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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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Together, every 24 hours they cover a number of topics including your metabolism, temperature regulation, growth, cellular repair and regeneration, reproductive organ control, sleep, mood, energy and appetite, to name a few. Your brain and nervous system are the main conductors of this well-orchestrated “hormonic” orchestra (nice, eh?), also known as the endocrine system.<img src="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/orchestra11.thumbnail.jpg" alt="orchestra11.jpg" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="15" width="192" /></p> <p>The endocrine system is made up of eight individual glands, including the pineal body, hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroids, adrenals, the reproductive organs (ovaries and testes), and the pancreas. All of the glands produce and secrete hormones, which act as chemical messengers on all of the organs in the body. Hormone levels are directly affected by stress, immune system changes, fluid changes and nutrient-content in the blood.</p> <p>When it comes to women, there are three key players: the adrenals, the thyroid and the ovaries…</p> <ul><strong><a href="http://www.wellwire.com/health/nutrition-health/conducting-the-hormonic-orchestra" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.wellwire.com');">Click here to read the rest of the article.. </a></strong></ul> <p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Hormone-Orchestra: Thyroid, Ovaries, Adrenals", url: "http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=89" });</script></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=adrenals" rel="tag">adrenals</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=coritsol" rel="tag">coritsol</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=endocrine" rel="tag">endocrine</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=estrogen" rel="tag">estrogen</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=hypothyroidism" rel="tag">Hypothyroidism</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=ovaries" rel="tag">ovaries</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=progesterone" rel="tag">progesterone</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=stress" rel="tag">stress</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=thyroid" rel="tag">thyroid</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=110" title="View all posts in Hypothyroidism" rel="category">Hypothyroidism</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=44" title="View all posts in Sleep" rel="category">Sleep</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-43"><a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=43" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Caffeine Reduces Muscle Soreness, but Ignores the Dangerous Effects">Caffeine Reduces Muscle Soreness, but Ignores the Dangerous Effects</a></h3> <small>Tuesday, April 14th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p>A <a href="http://www.humankinetics.com/IJSNEM/viewarticle.cfm?jid=X3bL8v6LX2jC2x8vX8fU7sjhX3gW7zLxX3vC73tFX7uE32YnX&aid=16911&site=X3bL8v6LX2jC2x8vX8fU7sjhX3gW7zLxX3vC73tFX7uE32YnX" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.humankinetics.com');">recent study</a> in the <a href="http://www.humankinetics.com/IJSNEM/journalAbout.cfm" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.humankinetics.com');">International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism</a> suggests that a moderate dose of caffeine can reduce muscle pain and soreness during and after exercise. The senior researcher of this work, <a href="http://www.kch.uiuc.edu/staff/robmotl.htm" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.kch.uiuc.edu');">Robert Motl</a>, at the <a href="http://illinois.edu/" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/illinois.edu');">University of Chicago in Champaign</a>, states that caffeine could be a safe substance to curb muscle soreness for exercisers. Unfortunately, the study neglects to observe the fact that caffeine has numerous dangerous effects on the body.</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine#Effects_on_the_heart" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/en.wikipedia.org');">Caffeine</a> is a stimulant, and when the molecule binds to the receptors of the heart muscle it mimics the effects that of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epinephrine" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/en.wikipedia.org');">epinephrine</a>. This causes an increase in the activation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathetic_nervous_system" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/en.wikipedia.org');">sympathetic nervous system</a>, which in effect speeds up the heart rate even more during normal exercise. The caffeine effects also potentiate the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenal_glands" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/en.wikipedia.org');">adrenal glands</a>, resulting in the increased secretion of the stress hormone, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortisol" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/en.wikipedia.org');">cortisol</a>, which increases blood pressure and promotes water excretion. The caffeine molecule easily crosses the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%E2%80%93brain_barrier" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/en.wikipedia.org');">blood-brain barrier</a> and has a direct effect on the brain activity, affecting learning and memory, increasing anxiety and moods.</p> <p>Caffeine is not the answer to reducing muscle soreness in exercisers. Regular, moderate exercise is a much healthier solution to reducing the overall soreness of the muscles.</p> <p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Caffeine Reduces Muscle Soreness, but Ignores the Dangerous Effects", url: "http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=43" });</script></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=anxiety" rel="tag">anxiety</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=caffeine" rel="tag">caffeine</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=cortisol" rel="tag">cortisol</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=exercise" rel="tag">exercise</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=health" rel="tag">health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=memory" rel="tag">memory</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=nutrition" rel="tag">nutrition</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=sleep" rel="tag">Sleep</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=stress" rel="tag">stress</a><br /> Posted in <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=44" title="View all posts in Sleep" rel="category">Sleep</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=25" title="View all posts in exercise" rel="category">exercise</a> | <span>Comments Off</span></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-34"><a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=34" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Think, Feel, Live, and Love Your Heart…">Think, Feel, Live, and Love Your Heart…</a></h3> <small>Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p>How most of us think, feel, and live affects our hearts. Positive thoughts, mental/emotional states, will greatly reduce stress and improve heart health, while those that are negative will have an opposite effect. Behavioral, psychosocial, and psychological factors play an important role in health and disease. In looking at the effects of mental states and cardiovascular health, we can observe that in most people there is a direct relationship. Researchers suggest that seasonal mood changes have a direct correlation with the rates of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myocardial_infarction" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/en.wikipedia.org');">acute myocardial infarctions</a> (heart attacks). While, the <a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Mental_Health_Letter" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.health.harvard.edu');">Harvard Mental Health Letter</a> (February, 2007) notes that at least half of the people hospitalized with a heart condition suffer from depression, or depressive symptoms. These same patients are 2 to 5 times more likely to take longer to recover, and/or suffer additional cardiovascular events.