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IGOR SCHWARTZMAN</a></li> <li><a href="/pract_kendra.html">KENDRA WARD L.AC.</a></li> <li><a href="/pract_amy.html">AMY CHITWOOD L.AC.</a></li> <li class="bottom"><img src="/images/pull_tab.jpg"/></li> </ul> </li> <li ><a href="/med_nat.html" >OUR MEDICINE</a> <ul class="medicine"> <li class="top"><a href="/med_nat.html">NATUROPATHIC</a></li> <li><a href="/med_acu.html">ACUPUNCTURE</a></li> <li><a href="/med_treat.html">WHO WE TREAT</a></li> <li><a href="/programs.html">OUR PROGRAMS</a></li> <li class="bottom"><img src="/images/pull_tab.jpg" /></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/services_nat.html">SERVICES</a> <ul class="services"> <li class="top"><a href="/services_nat.html">NATUROPATHIC</a></li> <li><a href="/services_acu.html">ACUPUNCTURE</a></li> <li class="bottom"><img src="/images/pull_tab.jpg"/></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/faq_nat.html">FAQ</a> <ul class="faq"> <li class="top"><a href="/faq_nat.html">NATUROPATHIC</a></li> <li><a href="/faq_acu.html">ACUPUNCTURE</a></li> <li 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How?</p> <p><a href="http://www.wellwire.com/wellwired-tv/wellwired-tv-take-your-temperature" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.wellwire.com');"><strong>Dr. Igor Schwartzman explains here. </strong></a></p> <p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "WellWired-TV: Take Your Temperature!", url: "http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=67" });</script></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=autoimmune" rel="tag">autoimmune</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=hormones" rel="tag">hormones</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=hypothtyroid" rel="tag">hypothtyroid</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=thyroid" rel="tag">thyroid</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=115" title="View all posts in Environmental Health" rel="category">Environmental Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=110" title="View all posts in Hypothyroidism" rel="category">Hypothyroidism</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in Naturopathic Medicine" rel="category">Naturopathic Medicine</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=76" title="View all posts in US Health" rel="category">US Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=74" title="View all posts in Women's Health" rel="category">Women's Health</a> | <span>Comments Off</span></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-53"><a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=53" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Warm It Up With Ginger">Warm It Up With Ginger</a></h3> <small>Tuesday, May 19th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p><img src="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/gingerroot.thumbnail.jpg" alt="gingerroot.jpg" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" width="192" /><em>Zingiber officinale</em>, or simply ginger root is a popular spice and that is native to Southeast Asia. However, its medicinal and culinary uses today extend to many parts of the world. The fleshy juicy root has many uses including fresh or dried preparation of teas, its powdered form can be encapsulated, while its volatile oils may be distilled to produce the essential oils.</p> <p>Ginger has numerous culinary uses. It is often used as an ingredient in scrumptious ginger cookies, cakes, or even ginger beer mostly popular on the tropical islands. Pickled ginger in vinegar and sherry is often used to complement your bite-sized sushi rolls, or simply as a snack. As a spice, it is a common ingredient in most recipes found in Southeast Asia, China, Japan, and of course it has also been popularized in the Western cuisine as well. If you are planning on using ginger in your cooking, I would recommend it fresh. However, if you find that you have too much, you can tightly wrap and seal it inside an air-tight container or a plastic bag. In the refrigerator, it can store up to 3-4 weeks, while in the freezer it can last up to 3 months. I would, of course, encourage you to buy just enough ginger to make your desired dishes, so that you have no leftovers, and use a fresh pieces of a root each time.</p> <p>In addition to its culinary uses, ginger root, has a multitude of medicinal properties. It can reduce inflammation, pain, blood pressure, help dissolve blood clots and stimulate blood circulation, and promote digestion. Ginger can be very effective when used as an anti-nausea medicinal herb, whether motion-induced, or pregnancy-related. Most recently, the <a href="http://www.cancer.gov" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.cancer.gov');">US National Cancer Institute</a> supported the largest research study to show the effectiveness in people who have and/or continue to undergo chemotherapy treatments.</p> <p>Overall ginger is warming in nature and its quality. This means that it can contribute to the body’s perspiration by literally having a warming effect. This also means that if you already have a tendency toward a warmer predisposition, or you perspire easily in cases of hormonal imbalances, then ginger may not be the best spice or root to use. However, if you have a tendency to be cold, have mental lethargy, irregular menses, or have a hard tim with digestion, then ginger root is an excellent complement that you can use in your foods, or simply in teas. Here is a nice simple ginger root tea:</p> <p><strong>Warming Ginger Tea:</strong></p> <p>Cut 10-12 thin slices from a fresh ginger root and place in 2 cups of water and boil for 10 minutes. Strain and drink from your favorite cup. Additionally, you can add 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 teaspoon of fresh lemon for extra flavor and have it after your dinner on cool night.