Physiology (Bethesda) January 2018 PMID 29212886

Lactate, not Lactic Acid, is Produced by Cellular Cytosolic Energy Catabolism.

Robert A Robergs, Craig R McNulty, Geoffrey M Minett, Justin Holland, Gabriel Trajano

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The discussion features multiple posts emphasizing that lactate, not lactic acid, is produced in cells, with users citing scientific literature and correcting misconceptions, which reflects high interest and engagement. Words like 'respectfully,' 'great article,' and references to metabolic biochemistry highlight the tone of active learning and correction, indicating the discussion's importance in clarifying a common biochemical misunderstanding.

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Most discussions affirm the article's main point that lactate, not lactic acid, is produced during cellular energy metabolism.

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Posts show high curiosity, with many referencing scientific explanations and clarifications about lactate versus lactic acid.

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Many users actively participate by sharing links, clarifications, and technical explanations, indicating deep engagement.

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The widespread discussion with scientific references and correction of misconceptions suggests the article has a significant influence on understanding metabolic processes.

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Cody Haun, Ph.D.
@drcodyhaun · X

#Lactate, not Lactic Acid... https://t.co/jCTQMbSYeT

Jan 5, 2019 · 39 likes · 4 shares · 3,417 followers View post →
James Nurse
@DrJNurse · X

It’s lactate not lactic acid - a letter to the editor that’s both informative and makes you think you wouldn’t want to be trapped in a lift with these people. https://t.co/E4L1IeaqHq

Mar 13, 2021 · 24 likes · 2 shares · 1,488 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

Myths about lactate: 1. ❌ Lactate and lactic acid are the same ✅ Cells dont produce lactic acid in metabolism, they do produce lactate https://t.co/HKyeCiNH11 1/3 #longcovid #postvac #mecfs #TheAcidTest @theacidtesters

Mar 20, 2024 · 20 likes · 3 shares · 8,775 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

@GeneticLifehack Worth highlighting as im not sure everyone knows, but lactate and lactic acid are different, and we dont really produce lactic acid Nice explainer on metabolism: https://t.co/VSABWgiOVw Technical explainer: https://t.co/HKyeCiNH11

Oct 30, 2023 · 8 likes · 1 share · 8,775 followers View post →
Henry
@henryhammerbeck · X

@iceman_ex Worth reading these letters and some of the references in which physiologists argue whether ‘lactic acidosis’ is even a thing at all

May 3, 2019 · 5 likes · 3 shares · 862 followers View post →
Michael Emery, MD, MS
@MichaelEmeryMD · X

@SeanSeale Lactate, not Lactic Acid, is Produced by Cellular Cytosolic Energy Catabolism. https://t.co/SGxEFZVmmf

Oct 19, 2022 · 4 likes · 2,157 followers View post →

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Johan Neve
@jfneve · X

@Jeukendrup some pyruvate is turned into lactic acid, ? is that not lactate ? without the acid. https://t.co/oIz9XoNlmv

Sep 28, 2024 · 148 followers View post →
ɹǝʇlnoԀ pıʌɐᗡ
@Retlouping · X

@Abraxsys Lactate, not Lactic Acid, is Produced by Cellular Cytosolic Energy Catabolism https://t.co/MSreY8ytGL https://t.co/px1dBqMXyo

Aug 12, 2024 · 1 like · 1 share · 26,341 followers View post →
Steve Magness
@stevemagness · X

@mvmntcoach @afehrsen One of my favorite papers: https://t.co/cX84z4hbhT https://t.co/PMaC4Sw949

Aug 5, 2024 · 124,803 followers View post →
Val
@ValMThatcher · X

@DoorsMarjory @sharrond62 In case you’re interested: https://t.co/GIpg9R9uiT

Aug 4, 2024 · 40 followers View post →
Steve Magness
@stevemagness · X

@Schmooozername Respectfully, you’re incorrect here. It’s lactate in humans. And in particular, we measure blood lactate. You can read more here on our current knowledge and why it’s not lactic acid. Take care. https://t.co/cX84z4gDsl

Aug 3, 2024 · 1 like · 124,803 followers View post →
ts
@_tssup · X

@KimmyYimmy @bj_blunt @PharmaSKEE Here you go: https://t.co/eNBhzgYDar

Aug 2, 2024 · 1 like · 242 followers View post →
ts
@_tssup · X

@indoor_wildling Ok. I’m gonna help you. I’m an author on this paper: https://t.co/eNBhzgYDar

