And that's where we obtain the lactate from. Now, eventually, that lactate enters our blood plasma and makes its way into our liver cells. And the liver cells transform that lactate into pyruvate by the action of an enzyme we call lactate dehydrogenase. And once that transformation takes place, only then can pyruvate actually begin the process of gluconeogenesis. So lactate itself doesn't actually enter gluconeogenesis. It must first be transformed into pyruvate before it can actually begin the process of gluconeogenesis.