Lactate is a fuel, not the thing that burns
Working muscle ships lactate as a fuel other tissues can oxidize. The burn is not lactate acting as a toxin.
Marco Elling
Category: Energy metabolism
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A late meal and the next morning's insulin
Eating late lands the meal when insulin sensitivity is already lower, and the next morning still shows it.
Lena Voss
The afternoon dip is a pacing problem, not a moral one
The mid-afternoon slump is circadian and post-meal, with mitochondria supplying ATP at the pace the cell allows.
Priya Raman