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« on: June 02, 2008, 08:43:09 PM » |
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Getting it from food or using supplements?
What do you guys think?
The way I see it:
Supplements:
Pros: theoretically controllable quantity of taurine
Cons: reliability of manufacturing source, reliability of actual content, availability problem in HK.
Potential con of supplementation in general: Studies in humans often fail to show benefits of taking vitamin/mineral supplements, antioxidant supplements actually lower life expectancy in humans.
From food:
Pros: that's the way it is suuposed to be done.
Cons: varied amounts, for seafood based natural sources issue of heavy metals, etc.
Concerning natural sources of taurine, a table with various foods can be found in J. Anim. Physiol. a. Anim. Nutr. 87 (2003), 251–262.
I am considering adding a spoon of clams in juice to their food every other day, and they are getting sashimi as a treat once a week anyway. Stefie is the only one willing to eat clam, squid, octoppus, shrimp etc. sashimi, but they all love tuna sashimi. I don't give it more often than once a week because of vit. B deficiency with raw fish, but raw red tuna is a great source of taurine. I am introducing venison+mussel Ziwipeak treats. Salmon juice from can would be the first choice in terms of taurine content, but they are only willing to eat salmon freeze dried (and Sophie likes smoked salmon, but other two don't), salmon in any other form is firmly refused. They won;t even eat cat foods with just a little of salmon in it.
I am just a bit concerned about reduced variety of food brands that I am currently using, so I just want to make sure that their diet is properly balanced.
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lesliek
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« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2008, 09:07:38 PM » |
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alecO- I am doing both. Trying to get a lot naturally from food,and also adding blue bonnet taurine to it. Mine eat cooked & I do freeze it so I am losing some to both of those things. At least its all US and hopefully safe.
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sharky
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« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2008, 10:51:38 PM » |
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alecO- I am doing both. Trying to get a lot naturally from food,and also adding blue bonnet taurine to it. Mine eat cooked & I do freeze it so I am losing some to both of those things. At least its all US and hopefully safe.
I am curious about the bluebonnet ... I have used some of them for me .. is the taurine pure  I ask cause the local store cant seem to get that info unless I order it  ... I have to know about any grains... |
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lesliek
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« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2008, 06:49:18 AM » |
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The blue bonnet people are going to be at the local health food store on Saturday the 7th. I can ask about the taurine & anything else anyone has a question about. Ingredients on the bottle are :
taurine [free form taurine]
kosher vegetable capsules
magnesium stearate
silica
the capsules can be opened[thats what I am doing] it also says free of :
milk, egg, fish, shellfish, peanuts, wheat, soybean, corn, yeast, glutens, barley, rice, sodium & sugar.
Forgot to add its good for approx 2 yrs & about $7.50 a bottle. Most places can't get it unless you order a case,the bb rep was able to get 2 bottles for Marsha & I to try 1st & I am picking up the case we ordered today.I got the 500 mg[50 capsules] it also comes in 1000 mg.
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martin
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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2008, 07:53:31 AM » |
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Clam juice is a good source for Taurine.
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Deborah
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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2008, 03:35:13 PM » |
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I just googled "Blue Bonnet Taurine" and several companys came up that you can get it from online...even through Amazon..which is shipped directly from Blue Bonnet...it's the 500 mg and was very reasonable.
So my question now is how much daily do you need to add to your cats diet? What is the proper mg per day that's suggested??
Thanks for your help,
Deborah
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Deborah
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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2008, 03:43:01 PM » |
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Okay I just read on the other "taurine" that one source says it should be 1000mg
for every Kg (2.2 pounds) of dry food. Now I just have to scale that down to what I am feeding Solomon...yikes..how much for 1/4 to 1/2 cup dry food...
Deborah
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sharky
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« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2008, 03:57:26 PM » |
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Okay I just read on the other "taurine" that one source says it should be 1000mg
for every Kg (2.2 pounds) of dry food. Now I just have to scale that down to what I am feeding Solomon...yikes..how much for 1/4 to 1/2 cup dry food...
Deborah
find out how much a cup of your food weighs ( ave is 4 oz per 8oz cupfull)... so if four oz per cup 4 cups per lb and about 10 cups per kg... 1/2 cup 1/20th or 50 mg |
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Deborah
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« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2008, 04:05:07 PM » |
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Sharky..you are a jewel...my math skills were not working very well tonight!
Do you know if you can give to much taurine??
Warm Regards,
Deborah
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sharky
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« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2008, 03:53:49 PM » |
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Sharky..you are a jewel...my math skills were not working very well tonight!
Do you know if you can give to much taurine??
Warm Regards,
Deborah
TECHNICALLY yes .. but it is an amino acid and likely the excess would go out in the urine |
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