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Lactic Acid Is Not Muscles' Foe, It's Fuel

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article on a website
author
Gina Kolata
link
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/health/nutrition/16run.html
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journal
NYTimes.com
year
2006
month
May 16

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Lactic acid is actually a fuel, not a caustic waste product. Muscles make it deliberately, producing it from glucose, and they burn it to obtain energy. The reason trained athletes can perform so hard and so long is because their intense training causes their muscles to adapt so absorb lactate more readily and efficiently.

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