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Lactic Acid Research 5-Mar-2005 At 12:56:29 PM Mikey

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One of the stories on Catalyst (ABC) this week was on research on Lactic acid being performed at Latrobe Uni. Their conclusions are pretty interesting...certainly very different from current thinking about Lactic Acid.

Essentially they are claiming that Lactic acid does not cause muscle fatigue - it in fact help muscles maintain their strength during physical activity.

You can find a transcript of the story at
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1314443.htm

And articles from latrobe uni at:
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/2001/mediarelease_014.html

http://www.latrobe.edu.au/bulletin/092004/research1.html

I am not convinced myself (and neither are the athletes at the Australian Institute of Sport by the sounds of it) but I wondered what everyone else thought.