</p> <p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Warm It Up With Ginger", url: "http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=53" });</script></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=blood-pressure" rel="tag">blood pressure</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=chinese-medicine" rel="tag">chinese medicine</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=digestion" rel="tag">digestion</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=ginger" rel="tag">ginger</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=heart-health" rel="tag">Heart Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=hormones" rel="tag">hormones</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=menses" rel="tag">menses</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=menstrual-cycle" rel="tag">menstrual cycle</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=nutrition" rel="tag">nutrition</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=womens-health" rel="tag">Women's Health</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=75" title="View all posts in Digestive Health" rel="category">Digestive Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=18" title="View all posts in Heart Health" rel="category">Heart Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=110" title="View all posts in Hypothyroidism" rel="category">Hypothyroidism</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in Naturopathic Medicine" rel="category">Naturopathic Medicine</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=73" title="View all posts in Traditional Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture" rel="category">Traditional Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=76" title="View all posts in US Health" rel="category">US Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=74" title="View all posts in Women's Health" rel="category">Women's Health</a> | <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=53#comments" title="Comment on Warm It Up With Ginger">1 Comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-32"><a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=32" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Endometriosis links to dioxins">Endometriosis links to dioxins</a></h3> <small>Tuesday, January 20th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://www.endometriosisassn.org/endo.html" style="font-weight: bold" target="_self" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.endometriosisassn.org');">Endometriosis</a> is a disease that affects up to five and a half million women in the United States and Canada, and many more millions worldwide. Up to the 1920’s, only 20 cases of endometriosis had been reported in the United States. A natural question is why has this condition become so prevalent in modern women? Endometriosis occurs when the tissue that lines the uterus (the endometrium), begins to grow outside of the uterus. Areas of growth include the superior aspect of the ovaries, the fallopian tubes, the ligaments that support the uterus, the surrounding tissues of the uterus, as well as the lining of the pelvic cavity. When a woman with endometriosis bleeds during her menses, instead of the endometrial tissues shedding from the uterus and out through the vaginal opening, internal bleeding occurs that has nowhere to go. This breakdown of blood and tissue can lead to pain, inflammation, adhesions, or scarring. Some of the symptoms that women with endometriosis may experience, include pain during intercourse, pain during bowel movements, fatigue, pain before, during, or after menstrual periods, and infertility. Other complaints may include allergies, chemical sensitivities, or frequent yeast infections.</p> <p>Despite the increasing numbers of women suffering from endometriosis, there remains some hypotheses but little knowledge as to why the condition occurs. One of the many thoughts is that certain chemical compounds, known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioxin" style="font-weight: bold" target="_self" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/en.wikipedia.org');">dioxin</a>, have profound immunological and reproductive impacts at exposures far below the level known to cause cancer. These chemical compounds are also known as the endocrine disruptors, which can mimic the activity of hormones and interfere with many physiological processes.</p> <p>One study links <a href="http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/21/4/433" style="font-weight: bold" target="_self" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/toxsci.oxfordjournals.org');">dioxins with endometriosis in rhesus monkeys</a>. In the early 1990s, the Endometriosis Association found that 79% of a group of monkeys developed endometriosis after exposure to dioxin in their food during a research study over a span of ten years. The severity of endometriosis found in the monkeys was directly related to the amount of TCDD (the most toxic type of dioxin) to which they were exposed. Monkeys that were fed dioxin in amounts as small as five parts per trillion developed <a href="http://www.endometriosisassn.org/environment.html" style="font-weight: bold" target="_self" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.endometriosisassn.org');">endometriosis</a>. The Endometriosis Association’s research registry provides data showing that endometriosis is starting at a younger age and is more severe than in the past. This leads to the question of whether there exists a rising “body burden” level of dioxins and other endocrine disruptors within women’s bodies. And yet there are still no human studies that can allow us to know just how dioxin affects women’s reproductive health.</p> <p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Endometriosis links to dioxins", url: "http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=32" });</script></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=dioxin" rel="tag">dioxin</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=endometriosis" rel="tag">endometriosis</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=hormones" rel="tag">hormones</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=menstrual-cycle" rel="tag">menstrual cycle</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=womens-health" rel="tag">Women's Health</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=74" title="View all posts in Women's Health" rel="category">Women's Health</a> | <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=32#comments" title="Comment on Endometriosis links to dioxins">2 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-5"><a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=5" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Plastics r’us">Plastics r’us</a></h3> <small>Monday, February 4th, 2008</small> <div class="entry"> <p>Last week I mentioned the fact that most people are under constant exposure to environmental pollutants. These include a myriad of sources, and some of the examples are our food and water. It is important to keep in mind, that it is not simply the types of pollutants that our foods or water are exposed to, but also the ways in which they are kept and stored. My sense is that many readers would be amazed to learn that most everybody has at least one item in the kitchen that is largely a pollutant. Most metal cans that are used for canned-foods tend to be lined with leeching contaminants. Those who drink water or other beverages out of a once-popular brand ‘Nalgene’ bottle, would be amazed to know that these polycarbonate-bottles do leech plastics into the beverage. Also, baby-bottles, hot-beverage mugs and cups, kitchen-utensils made from plastics, and much much more.