Rhonda Patrick· PhD
How lactate allows "glucose sparing" in brain
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
How lactate allows "glucose sparing" in brain
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let's talk about some of the first you know lactate can be used by neurons as a preferential energy source so it's it's actually energetically favorable it takes less energy for mitochondria to to mitochondria to use lactate versus glucose