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Personally i dont, the smell just puts me off, but just heard something that might put a few more off it
It contains 'Taurine' which is bull testosterone  
That mings
[Edited on 28-08-2007 by Haimsey]
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gavin18787
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IS that why its called red bull.
I sometimes have a vodka and red bull on a night out but not that often
[Edited on 28-08-2007 by gavin18787]
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All Torque
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Relentless FTW 
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Greg_M
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Taurine, or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, is an organic acid that is a major constituent of bile, and can be found in lower amounts in the tissues of many animals including humans. [1][2] Taurine is also found in plants, fungi, and some bacterial species, but at lower levels. Taurine is a derivative of the sulfur-containing (sulfhydryl) amino acid, cysteine.
Taurine is named after the Latin taurus, which means bull, as it was first isolated from Ox bile in 1827 by Austrian scientists Friedrich Tiedemann and Leopold Gmelin. It is often called an amino acid, even in scientific literature,[3][4][5] but it lacks a carboxyl group and therefore does not qualify as an amino acid in biochemical terminology.[6] It does contain a sulfonate group and may be called an amino sulfonic acid. Small polypeptides have been identified which contain taurine but to date no aminoacyl tRNA synthetase has been identified as specifically recognizing taurine and capable of incorporating it onto a tRNA.[7]
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ChrisBoom
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I do, tis nice.
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andy1868
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taurine is found in alot of things according to wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurine
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Hammer
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It's in several energy drinks not just red bull
[Edited on 28-08-2007 by Hammer]
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Marc
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Only with Vodka.
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andy1868
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goddamit. i am so slow today, damn you greg
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Tommy L
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no, not very often
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ClaireF
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thankfully i dont drink it
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DR11
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only somin like 0.4% taurine but it is the main ingredient apparently. I was told its banned in France
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Ben G
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always drinking either red bull, relentless or that kick stuff from tesco's.
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by DR11
only somin like 0.4% taurine but it is the main ingredient apparently. I was told its banned in France
apparently drinking too much of it has the same effect as alcohol when driving.
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Greg_M
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In its natural form, taurine is derived from animal tissue, having been first isolated from bull (Bos taurus) bile; however, the taurine used in the Red Bull drink is produced synthetically.
so no it doesnt
[Edited on 28-08-2007 by Greg_M]
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Mike
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It's all bull tbh
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Greg_M
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quote:
Originally posted by andy1868
goddamit. i am so slow today, damn you greg
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Greg_M
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Sale of Red Bull as a normal soft drink is prohibited in Denmark, Norway, France, Uruguay and Iceland, but not Sweden. Due to the link with taurine, only energy drinks without taurine are sold in France, but infant formula sold there (and worldwide) is commonly supplemented with taurine.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by DR11
only somin like 0.4% taurine but it is the main ingredient apparently. I was told its banned in France
yea it is, but they have loads of other types of energy drinks you can buy, so im not too sure why they banned red bull.
Still, Relentless is what you're after, contains double the amount of caffeine than Red Bull
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Big Deal
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JonnyJ
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Originally posted by All Torque
Relentless FTW
But im always partial to a vodka red bull on a night out 
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Big Deal
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DR11
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
quote:
Originally posted by DR11
only somin like 0.4% taurine but it is the main ingredient apparently. I was told its banned in France
apparently drinking too much of it has the same effect as alcohol when driving.
Yeah I heard that too
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smack
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never mind, i eat cow and other animals all the time, not gonna hurt
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i drink loads, with and without vodka
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