Within the past couple weeks, a news story broke that tuna were found off the California coast carrying radiation from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown last year. While scary, the overwhelming majority of the coverage I’ve seen indicates the radiation levels are too low to make anyone sick. The levels are lower, in fact, than the radiation found regularly in some of the other foods we eat.
I’m no expert on glow-in-the-dark tuna, however. What have you seen? Are radioactive tuna nothing to worry about? Should we be more concerned with mercury in fish? Or is this issue being minimized to avoid a big scare?
June 13, 2012 WOD
“Air Force WOD”
Thruster x 20 (men: 95lbs; women: 65lbs)
Sumo deadlift high-pull x 20
Push jerk x 20
Overhead squat x 20
Front squat x 20
Each athlete must do four burpees at the beginning of every minute before moving on to the barbell work. The athlete is allowed to move to the next barbell skill once an he/she has completed all 20 reps. If the minute clock beeps during a repetition the athlete will complete their rep and then start their four burpees. There is a 20 min cap.
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Great topic! I actually spoke to my doctor about 2 months ago and I called him to ask about the paleo diet. His only advice to me was to eat a lot of fish. I then asked about mercury. He said the health benefits of fish far outweigh any of the negatives and said i would have to eat absurd amounts of fish for mercury to be an issue.
I’m not an expert on glow-in-the-dark tuna either, but my instinct tells me that any amount of radiation, no matter the source, is probably not good. As for the situation being minimized, only time will tell. However, I don’t think we have seen the last of this.
As for avoiding mercury, here is a quote from a 2011 blog post entitled ‘Fish Food’ that may be helpful:
“If you are trying to avoid high levels of mercury then try sticking with smaller fish, lower on the food chain. The reason is simple. Big fish eat lots of little fish, which increases the mercury concentration in their bodies. Smaller fish = less mercury. “Wild” fish is almost always better, but keep in mind where that fish is coming from. Not all countries have the same standards and fishing practices.”
http://www.crossfitgenesis.com/fish-food.html
This sounds like an awesome WOD! Dang my ridiculously busy Wednesday’s!
This WOD kicked my butt… Seriously. It’s the 1st time I wanted to snarl at John as he is telling me to get lower on the front squats. Sweat was dripping in my eyes, I could barely see, my lungs were on fire, my wrist were aching and my legs were so fatigued.
Sooooo…. I guess it was a food day and I am glad I went. No way would I have pushed myself that hard at that pace on my own.
I earned my nap today.(Won’t get one, but I did earn one!)
This WOD looks transformative…