Following cheaphealer's interesting post here Exposing and stopping the Thiazide Holocaust I looked up Taurine and found several papers that not only confirm Cheaphealer's ideas but lead on to other interesting information that makes me wonder why it is so ignored.

Taurine and atherosclerosis

Potential role of taurine in the prevention of diabetes and metabolic syndrome

TAURINE DIURETIC AND RENAL-REVITALIZING EFFECTS IN NONAGENARIANS Taurine decreases hyperuricemia greater than 8.6 mg/dL to normal levels in 3 to 6 months.

Review: Taurine: A “very essential” amino acid

IHERB do a Now foods Taurine Powder quite cheap. Codes available for initial discount if you ask.
In one of the papers above they used 1.0 g three times per day to relieve edema without causing hypotension in nonagenarians in another 6g day was used so the powder version is going to work out cheaper than capsules. It's no problem to dissolve and doesn't taste.

If anyone can't get any of the papers listed above to download then do ask and I'll find a way to let your read them. They all downloaded for me but that may because I've logged into the site before.

Effect of taurine supplementation on exercise capacity of patients with heart failure
Above link came from
Supplement News You Can Use Healthyfellow Where there is this useful image


Taurine in health and diseases: consistent evidence from experimental and epidemiological studies

Didn't notice I'd posted the wrong link in above post the correct link is
Taurine in health and diseases: consistent evidence from experimental and epidemiological studies

The effect of acute taurine ingestion on 3-km running performance in trained middle-distance runners

This shows improvement in performance of 1000mg 2hrs before race so may also help with your workouts.
They used Taurine from Holland and Barrett
USA readers may want to use Puritans Pride
Looks like the same packaging pity we always get ripped off in the UK no wonder some of us prefer to buy from the online discount providers in the USA.

Cardioprotective effects of cysteine alone or in combination with taurine in diabetes

Depending on what you want it to do you may require up to 6g daily so perhaps the powder form
Now Foods, Taurine Powder, 8 oz (227 g)$8.39 (�5.27) would work out cheaper. That example is from Iherb but there are other sources I've not pricechecked. Initial discount codes are available if you ask.

The role of taurine in diabetes and the development of diabetic complications.
There are a lot of "may"s in this paper and animal models. Not a lot of human diabetic research so it's guesswork really but as it's cheap and appears to be safe and
it may be worth giving it a trial.

I can see now why people thought oysters were a health food pity, I don't like them.