Carley Millhone is a writer and editor based in the Midwest who covers health, women's wellness, and travel. Her work has appeared in publications like SELF, Greatist, and PureWow. Lactic acid forms ...

Long blamed for the burn in tired muscles, lactate has been reimagined as a fuel for elite athletes. Here’s how the Tour de France champion uses it. Five-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar, ...

Lactate was long considered the enemy of cyclists, blamed for the burning sensation in our legs and a loss of power. But lactate is really a fuel source for muscles, and Tadej Pogačar has been ...

Here’s a subplot to watch for in the upcoming Tour de France. A company called From Lab to Field, or FLF, emerged from secrecy earlier this month (as Jim Cotton reported for Outside’s sister ...

During a hard workout, your body generates lactate. Lactate is often associated with muscle soreness and fatigue. However, these symptoms are only part of the story. Despite accounting for just 2 ...

Back in 2021, cycling’s international governing body, the UCI, issued a new set of rules banning the use of devices measuring “any metabolic values such as but not limited to glucose or lactate” in ...

Lactate will be familiar to many due to a common belief that it causes muscle “burn” following exercise – but this is a myth. Lactate is formed in our muscles during exercise, but this is not the only ...

Researchers in Singapore have developed a wearable that bypasses the need to collect biofluid samples and can help detect medical conditions like strokes earlier. According to a report on the project, ...

A research team led by Prof. Chen Yan and Prof. Yang Lifeng from the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed a physiological function of monocarboxylate ...

Lactate, long blamed for exercise fatigue, may actually be one of the body's most important fuels and energy carriers. Researchers found that the body begins converting sugar into lactate within ...