What Jared Rutter has said about Lactate
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 7, 2026
Jared Rutter, American biochemist, professor of biochemistry at the University of Utah and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator specializing in mitochondria and metabolism, has been quoted on Lactate 2 times in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on September 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Rutter says lactate, long viewed as a waste product, is now known to be an important fuel that the heart readily burns.
“lactate is a very important fuel on its own. The heart, for example, is quite good at consuming lactate and burning it”
Huberman Lab: How Mitochondria Control Your Metabolism | Dr. Jared Rutter (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:26:13
Rutter argues cells burn fatty acids first because excess free fatty acids are acutely toxic, whereas excess glucose is toxic chronically.
“most cells, when they have fatty acids, will burn the fatty acids first, probably as a response to, hey, this could kill us”
Huberman Lab: How Mitochondria Control Your Metabolism | Dr. Jared Rutter (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:30:07
Episodes
How Mitochondria Control Your Metabolism | Dr. Jared RutterHuberman Lab · Sep 7, 2026 · 2 h 4 min
Biochemist Jared Rutter explains to Andrew Huberman how mitochondria allocate cellular resources between energy and growth, shaping aging, heart failure, and cancer.
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