</p> <p><a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_/ai_107201202" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/findarticles.com');">Anderson</a>, in his review of cardiovascular responses, summarizes that when study participants are subjected to various mental and emotional states, (some of which are anger, sadness, fear, or happiness), each of them directly affect the blood pressure. There are numerous psychosocial factors that play a role in cardiovascular health, and at the top of this list is <a href="http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/meetings/workshops/heart_stress.htm" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.nhlbi.nih.gov');">stress</a>. During a response to a stressful situation, or event, a surge of stress hormones is released into the blood stream, which causes all of the blood vessels to constrict. The heartbeat increases as well, which ultimately forces the cardiovascular system to be more susceptible and reactive to any additional stressors. Furthermore, stress is a major contributing factor to myriad states of cardiovascular inflammation, such as those found in cases of atherosclerosis.</p> <p>It is important to note that <a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Heart_disease_Its_partly_in_your_head.htm" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.health.harvard.edu');">mental, emotional, and psychosocial factors</a> play a major role not only in cardiovascular health, but in all states of health and dis-ease. If your doctor is not asking you about your mental/emotional health I strongly encourage you to either bring it up yourself, or seek a healthcare provider who will. As a naturopathic physician, working on all levels of a patient’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being is essential, and is therefore what I incorporate as part of all of my treatment plans and programs. After all, this is what makes us ‘whole’.</p> <p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Think, Feel, Live, and Love Your Heart…", url: "http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=34" });</script></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=blood-vessels" rel="tag">blood vessels</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=cardiovascular" rel="tag">cardiovascular</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=health" rel="tag">health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=heart-attacks" rel="tag">heart attacks</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=heart-health" rel="tag">Heart Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=mentalemotional-health" rel="tag">mental/emotional health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=mood" rel="tag">mood</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=myocardial-infraction" rel="tag">myocardial infraction</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=naturopathic" rel="tag">naturopathic</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=seasonal-mood" rel="tag">seasonal mood</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=stress" rel="tag">stress</a><br /> Posted in <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=8" title="View all posts in Naturopathic Medicine" rel="category">Naturopathic Medicine</a> | <span>Comments Off</span></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-31"><a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=31" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to High Blood Pressure">High Blood Pressure</a></h3> <small>Thursday, January 15th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p>Blood pressure is the result of two forces. The heart creates one as it pushes blood into the arteries and through the circulatory system. The other is the force of the arteries as they resist the blood flow. Blood pressure varies with age and individual variations are common within each age group. Elevated blood pressure indicates that the heart is working harder than normal, putting both the heart and the arteries under a greater strain. This increases the risk of having heart attacks, strokes, kidney failures, damage to the eyes, atherosclerosis. If this condition is not addressed, the heart may have to work progressively harder to pump enough blood and oxygen to organs and tissues in the body to meet their needs.</p> <p>According to the <a href="http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4621" style="font-weight: bold" target="_self" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.americanheart.org');">American Heart Association</a>, over 73 million of Americans over the age of 20 years have high blood pressure, that means one out of three people has hypertension. Between 1994 and 2004, there has been a total increase of nearly 27 percent of people with hypertension. Hypertension is one of the leading causes of causes of premature death and disability in the United States.</p> <p>This is a common condition that is thought to have a number of contributing factors, such as heredity, race, obesity, age, hormonal disorders, stress and sedentary lifestyle. Almost a third of the people with hypertension in the US are unaware of their condition. Lack of education, inaccessibility to proper nutrition, increased stress, as well as the technological advances have turned the professional world into a more passive community.</p> <p>Healthy lifestyle modifications, including wholesome nutrition, reduced alcohol and caffeine consumption, weight reduction, smoking cessation, and increased levels of exercise are some of the examples of the techniques that can be of a great benefit.</p> <p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "High Blood Pressure", url: "http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=31" });</script></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=high-blood-pressure" rel="tag">high blood pressure</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=hypertension" rel="tag">hypertension</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=naturopathic-medicine" rel="tag">Naturopathic Medicine</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=stress" rel="tag">stress</a><br /> Posted in <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=76" title="View all posts in US Health" rel="category">US Health</a> | <span>Comments Off</span></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-22"><a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=22" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The importance of a good sleep!">The importance of a good sleep!</a></h3> <small>Thursday, November 6th, 2008</small> <div class="entry"> <p>A recent study published by the researchers from New Zealand suggests that lack of sleep during the childhood years increases the likelihood of developing obesity in adulthood (<strong><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_71142.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.nlm.nih.gov');">This is the original link to the article</a></strong>). Sleep is absolutely essential for every person. Adequate and proper sleep regiment is absolutely critical to both children and adults. During the course of the night, the body rests and repairs. This is generally the time when the growth hormone is secreted the most. Thus, lack of sleep or distrubed sleep does affect the production of this hormone during the night. Diminished growth hormone levels can affect the normal growth in children, as well as the normal repair mechanisms in adults (which do occur on a regular basis).</p> <p>Lack of sleep or disturbed sleep can also affect our stress hormone (aka cortisol). There is often a correlation between stress and obesity. So, if lack of sleep does in fact elevate the stress hormone in children, then it may very well lead to obesity. A good night’s sleep is absolutely a must for all children and adults!</p> <p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The importance of a good sleep!", url: "http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=22" });</script></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=obesity" rel="tag">obesity</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=poor-digestion" rel="tag">poor digestion</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=sleep" rel="tag">Sleep</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=stress" rel="tag">stress</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=stress-and-sleep" rel="tag">stress and sleep</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=44" title="View all posts in Sleep" rel="category">Sleep</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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