Rest Day

Years of (industry-funded) research into the effects of sugar and the sugar-plantation environment on CKD yields a 'we can't be sure of the cause' but I can assure you the same academic crowd would shout that 'the science is clear' when asked if eating too much animal protein will croak your kidneys, without a shred of supporting science. At least they've surely shouted it at us for the last 3 decades or more. 

Here are translations of the first and final verses of what you heard if you listened:

SING, my tongue, the Savior's glory,
of His flesh the mystery sing;
of the Blood, all price exceeding,
shed by our immortal King,
destined, for the world's redemption,
from a noble womb to spring.

To the everlasting Father,
and the Son who reigns on high,
with the Holy Ghost proceeding
forth from Each eternally,
be salvation, honor, blessing,
might and endless majesty.
Amen. Alleluia.

looking forward to seeing the OPEN WOD tomorrow 😁

strict amanda is coming!

There is increasing evidence that soft drink intake is associated with kidney disease, in addition to obesity and diabetes. There is strong experimental evidence, now both in humans and laboratory animals, that rehydration with soft drinks is injurious to the kidney. Our group has postulated that the intake of soft drinks by sugarcane workers may be playing a contributory role in the epidemic of chronic kidney disease observed in that population. However, to date epidemiological studies have not been able to show a clear link with soft drinks with kidney injury in this population. Whether this is because some of the sugary beverages contains beneficial components, such as salt (to replace salt losses from sweat), glucose (to prevent exercise-induced hypoglycemia) or other mechanisms is not known. We also cannot rule out the presence of additional toxins at this time. Nevertheless, the message is clear–drinking soft drinks is not a good way to rehydrate, and may actually cause kidney disease.

Richard Johnson, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

Tks to Stacey for passing this idea along from @smashwerx
Scaled to
3 (vice 5) RFT
10 deadlift, 185#
10 ring dips
10 squat cleans, 35# DBs
8:06

I can't even Rx a rest day!

19.1 is Strict Mary

I'm going to Rx+ this Rest Day!

A key question in the sugar industry/CDC's early CKDu research is whether cause of this chronic kidney disease epidemic is “occupational.” That this remains a question indicates industry influence: how could the cause of a condition defined by its occupational circumstances not be “occupational?” CDKu isn’t killing Manhattan hedge fund managers or Tokyo attorneys; it’s killing agricultural workers in hot and humid environments. And yet, when the CDC launched its sugar-funded efforts in 2014, it stated “we don’t know” if labor practices had anything to do with the occupational illness. Much like Thank You For Smoking’s tobacco scientist, sugar industry-funded lead investigator Daniel Brooks explained,

“The Boston University team believes that the CKD epidemic is caused by a combination of factors … Results to date suggest that one or more of these causes are occupational, and more research is needed to identify the specific factors.”

As Clarke noted above,

"efforts to create doubt often push on two fronts - first, directly undermining existing evidence linking a particular item to a disease (e.g., sugar to CKD, as described here) and second, increasing the perceived need to consider alternative causes."

Listen to Missa Pange lingua? Is this an Open hint? Wikipedia says: "The hymn, in the Phrygian mode, is in six musical phrases, of 10, 10, 8, 8, 8, and 9 notes respectively, corresponding to the six lines of the hymn." 

Ah yes! I PR’d the rest today. So important 😀

😂 wasn't a rest day for me. I just started a hybrid program with oymplic lifting and crossfit so it was day.2 which was dumbbell snatch focus day. 😍💪

There is a second part of this story which parallels the link between sugar and obesity - deflection toward alternative causes.

As noted elsewhere on Crossfit's sites (see link below as one of many examples), efforts to create doubt often push on two fronts - first, directly undermining existing evidence linking a particular item to a disease (e.g., sugar to CKD, as described here) and second, increasing the perceived need to consider alternative causes. For obesity and diabetes, the sugar industry has most often deflected toward overall calorie consumption, lack of exercise, or lack of willpower as causes of metabolic unhealth. This has successfully positioned sugar as, at worst, one of many causes, and so undeserving of specific legislation or penalty. Here, we see a similar attempt to paint sugar as one of many potential causes, implying heat stress and dehydration are sufficient to explain the condition and so other causes need not be considered.
https://keepfitnesslegal.crossfit.com/2017/01/12/the-four-hallmarks-of-big-soda-bs-nutritional-propaganda/

Another example where the danger is even less ambiguous, but the tactics similar? Asbestos.
https://medium.com/mosaic-science/killer-dust-39b4f4f807b1
https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/25/magazine/the-asbestos-mess.html?mtrref=www.google.com
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/8x3vjb/meet-the-rented-white-coats-who-defend-toxic-chemicals

Correction, recovery day 👍