He talks about how lactic acid interacts with nerve cells specifically.
Since he mentions a B2 deficiency increases lactic acid, and B2 is destroyed by blue light, then could that mean screen use increases lactic acid?
One thing he mentions is that high lactate is associated with extreme nerve excitation and fatigue, and with a "waking" brain. So is high lactate associated with "woke" mentality?
He also mentions that lactic acid is contagious. That reminds me of the old concept of miasma, contagious "bad air" which spreads plague, which has been discredited as "magical" thinking.
I also thought it was interesting that high lactate cells tend to migrate and not stay fixed in one spot. (I wonder if a high lactate person can be viewed analogously to a high lactate cell.)
I wonder if copper is something that would help to lower lactate, by lowering blood sugar and thus suppressing glycolysis. Maybe that's why it helps to restore myelin in MS (which is probably related to high lactate, since Dr. Peat has said it involves extreme nerve excitation).
Also, since aspirin increases glycolysis, should we be more careful about using aspirin now?
EDIT: NVM about aspirin.
Since he mentions a B2 deficiency increases lactic acid, and B2 is destroyed by blue light, then could that mean screen use increases lactic acid?
One thing he mentions is that high lactate is associated with extreme nerve excitation and fatigue, and with a "waking" brain. So is high lactate associated with "woke" mentality?
He also mentions that lactic acid is contagious. That reminds me of the old concept of miasma, contagious "bad air" which spreads plague, which has been discredited as "magical" thinking.
I also thought it was interesting that high lactate cells tend to migrate and not stay fixed in one spot. (I wonder if a high lactate person can be viewed analogously to a high lactate cell.)
I wonder if copper is something that would help to lower lactate, by lowering blood sugar and thus suppressing glycolysis. Maybe that's why it helps to restore myelin in MS (which is probably related to high lactate, since Dr. Peat has said it involves extreme nerve excitation).
Also, since aspirin increases glycolysis, should we be more careful about using aspirin now?
EDIT: NVM about aspirin.
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