Taurine and Improved Anaerobic Capacity

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

  • 2025-08-25
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 308
  • Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports 35(9)
  • • Hengzhi Deng
    • Tianyu Song
    • Mingyue Yin
    • Kai Xu
    • Yuming Zhong
    • Ping Liu
    • Shengze Sun
    • Mohamed Nashrudin Bin Naharudin
    • Ashril Yusof
    • Xiaohan Fan

  • PubMed: 40852891
  • DOI: 10.1111/sms.70123

  6 Insights on

  • Improved Anaerobic Capacity

  • High evidence

  evidence for anaerobic capacity and muscular endurance remained inconsistent

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  single dose in the 1–6 g range

• Caffeine and taurine: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of their individual and combined effects on physical capacity, cognitive function, and physiological markers.

  • 2025-10
  • Systematic Review
  • Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 22(1)
  • • Hengzhi Deng
    • Li Wang
    • Ping Liu
    • Mohamed Nashrudin Bin Naharudin
    • Xiaohan Fan

  • PubMed: 41032459
  • DOI: 10.1080/15502783.2025.2566371

  5 Insights on

  • Improved Anaerobic Capacity

  • High evidence

  CAF+TAU was associated with a credible positive effect on anaerobic capacity (g = 0.46, 95% CrI [0.19, 0.71]) compared to CAF or TAU alone.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes