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Most people don’t know how poorly they feel until they feel better. In fact, most of us don’t recognize that fatigue, digestive problems, aches and pains, allergies, headaches, and more aren’t just annoying symptoms. They are early clues to impending diseases that can disable and kill us.
...where to begin?
researchers have described the protective function of taurine against excitotoxicity induced by glutamate
Glutamate in Pyridoxine-Dependent Epilepsy: Neurotoxic Glutamate Concentration in the Cerebrospinal Fluid and Its Normalization by Pyridoxine
Taurine is the most abundant free amino acid in the mammalian brain and is critical for proper brain development and functioning.
This enzyme participates in taurine metabolism. It employs one cofactor, pyridoxal phosphate.