Clinical Benefits

• Studies on 600 mg magnesium and 6 g taurine have been shown to decrease mean blood pressure by 4.77% and 5.63% respectively after supplementation (Figure One).^5,6 Taurine may assist in the maintenance of normal blood pressure in healthy people by normalisation of the increased sympathetic adrenal tone and inhibiting the stress-induced release of epinephrine from adrenal chromaffin granules.⁶
• In healthy people, riboflavin, folate and vitamin B12 may help support healthy homocysteine levels,^7,8,9 a biomarker associated with cardiovascular health:¹⁰ A randomised placebo-controlled study in healthy women aged 18 to 40, examined the effect of low-dose folic acid administration on total plasma homocysteine concentrations. Results showed a significant change in homocysteine in just four weeks.² Folinic acid has advantages over folic acid as it bypasses a number of steps in the conversion of folic acid to 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, the active form required for the remethylation of homocysteine to methionine.^11,12
• Mechanisms for blood glucose support¹³ in healthy people may include the synthesis of chromodulin, by chromium, which stimulates phosphorylating cytosolic proteins. These are involved in signalling within the pancreas, thereby assisting healthy blood glucose levels.¹⁴

Figure One: Magnesium and Taurine Supplementation in Blood Pressure.

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