Peter Attia· MD
Every cell in the body produces lactate. And pretty much every cell in the body consumes lactate. Including red blood cells, I'm guessing. Yes. They produce a lot of lactate, red blood cells, because they don't have mitochondria.
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Every cell in the body produces lactate. And pretty much every cell in the body consumes lactate. Including red blood cells, I'm guessing. Yes. They produce a lot of lactate, red blood cells, because they don't have mitochondria.
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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.