What Happens to Lactic Acid?

Lactic Acid – An Overview

What Is Lactic Acid?

Why Is Lactic Acid Produced?

Where is Lactic Acid Produced?

How is Lactic Acid Produced?

What Happens to Lactic Acid?

The Difference Between Lactic Acid and Lactate

So What Does Make the Cells Acidic?

Measuring Lactic Acid Levels

Lactic Acid – The Truth

Lactic Acid – Misconceptions and Myths

Lactic Acid – Commercial Applications

Lactate Threshold

 

What happens to Lactic Acid?

The Lactic acid produced from the pyruvate is then free to leave the call and awaits a few possible fates. It can either be

1. Converted back to pyruvate in a well-oxygenated cell ,which can then enter the mitochondria and undergo oxidative phosphorylation to yield large amounts of energy.
2. Converted back into glucose via a process known as gluconeogenesis in the liver. This glucose is then free to enter the bloodstream to be used again or can be stored in the liver for future use.
3. Be metabolized by certain cells in the body as a direct fuel source.

 

 

The lactic acid leaves the cells through the blood stream and this way it can be transported anywhere in the body within a very short period of time.

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