Many contain other legal stimulants like taurine, guarana and L-carnitine.

许多含有其他合法兴奋剂，如牛磺酸、瓜拉纳和左旋肉碱。

Researchers do think taurine plays an important role in human health.

研究人员确实认为牛磺酸对人类健康起重要作用。

Other supplements that have shown to help alleviate DOMS are creatine, fish oil, taurine, branch chained amino acids, and citrulline malate.

其它显示有助于减轻 DOMS 的补品，有肌酸鱼油，牛磺酸，氨基酸和瓜氨酸。

No no. Tinted eyelashes, clear signs of taurine cream around the frown lines, those tired, clubber's eyes. Then there's his underwear.

不不。他描了眉，前额明显涂过牛磺酸精华乳，眼中年泡夜店的血丝。还有他的内裤。

There are taurine molecules in your brain, heart, skeletal muscle tissue, and bile.

您的脑、心脏、骨骼肌组织和胆汁中含有牛磺酸分子。

With all those other energy-boosting ingredients, it’s hard to tell whether taurine is adding much.

对于所有这些其他增强能量的成分，很难判断牛磺酸是否增加了很多。

Taurine levels drop with age in humans but, in those who live to be over 100, levels stay significantly higher.

牛磺酸水平在人类中随年龄的增长而下降，但在活到 100 岁以上的人中，牛磺酸水平仍显升高。

One thing that does do the job for lab animals is taurine, an amino acid widely used as a dietary supplement.

对实验动物有效的一种物质是牛磺酸，一种广泛用作膳食补充剂的氨基酸。

Our bodies can usually make taurine, but you can also get it from eating things like meat and fish, or from supplements.

我们的身体通可以制造牛磺酸，但您也可以通过吃肉和鱼等食物或补充剂来获取。

These supplements might contain things like caffeine, taurine, beta-alanine, creatine, things that end in 'een', chemicals that can make you more alert and get your blood pumping.

这些补剂可能包括咖啡因、牛磺酸、β-丙氨酸、肌酸等，这些以“in”音结尾的化学物质可以使人变得反应机敏，并促进血管收缩(使心跳加快加强)。

Either way, the amount of taurine in energy drinks seems to be safe for most people, so there’s no real harm in having it as an ingredient.

无论哪种方式，能量饮料中的牛磺酸含量对多数人来说似乎都是安全的， 因此将其作为一种成分并没有真正的危害。

Taurine got its name back in the 1820s from the Latin taurus, which means ox or bull, probably because it was first isolated from ox bile – the fat-digesting stuff secreted by the liver.

牛磺酸在 1820 年代得名于拉丁文 taurus，意思是公牛或公牛， 可能是因为它首先是从牛胆汁中分离出来的——牛胆汁是肝脏分泌的消化脂肪的物质。

Pretty much everyone, including the International Society of Sports Nutrition, says we need more research to really figure out what taurine actually does, because there’s no solid evidence that it significantly affects energy levels.

几乎每个人， 包括国际运动营养学会，都表示我们需要更多的研究来真正弄清楚牛磺酸的实际作用， 因为没有确凿的证据表明它会显影响能量水平。

According to a recent paper by Parminder Singh of the Buck Institute for Research on Ageing in Novato, California, and colleagues, in mice taurine increases lifespan by 10%; some of this seems to be due to nutrient signalling.

根据加利福尼亚州诺瓦托市巴克衰老研究所的 Parminder Singh 及其同事最近发表的一篇论文，牛磺酸可使鼠的寿命延长 10%；其中一些似乎是由于营养信号传导所致。