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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social

Red Bull gives you.... Protection from COVID inflammation? (Had a Red Bull after my COVID shot, and it weirdly seemed to help. One research rabbithole later...) biologyinsights.com/taurine-for-...

aug 24, 2025, 3:24 pm • 4 0

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Lee Wright @thewrightwordsmith.bsky.social

...goddammit I can't do the caffeine

aug 24, 2025, 3:55 pm • 1 0 • view
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social

I think they sell it in supplements! This is probably the least optimal way to do it

aug 24, 2025, 4:00 pm • 2 0 • view
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Lee Wright @thewrightwordsmith.bsky.social

I'm researching it now! I wonder why it isn't talked about more.

aug 24, 2025, 4:13 pm • 1 0 • view
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social

Right??? I started off looking at just what taurine does and I went... Water balance Digestion Regulating calcium Brain and vision support Immune system support / antiinflammatory Produced by the body but depleted in times of illness or stress... OH

aug 24, 2025, 4:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lee Wright @thewrightwordsmith.bsky.social

It doesn't seem like there are a lot of studies into it in general?

aug 24, 2025, 8:33 pm • 1 0 • view
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social

Maybe it's confirmation bias

aug 24, 2025, 8:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lee Wright @thewrightwordsmith.bsky.social

And sometimes science is slow because people in power decide to cut funding

aug 24, 2025, 8:39 pm • 2 0 • view
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Jack, Shattered @shatteredjack.bsky.social

Eating mice is objectively the least optimal way to do it.

aug 28, 2025, 2:51 am • 3 0 • view
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

aug 24, 2025, 3:25 pm • 0 0 • view
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reddyeddy.bsky.social @reddyeddy.bsky.social

Between my coffee and Red Bull consumption, I'm nigh unstoppable

aug 24, 2025, 3:33 pm • 0 0 • view