Aug 1, 2024 · 242 followers View post →
Johnny Galtar
@JohnnyGaltar · X

RT @angryhacademic: Myths about lactate: 1. ❌ Lactate and lactic acid are the same ✅ Cells dont produce lactic acid in metabolism, they do…

Mar 20, 2024 · 3 shares · 431 followers View post →
MCAS, PTSD and ME
@FatigueMe92484 · X

RT @angryhacademic: Myths about lactate: 1. ❌ Lactate and lactic acid are the same ✅ Cells dont produce lactic acid in metabolism, they do…

Mar 20, 2024 · 3 shares · 1,203 followers View post →
Dr LG (is a longhauler)
@subversivepsych · X

RT @angryhacademic: Myths about lactate: 1. ❌ Lactate and lactic acid are the same ✅ Cells dont produce lactic acid in metabolism, they do…

Mar 20, 2024 · 3 shares · 4,898 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

Myths about lactate: 1. ❌ Lactate and lactic acid are the same ✅ Cells dont produce lactic acid in metabolism, they do produce lactate https://t.co/HKyeCiNH11 1/3 #longcovid #postvac #mecfs #TheAcidTest @theacidtesters

Mar 20, 2024 · 20 likes · 3 shares · 8,775 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

@ClagueNjc36 @sunsopeningband @Naomi_D_Harvey @remissionbiome @tessfalor Btw hope you dont mind me saying but for write up, its lactate, not lactic acid (on the poster image), youre measuring

Mar 20, 2024 · 2 likes · 8,775 followers View post →
BASD Fitness
@phil948 · X

@Biggest_Roo @aestheticprimal https://t.co/aMcBOrGEiW

Feb 23, 2024 · 77 followers View post →
BASD Fitness
@phil948 · X

@aestheticprimal https://t.co/aMcBOrGEiW

Feb 23, 2024 · 77 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

@Naomi_D_Harvey @CiaraGlenville @IsabelRamirezRD @sunsopeningband @tessfalor @PutrinoLab @Vickyvdtogt No, i think current thinking is pyruvate goes to lactate without an intermediary lactic acid step https://t.co/HKyeCiNH11 https://t.co/X8irmWy0tS

Oct 31, 2023 · 2 likes · 8,775 followers View post →
PwME 4 bioMEdical research
@ValeBodi · X

RT @angryhacademic: @GeneticLifehack Worth highlighting as im not sure everyone knows, but lactate and lactic acid are different, and we do…

Oct 30, 2023 · 1 share · 4,540 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

@GeneticLifehack Worth highlighting as im not sure everyone knows, but lactate and lactic acid are different, and we dont really produce lactic acid Nice explainer on metabolism: https://t.co/VSABWgiOVw Technical explainer: https://t.co/HKyeCiNH11

Oct 30, 2023 · 8 likes · 1 share · 8,775 followers View post →
Francisco Rivas M.S, RSCC
@CatenJr · X

@DeanDoxakisNPA We must be careful when we mention flushing lactic acid as research has proven that there is not such thing as Lactic acid but rather lactate which instead of inhibiting performance actually helps maintain performance during states of fatigue. https://t.co/3RysE0PcPb

Oct 21, 2023 · 803 followers View post →
Johan Neve
@jfneve · X

@Hardloopnetwerk korte uitleg https://t.co/QGXRR6GaFF lange uitleg https://t.co/oIz9XoNlmv

Oct 5, 2023 · 1 like · 148 followers View post →
Dr. Ajit Korgaokar
@DrAjitKorgaokar · X

@MillaCoach Robergs, R. A., McNulty, C. R., Minett, G. M., Holland, J., & Trajano, G. (2018). Lactate, not lactic acid, is produced by cellular cytosolic energy catabolism. Physiology, 33(1), 10-12.

