Lactate Gel Mix

Lactate is in fact a normal product of the initial steps of glucose breakdown for energy production (collectively known as glycolysis), and it still retains a substantial amount of energy.

Unlike muscle glycogen, which must be “consumed” in situ, lactate produced in one tissue can distribute its energy to other sites. In particular, lactate produced in fast-twitch fibres can be shuttled to other, more mitochondria-rich muscle fibres specialised in aerobic metabolism (the so-called “slow-twitch” fibres), within the same skeletal muscle or in other skeletal muscles, as well as to organs such as the heart and brain, which are major consumers of lactate.

Lactate is largely oxidised within just a few minutes of ingestion, providing a rapidly available energy source during intense exercise.