Taurine

The_Valeyard · 03-05-2014 04:02PM #1

Work was busy as hell the last week, so to keep me going I took a few energy drinks...

Could not sleep for the past couple of nights, which really only made things worse.

Anyone else ever get similar experiences from taurine filled energy drinks?

Or do you find them useful for exam study or training?

cant touchthis · 03-05-2014 04:05PM

They do nothing except put strain on your heart.

El_Dangeroso · 03-05-2014 04:07PM

Not much to do with taurine, everything to do with caffeine, and yeah, it will keep you awake, which is it's purpose.

The Backwards Man · 03-05-2014 04:09PM

I have a rule when it comes to drinks. Never drink anything that hasn't fallen out of a tree or a cow's teat.

wazky · 03-05-2014 04:10PM

Red bull mixed with coffee, viagra for the brain.

Insect Overlord · 03-05-2014 04:11PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I have a rule when it comes to drinks. Never drink anything that hasn't fallen out of a tree or a cow's teat.

Taurine:

Taurine is named after the Latin taurus (a cognate of the Greek ταύρος) which means bull or ox, as it was first isolated from ox bile in 1827 by German scientists Friedrich Tiedemann and Leopold Gmelin.

Mrs Garth Brooks · 03-05-2014 04:12PM

Nothing beats a good cup of tea.

dodderangler · 03-05-2014 04:14PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I have a rule when it comes to drinks. Never drink anything that hasn't fallen out of a tree or a cow's teat.

Ah the ould coca cola tree and ballygowan tree. Used to rob bottles from them trees years ago

The_Valeyard · 03-05-2014 04:16PM

anyone ever mix thing with vodka or jagermeister?

The Backwards Man · 03-05-2014 04:18PM

An File wrote: »

Taurine:

I dare you to pull a bull's teat.

Duff · 03-05-2014 04:19PM

One time I put Red Bull in my coffee around exam time. I could see sounds.

131spanner · 03-05-2014 04:30PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

anyone ever mix thing with vodka or jagermeister?

I had a vodka and Red Bull a while back, wasn't the worst mixer I've ever used but I wouldn't be mad about trying it again.

Tasden · 03-05-2014 04:32PM

131spanner wrote: »

I had a vodka and Red Bull a while back, wasn't the worst mixer I've ever used but I wouldn't be mad about trying it again.

I like it with jagermeister, think its awful with vodka

The_Valeyard · 05-05-2014 07:06PM

Had some of it this weekend.

Still dont feel right.

Edit: With jager that is.

ScumLord · 05-05-2014 07:10PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I have a rule when it comes to drinks. Never drink anything that hasn't fallen out of a tree or a cow's teat.

You don't drink water?

I don't think the likes of taurine or caffeine stays in your system for days. Not in active sense anyway. You were probably keeping yourself awake contemplating if taurine keeps you awake.

Rasheed · 05-05-2014 07:13PM

I get desperate palpitations after Red Bull (of course nothing to do with the alcohol that went with it) so I try and avoid it. A lad at work drinks buckets of it, it can't be good for you.

Uriel. · 05-05-2014 07:26PM

In the middle of final year exams and I'm lashing the stuff into me at the moment.few cans a day. It works but makes you fierce twitchie and just a general cloudy feeling. Does the job but couldn't be good for you

yeahimhere · 05-05-2014 07:27PM

When I was in New York a while back myself and an ex had a couple of vodka's mixed with some god awful american equivalent to red bull apart from the fact it was probably four times as strong. Found out later it was banned loads of countries with good reason. We went absolutely mental. Not just hyper mental, but slightly crazy. We got a caricature done on the street that night.....looking at it the next day we looked completely deranged. I say the fella really captured our essence at the time

Have never touched an energy drink since. Horrible, dangerous stuff.

gg2 · 05-05-2014 07:28PM

Rasheed wrote: »

I get desperate palpitations after Red Bull (of course nothing to do with the alcohol that went with it) so I try and avoid it. A lad at work drinks buckets of it, it can't be good for you.

A friend of mine done the "red bull" diet a few years back. She lost a bit of weight (maybe between a half a stone and a stone) but had a face like a bag of spanners. She looked woeful

ScumLord · 05-05-2014 07:31PM

yeahimhere wrote: »

When I was in New York a while back myself and an ex had a couple of vodka's mixed with some god awful american equivalent to red bull apart from the fact it was probably four times as strong. Found out later it was banned loads of countries with good reason. We went absolutely mental. Not just hyper mental, but slightly crazy. We got a caricature done on the street that night.....looking at it the next day we looked completely deranged. I say the fella really captured our essence at the time

Have never touched an energy drink since. Horrible, dangerous stuff.

It seems if you're not used to the stuff it can drive you metal. At a work party years ago I got a vodka red bull for a work college, family man, pint drinker, wouldn't do anything out of the way, 30 minutes later he's dragged a table into the middle of the dance floor and is on top it going daft.

yeahimhere · 05-05-2014 07:37PM

ScumLord wrote: »

It seems if you're not used to the stuff it can drive you metal. At a work party years ago I got a vodka red bull for a work college, family man, pint drinker, wouldn't do anything out of the way, 30 minutes later he's dragged a table into the middle of the dance floor and is on top it going daft.

Yup, I well believe it. We got up to absolutely loads of devilment that night. I'm honestly surprised we weren't arrested. Jesus I'm slightly embarrassed thinking about it! I erased that night from my mind

McChubbin · 05-05-2014 07:45PM

Red Bull gives me palpatations. It's a pretty scary sensation so I don't drink it anymore. Shame, really. It had a nice Calpol-y taste...

MadsL · 05-05-2014 07:57PM

A few years back (1993) before Red Bull came out there was a drink called Semtex being sold in the Czech Republic (of course) - At the time I thought it might have been amusing to apply for the rights to distribute in Northern Ireland.

stmol32 · 05-05-2014 07:58PM

yeahimhere wrote: »

When I was in New York a while back myself and an ex had a couple of vodka's mixed with some god awful american equivalent to red bull apart from the fact it was probably four times as strong. Found out later it was banned loads of countries with good reason. We went absolutely mental. Not just hyper mental, but slightly crazy. We got a caricature done on the street that night.....looking at it the next day we looked completely deranged. I say the fella really captured our essence at the time

Have never touched an energy drink since. Horrible, dangerous stuff.

It wasn't this gear by any chance? It sounds really irresponsible! I'd love to tried it before it was banned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Loko

yeahimhere · 05-05-2014 08:31PM

stmol32 wrote: »

It wasn't this gear by any chance? It sounds really irresponsible! I'd love to tried it before it was banned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Loko

It may have been, honestly can't remember it was a few years ago (2008). Looking at your link it was still legal then in NY so quite possibly was that. If so, "Loko" is an appropriate name for it! Jesus it had alcohol, caffeine, taurine, and guarana. And if it was that drink, we mixed MORE alcohol in! Thank god we only had two. Good to see it's now removed three of the upper ingredients now.

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