Are microplastics stealing your gains? Plus, CrossFit athlete’s cause of death revealed

Plastic was supposed to be inert, right? I mean, it wasn’t supposed to be able to cause real problems for humans, except maybe the whole issue of disposing of them. But plastics are a lot more complicated than that, and microplastics, tiny little fragments of plastic material, are apparently everywhere. And there’s not as inert as we hoped. Are they messing with our hormones? Making us fat? Squashing our test levels? This topic is really just beginning to be studied, but we talk through some of the implications.  Also, CrossFit athlete Lazar Ðukić’s cause of death has been revealed in the past few days and the answer may have major implications for the future of CrossFit and the Games.  Listener resources:  Report on the death of Lazar Ðukić: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCOdZ-8sdnv/?igsh=cjZ4dGs3MGpuMGQ1  Detection of microplastics in the human penis https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-024-00930-6  Microplastics in human semen. We found that microplastics were detected in all semen samples” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38802004/  Obesogens: a unifying theory for the global rise in obesity https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-024-01460-3#:~:text=Obesogen%20exposure%20during%20development%2C%20in,pancreas%2C%20GI%20tract%20and%20liver  Lab animals getting fatter  https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2010.1890    Join our Discord for free at goodcompanydiscord.com! Check out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com https://www.thirdstreetbarbell.com/ and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at goodcompanyapparel.com https://3sb.co/! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to our NEXT DROP! Check out our podcast website: 50percentfacts.com https://www.50percentfacts.com/ 50% Facts is a Spreaker Prime podcast on OCN – the Obscure Celebrity Network. Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) https://www.instagram.com/silentmikke/ and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd). https://www.instagram.com/thejimmcd/Produced by Jim McDonald Production assistance by Sam McDonald and Sebastian Brambila.Theme by Aaron Moore. Branding by Joseph Manzo (@jmanzo523). Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/50-facts-with-silent-mike-jim-mcd--5538735/support.