</p> <p>The list is much too long to consider all of the possibilities, but the fact remains that our continued exposure to plastics will continue to be an issue, and will continue to contribute to endocrine disorders, hormonal imbalances, and many other types of chronic disease.</p> <p>The following article will give you additional information on <font color="#3366ff"><em><a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080126/food.asp" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.sciencenews.org');">“How Plastic We’ve Become”</a></em></font>, and continue to become.</p> <p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Plastics r’us", url: "http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=5" });</script></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=hormones" rel="tag">hormones</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=naturopathic-medicine" rel="tag">Naturopathic Medicine</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=pollutants" rel="tag">pollutants</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=portland-oregon" rel="tag">portland oregon</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=1" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" rel="category">Uncategorized</a> | <span>Comments Off</span></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-4"><a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=4" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Women, health, and oral contraceptives">Women, health, and oral contraceptives</a></h3> <small>Wednesday, January 30th, 2008</small> <div class="entry"> <p>Recently, The Lancet journal published an editorial suggesting that the use of oral contraceptives (estrogen and progestin, or progestin alone), can result in reduced rates of ovarian cancer in women. The authors suggest that the longer the woman uses oral contraceptives the lower the risk of having ovarian cancer. Additionally, the authors of the editorial “…strongly endorse more widespread over-the-counter access to a preventive agent that can not only prevent cancers but also demonstrably save the lives of tens of thousands of women”.</p> <p>It is not entirely clear as to what the authors are really suggesting…although, my understanding is that women should consider this as a viable option for themselves.</p> <p>On the contrary, what is critical to note is that there are other risks associated with the use of these oral contraceptives, more specifically, it puts women at increased risk of having other cancers, including those of the breast and/or cervical tissues.</p> <p>To me, the idea of taking exogenous hormones on a daily basis for many years as a way of prevention is absurd. There are instances when a woman may need to have ongoing care that includes hormones, but not as a way of long-term prevention of possible cancer.</p> <p>Most women, and people in general, are already exposed to exogenous hormones daily, via our food sources, our environment, our water, and others. THIS is the real issue. Secondly, the body has an incredible ability to heal itself, as long as it receives proper balance. True prevention lies in how people manifest and cultivate balance on a daily basis, and not what their level of hormone intake is. It is the choices of a daily living that contribute to the body’s ability to express, maintain, and adjust its proper and adequate levels of hormones. It is these types of hormonal balances that lead to prevention.</p> <p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Women, health, and oral contraceptives", url: "http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=4" });</script></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=hormones" rel="tag">hormones</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=naturopathic-medicine" rel="tag">Naturopathic Medicine</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=oral-contraceptives" rel="tag">oral contraceptives</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=ovarian-cancer" rel="tag">ovarian cancer</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=pill" rel="tag">pill</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=portland-oregon" rel="tag">portland oregon</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=74" title="View all posts in Women's Health" rel="category">Women's Health</a> | <span>Comments Off</span></p> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </ul> </li> </li> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_subscribe" href="http://www.addtoany.com/subscribe?linkname=Portland%20Naturopathic%20Medicine%20and%20Acupuncture%20Blog&linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwfwcenter.com%2Fblog%2F%3Ffeed%3Drss2"><img src="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/subscribe_16_16.png" width="16" height="16" alt="Subscribe"/></a> <a href="http://www.blogcatalog.com/directory/health/natural-health" title="Natural Health Blogs - Blog Catalog Blog Directory"><img src="http://assets.blogcatalog.com/buttons/blogcatalog5.gif" alt="Natural Health Blogs - Blog Catalog Blog Directory" style="border: 0;" /></a> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/PortlandNaturopathicMedicineAndAcupunctureBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" alt="" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/PortlandNaturopathicMedicineAndAcupunctureBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe in a reader</a></p> <div id="twitter_div"> <h2 style="display: none;" >Twitter Updates</h2> <ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul> <a href="http://twitter.com/drschwartzman" id="twitter-link" style="display:block;text-align:middle;">follow me on Twitter</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/ischwartzman.json?callback=twitterCallback2&count=5"></script></a> </li>  <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/friendconnect/script/friendconnect.js"></script>  <div id="div-1231439555263" style="width:200px;border:1px solid #cccccc;"></div>  <script type="text/javascript"> var skin = {}; 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