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Noun
For example, running fast helps improve your lactate threshold, or anaerobic threshold.
—Amber Sayer, Health, 10 May 2024
Traditionally, lactate threshold has been a critical measure of athletic performance by pinpointing exercise intensity when lactate starts to rise in muscles and blood.
—Travis Nemkov, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
Tempo runs are slightly more intense efforts than steady-state runs, and they’re run right at the lactate threshold.
—Greg McMillan, Outside Online, 25 Jan. 2022
As are deeper metrics like lactate threshold/FTP, which simply don’t exist on Apple Watches (or any other wearables).
—Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2023
Dutch scientists encapsulated Bacillus bacteria, which can survive for decades without food or water, in biodegradable plastic with calcium lactate as a food source.
—Chris Holt, Discover Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
A little more processing resulted in potassium lactate, which is added to a variety of foods as a preservative.
—Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 26 Aug. 2022
Proponents of the Norwegian training model that’s currently in vogue might argue that a lactate meter fits the bill.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2023
Calcium lactate is a mineral supplement used to treat or prevent calcium deficiency.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2022
Verb
Last month, in an effort to curb the outbreak, the U.S.D.A. began mandating influenza A testing for lactating cows crossing state lines.
—Linda Qiu, New York Times, 20 May 2024
All pregnant or lactating people, as well as those who may become pregnant, should, at minimum, take a multivitamin designed for this life stage.
—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 17 May 2024
While doing this very important job, many lactating parents like to wear a nursing bra to provide easy access to their breasts, accommodate fluctuating breast sizes, and provide support to heavy breasts that may be full of milk.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 16 May 2024
Under a federal order issued last month, farmers are required to test lactating dairy cattle for H5N1 before the animals are moved between states.
—Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2024
The federal government also requires testing a sample of cows when moving a herd of lactating animals between states.
—Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 8 May 2024
Additionally, cicadas may lead to gout flare-ups and mercury accumulation in the insect means pregnant or lactating women and young children should avoid eating them, Amidor says.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
There have been no new outbreaks announced in the week since a federal rule went into effect requiring testing of a portion of the cows in a cattle shipment that is destined to cross state lines, if the cows are lactating.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 May 2024
However, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and others recommend that pregnant and lactating people consume 200 milligrams (mg) of DHA per day.6
Some supplements have higher doses of DHA, closer to 400 mg, 600 mg, or even 1,000 mg.
—Lainey Younkin, Ms, Rd, Parents, 6 May 2024
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“Lactate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lactate. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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lactate
verb
lac·tate
ˈlak-ˌtāt
lactated; lactating
: to give off milk
lactation
noun
lak-ˈtā-shən
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