Peter Attia· MD
But the thing is like lactate is a faster fuel. So the thing is like also... Yeah, BHB is not a fast fuel. Exactly. Whereas lactate is as fast, if not faster, as glucose because it doesn't have to be processed.
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But the thing is like lactate is a faster fuel. So the thing is like also... Yeah, BHB is not a fast fuel. Exactly. Whereas lactate is as fast, if not faster, as glucose because it doesn't have to be processed.
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And now, I think of ketones as, like, the alternative energy source when your brain is under normal physiology. And I think there are some uses for lactate, too, as a fuel.