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Overall summary schematic of proposed mechanisms. We hypothesize that reduced aerobic oxidation elicits a compensatory increase in glycolysis, which leads to metabolic inflexibility and subsequent metabolic disease. Therefore, accumulation of blood lactate can be used as a proxy biomarker for metabolic health.
