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TLDR: increase of lactate levels may be a pathway to explain long covid

Maybe a too short summary; my tldr would be: self-help research led to the hypothesis that acid-base balance disruption may underpin Long Covid. The hypothesis was published as a paper, the author’s successful self-treatment is described here: https://mastodon.nl/@vickyvdtogt/110202237846457614 high lactate levels were an indicator that helped finding a hypothesis which could explain the diverse symptoms of Long Covid.

I didn't see any description of her self treatment, but I'd assume that to be taking bicarbonate or anything else that say marathoners take like L Carnitine, Carnosine, Beta Alanine, Leucine, Iso Leucine, and Valine.

https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a20860259/does-baking-... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5867441/ https://www.mbsf.org/the-best-vitamins-and-supplements-for-r...

She has posted another thread discussing her treatment https://mastodon.nl/@vickyvdtogt/110202251308724694

Yes, I only found it after looking at her Mastodon channel, it ist not a true tldr, but I think still worthwhile to mention. Maybe I should have given this as additional context at the end. Thank you for the feedback and the additional links.

Recent research has cast doubt on lactate levels as an issue for fatigue during endurance sports.

https://www.january.ai/blog/what-is-blood-lactate-vs-lactic-...

There was so much culture war discourse on this…

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