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Self Experiments In the Biochemically Unoptimized State

Mastering Nutrition

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The Paradoxical Rise of Lactate in Fasting

My highest resting lactate was one that never made it into my zone two article at all because it was my first time using the meter and I got a bunch of errors. The trend wasn't perfect. My second latest fasting workout was also done after the clock struck noon and the lactate was only 0.9. Also, I had a couple of drinks and went to bed late the night before the 1.2 measurement,. So the combination of fasting until noon and having other stressors on my metabolism the night before may have resulted in this high reading. And so drinks and poor sleep is normal to rise lactate, but fasting is not normal to rise dairy levels.

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