Dec 3, 2022 · 2 likes · 561 followers View post →
Greg Grandgeorge
@T2MCoach · X

“it is impossible, based on the fundamental laws of physics that underpin the disciplines of organic chemistry, metabolic biochemistry, acid-base chemistry, and physiology, for lactic acid to be produced or present in living systems” https://t.co/CkDPoyfzgU

Oct 29, 2022 · 1 like · 256 followers View post →
Toptimum Performance
@Toptimum_Perfor · X

RT @rijnders_pieter: @SeanSeale https://t.co/NozejEmQvJ

Oct 20, 2022 · 1 share · 294 followers View post →
Pieter Rijnders
@rijnders_pieter · X

@SeanSeale https://t.co/NozejEmQvJ

Oct 19, 2022 · 4 likes · 1 share · 120 followers View post →
Kasperek Piotr Jacek
@swimlub · X

Lactate, not Lactic Acid, is Produced by Cellular Cytosolic Energy Catabolism | Physiology https://t.co/LvkE0uM7ul

Oct 19, 2022 · 1 like · 39 followers View post →
Michael Emery, MD, MS
@MichaelEmeryMD · X

@SeanSeale Lactate, not Lactic Acid, is Produced by Cellular Cytosolic Energy Catabolism. https://t.co/SGxEFZVmmf

Oct 19, 2022 · 4 likes · 2,157 followers View post →
ANDRES RUIZ
@ANDRESMFC14 · X

@sebas_same Ahora que se interprete y se midan diferentes vainas …. https://t.co/bDayqfNNeK esa es la rela discusión

Feb 6, 2022 · 264 followers View post →
Ishant kumar Arora
@ChampionZ001 · X

“there is no such entity as lactic acid in any living cell or phys- iological system.Indeed, it is impossible......and tissue pH is regulated” Hence, we are misguided by the hypothesis of lactic acid accumulation in muscle ! #MedTwitter #physiotherapy https://t.co/1J9HEuQ6Ah https://t.co/xrJr8TO1I7

Dec 3, 2021 · 1 like · 9 followers View post →
KidneyCampus
@kidney_campus · X

Quellen: https://t.co/xna5jp8L3D https://t.co/tHMR7YmQ5R https://t.co/8aHWfq4xlM https://t.co/KIHG0livbi https://t.co/Oi5VpDbSSI https://t.co/jVd0iW8i3M https://t.co/S3OuwfNsho Myths and Facts Regarding Lactate in Sepsis: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27349-5_7 15/15 #FOAM #MedTwitter

Dec 1, 2021 · 2 likes · 493 followers View post →
Paulo Azevedo PhD
@paulohsmazevedo · X

https://t.co/gGod9jqdqG

Sep 2, 2021 · 4 likes · 1,122 followers View post →
Luis Paredes
@LParedes7972 · X

Para que aprendan que Lactato no es lo mismo que Ácido Láctico :

Mar 15, 2021 · 1 like · 171 followers View post →
BIMDG
@BIMDG · X

RT @DrJNurse: It’s lactate not lactic acid - a letter to the editor that’s both informative and makes you think you wouldn’t want to be tra…

Mar 14, 2021 · 2 shares · 1,215 followers View post →
The Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
@JIMD_Editors · X

RT @DrJNurse: It’s lactate not lactic acid - a letter to the editor that’s both informative and makes you think you wouldn’t want to be tra…

Mar 14, 2021 · 2 shares · 3,517 followers View post →
James Nurse
@DrJNurse · X

It’s lactate not lactic acid - a letter to the editor that’s both informative and makes you think you wouldn’t want to be trapped in a lift with these people. https://t.co/E4L1IeaqHq

Mar 13, 2021 · 24 likes · 2 shares · 1,488 followers View post →
Rene Sugar
@renesugar · X

Lactate, not Lactic Acid, is Produced by Cellular Cytosolic Energy Catabolism https://t.co/0l38i7Y2QG

Mar 13, 2021 · 3,971 followers View post →
Neil Spenceley
@neilspenceley · X

@MRamzyDO @DrHelenSpencer @nickmmark @glaucomflecken @artibiotics @anatomyuk @mesabree @kidney_boy @AMIdotorg @LydiaJGregg @SCillustrations @sketchymedicine @anatomysupply @ksticksz @TVoiceOfScience @ianlewins @PEMinfographics Nice schematic. However lactic acid probably doesn’t exist, per se, in humans. https://t.co/MWXFKYdATj Also, don’t forget lactate’s exquisite role in redistributing fast energy under anaerobic conditions plus its bio-marker function with accelerated glycolysis. #loveyourlactate

Feb 4, 2021 · 4 likes · 2,096 followers View post →
Brett Chrest
@Chrest_brett · X

@ZKForTre @FoodFirst_Ty This was a great article on the topic https://t.co/zTPOxPB6Tu

Oct 13, 2020 · 2 likes · 1,534 followers View post →
Brett Chrest
@Chrest_brett · X

This seems quite provocative. Stop calling it Lactic Acid. There is no such thing. https://t.co/9Azje3s2RH

