Re: Matt's Pills/Taurine & bovine tracheal cartilage

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Your not off base

[Guest guest]

I'm no scientist or medical person. However, I feel that if the prions are

ANYWHERE in the body, they can travel around and inflict their damage on any

matter: be it DNA or cartilage or bones or hair, etc. If I'm off base,

somebody please correct me. Whatever the answer may be, I'm staying away

from beef. Why chance it???

Re: Matt's Pills

>From: DHertha@...

>

>Hi

>

>Taurine is an amino acid necessary in the cat diet and is added to their

>food .

>It was first discovered/recognized in ox bile ( the scientific name for

>cattle is Taurine bovis ) hence the name taurine. It is not found in any

>plants that i'm aware of. It is a neurotransmitter in animals and insects

>such as the cockroach locust and the honey bee, though. The mammalian gall

>bladder is rich in taurine in the form of taurocholic acid. Taurine can be

>ordered from a lab in crystalline form...but I don't know if the vitamin

>manufacturer included it from chemicals or as an extract from animal

>sources... The first ingredient?...Is the prion found in tracheal

cartilage?

>Something to think about.

>

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