The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
that lactate uh that's formed enters the mitochondria and we have shown that there's a mitochondrial carrier for the lactate to get in and we've shown this it's and we call it the mitochondrial lactate oxidation complex and we have electron micrographs we have light micrographs to show uh how this process works and the enzymes are there for lactate oxidation
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So, we've found that lactate is produced and we've found that it's oxidized. And the sites of oxidation are in the mitochondria or this network, this reticulum of a respiratory apparatus that exists in most cells. So, the lactate has to get in and it has to have a transporter. And we were amongst the first to work on discovering the lactate transporters and where they are.
In order to use lactate, in order for, you know, the different organs in our body to use lactate, it needs to be taken up into the cell and then it gets into the mitochondria, and the mitochondria use this lactate as a source of energy to produce the energetic currency of the cell, ATP.