Sep 9, 2020 · 1,534 followers View post →
Alejandro Z. Restan
@restan1208 · X

@Saldatraining @Erik_Lonrrot profesor la palabra acido lactico esta mal usada https://t.co/jXyhOG1F1x https://t.co/SDhBknyBjs, muchos cometen ese error sin tomar la bases bioquimicas e metabolicas de los mamiferos

Aug 12, 2020 · 93 followers View post →
Keith Livingstone
@living_keith · X

Lactate, not Lactic Acid, is Produced by Cellular Cytosolic Energy Catabolism: Robergs et al, Letters to the Editor,Physiology, Dec 12, 2017 Read the full article: “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle ▸ https://t.co/RS9l9Wk7S6 https://t.co/oiXc9jExO8

May 2, 2020 · 395 followers View post →
Carlos R Correia-Oliveira
@crafaoliveira1 · X

RT @EndoScienceMF: Lactate, not Lactic Acid, is Produced by Cellular Cytosolic Energy Catabolism | Physiology Lactate directly or lactic…

Dec 7, 2019 · 1 share · 121 followers View post →
MT0
@EndoScienceMF · X

Lactate, not Lactic Acid, is Produced by Cellular Cytosolic Energy Catabolism | Physiology Lactate directly or lactic acid + immediately breakdown to Lactate + H+? https://t.co/KMWfiv0fIb

Dec 7, 2019 · 3 likes · 1 share · 277 followers View post →
Matthew McClure
@rwmedic906 · X

Beautiful summation of an oft debated topic. I stuggle sometimes to explain lactate this eloquently in conversation. https://t.co/M7VGWchdBL

May 12, 2019 · 174 followers View post →
Lieuwe Bos - Acute Pulmonary Medicine
@Acute_Pulmo_Med · X

RT @henryhammerbeck: @iceman_ex Worth reading these letters and some of the references in which physiologists argue whether ‘lactic acidosi…

May 3, 2019 · 3 shares · 1,321 followers View post →
Segun Olusanya (He/Him) iceman_ex@critcare.social
@iceman_ex · X

RT @henryhammerbeck: @iceman_ex Worth reading these letters and some of the references in which physiologists argue whether ‘lactic acidosi…

May 3, 2019 · 3 shares · 19,611 followers View post →
PO Berve
@SonoRambler · X

RT @henryhammerbeck: @iceman_ex Worth reading these letters and some of the references in which physiologists argue whether ‘lactic acidosi…

May 3, 2019 · 3 shares · 726 followers View post →
Henry
@henryhammerbeck · X

@iceman_ex Worth reading these letters and some of the references in which physiologists argue whether ‘lactic acidosis’ is even a thing at all

May 3, 2019 · 5 likes · 3 shares · 862 followers View post →
Katarina Smiljanec, PhD
@Katarina_CRO · X

Lactate, not Lactic Acid, is Produced by Cellular Cytosolic Energy Catabolism "...there is no such entity as lactic acid in any living cell or physiological system." https://t.co/SN6CyxNQXR

Jan 13, 2019 · 1 like · 1 share · 568 followers View post →
Matthew Stratton PhD
@MTSstrength89 · X

https://t.co/HGqpmsRH21

Jan 6, 2019 · 165 followers View post →
曾怡鈞
@Artemis_taiwan · X

RT @drcodyhaun: #Lactate, not Lactic Acid... https://t.co/jCTQMbSYeT

Jan 6, 2019 · 4 shares · 69 followers View post →
Łukasz Czerw
@UCzerw · X

RT @drcodyhaun: #Lactate, not Lactic Acid... https://t.co/jCTQMbSYeT

Jan 6, 2019 · 4 shares · 67 followers View post →
Javier Gonzalez
@Gonzalez_JT · X

RT @drcodyhaun: #Lactate, not Lactic Acid... https://t.co/jCTQMbSYeT

Jan 6, 2019 · 4 shares · 10,202 followers View post →
Nick J. Siekirk, Ph.D., M.S., CSCS
@nsiekirk · X

RT @drcodyhaun: #Lactate, not Lactic Acid... https://t.co/jCTQMbSYeT

Jan 5, 2019 · 4 shares · 505 followers View post →
Cody Haun, Ph.D.
@drcodyhaun · X

#Lactate, not Lactic Acid... https://t.co/jCTQMbSYeT

Jan 5, 2019 · 39 likes · 4 shares · 3,417 followers View post →