine with L-arginine and L-citrulline for nitric oxide synthesis.
Dr. Eric Berg · Taurine · neutral
- Explains that taurine, found in sardines, spikes GABA, the calming neurotransmitter, leading to feelings of calm, stability, improved stress tolerance, and better sleep without middle-of-the-night cortisol spikes.
- Recommends taurine because bile salts are made from it.
- Mentions that red meat contains taurine, an amino acid needed to help prevent high blood pressure.
- Suggests taking taurine as a supplement to help avoid issues ranging from anxiety to gallstones.
- Recommends taurine, an amino acid that turns into GABA and can pass the blood-brain barrier, for tinnitus.
- Recommends taurine, an amino acid that turns into GABA and can cross the blood-brain barrier, suggesting it be taken on an empty stomach to avoid competition from other amino acids.
- Mentions that oysters are loaded with taurine, which is good for increasing physical performance and sleep cycles.
- States that low taurine is linked to obsessive compulsive disorder and taking taurine can improve it.
- Notes that marine algae also contains taurine, which is beneficial for the cardiovascular system, central nervous system, retina, and is hepatoprotective for the liver.
Dr. Mark Hyman · Taurine · uses
- Takes 2 grams of taurine a day for longevity, having learned about its effects from primate studies showing significant life extension and cardiovascular benefits.
- Mentions taurine as a conditionally essential nutrient that is important for biological function, even if not a typical deficiency disease vitamin or mineral.
- Recommends taurine at about 500 milligrams a day to support liver detoxification and hormone metabolism.
- Recommends taurine, along with magnesium and B6, for helping with estrogen excess and metabolism.
- Recommends taurine to support individuals with high homocysteine.
- Dr. Hyman recommends taurine, an amino acid, for hormone metabolism and liver detox.
- Mentions taurine as an amino acid that is a building block of immune defense systems and is only found in beef, lamb, and animal foods, not plant proteins.
- Notes that beef contains beneficial nutrients such as taurine, which is important for muscles and brain function.
- Recommends taurine as part of amino acid blends for sleep support.
- States that taurine is his favorite amino acid in neurology, recommending it as a top supplement because it is very relaxing for the brain and calms it down.
Peter Attia · Taurine · neutral
- Mentions that taurine supplementation in mice and other species appears to prolong life, referencing V.J. Adav's work, but notes that it is unclear if the same applies to humans.
- Mentions that taurine supplementation in mice and some other species appears to prolong life in VJ Addev's work, but it's unclear if the same applies to humans.
- A new study set off a media storm over taurine’s potential in delaying aging and extending lifespan, which is great news if you’re a mouse.
- Peter Attia discusses a new study suggesting taurine supplementation could slow aging processes and extend lifespan in mice and monkeys, but expresses skepticism about its relevance to humans due to significant biological differences and the body's regulation of taurine levels.
- Takes 2 grams of Taurine before bed for sleep.
Andrew Huberman · Taurine · warns
- Warns to beware of taurine and energy drinks containing taurine.
- Is not a fan of taurine because it caused bursting of microvasculature in his sclera, in his eyes.
- Stopped taking energy drinks because excessive levels of taurine in them caused microvascular damage in his eyes, which he believes could also occur deeper in the skull.
- Warns to beware of Taurine and energy drinks containing Taurine.
- Mentions that Dr. Andrea Suarez talks about the critical role of taurine for skin health.
Bryan Johnson · Taurine · uses
- Bryan Johnson takes Taurine daily as part of his Longevity Mix, which supports heart health, provides antioxidant protection, and supports immune health.
RAL Summary
Members OnlyTier 4 for Blood Pressure
Tier 3 needs some study support, but no human studies on blood pressure were given for taurine, so the evidence is thin and the product belongs in tier 4. So it is graded Tier 4, lower than the rules alone gave.
- Emerging: not enough evidence to rank higher yet.
- No human studies on this goal for its ingredients.
More Details
Members OnlyBody systems · Combine with · Possible side effects
Body systems: Cardiovascular system
Combine with: Taurine has clinical support for modestly lowering blood pressure, likely through improved vascular function, reduced sympathetic nervous system activity, and antioxidant effects. It pairs well with magnesium (glycinate or taurate), which relaxes vascular smooth muscle, and potassium-rich foods, which help offset sodium effects. Omega-3 fish oil (EPA/DHA) supports endothelial function and triglycerides, while CoQ10 supports cardiac energy production and may modestly reduce blood pressure. L-citrulline or L-arginine can boost nitric oxide for vasodilation, and hibiscus or garlic extract have additional evidence for blood pressure support. Note that taurine at 800 mg is below the doses used in most trials (1.5-6 g daily), so multiple capsules may be needed. Anyone on antihypertensive medication should consult a healthcare provider before combining, to avoid excessive blood pressure lowering.
Possible side effects: No side effects were reported from studies of this product. Reviews of similar taurine products mention one person who had insomnia after taking it in the evening.
Supplement Facts
L-Taurine powder: 0
| L-Taurine powder: | 0 | † |
Other ingredients: Silicon Dioxide.
Directions: Morning Pre During Post Night Suggested Use: As a dietary supplement, take one serving (1 scoop) three times daily.
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