Posts with tag #Mitochondria

Lactate leaving working muscle and being taken up by heart and other muscle

Lactate is a fuel, not the thing that burns

| 6 min read

Working muscle ships lactate as a fuel other tissues can oxidize. The burn is not lactate acting as a toxin.

#Mitochondria
A mid-afternoon energy dip on a clock, after the post-lunch insulin rise

The afternoon dip is a pacing problem, not a moral one

| 7 min read

The mid-afternoon slump is circadian and post-meal, with mitochondria supplying ATP at the pace the cell allows.

#Mitochondria