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Does One Shot Work? The Acute Impact of a Single Taurine Dose on Exercise Performance: A Meta-Analytic Review.

Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports2025The record ↗

  1. Finding, very limited evidenceraisesOverall exercise performance

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  • “A three-level random-effects meta-analysis indicated that acute taurine ingestion may be associated with small-to-moderate improvements in overall performance (g = 0.25, 95% CI [0.10, 0.39], I2 = 61%).”
    Study
    meta-analysis
    Effect
    0.25 standardised mean difference, 95% CI 0.1 to 0.39
    Dose studied
    single acute dose, commonly 1-6 g, capsule or beverage
    Population
    participants in 23 randomised trials of a single acute dose of taurine before exercise (three-level random-effects pooling of aerobic, strength/power, anaerobic and other tasks)

Study record

Design
meta-analysis
Species
human
Population
participants in randomized trials of acute single-dose taurine and exercise performance
Participants
308
Comparator
not stated in the paper
Duration
not reported
Endpoints measured
5