Wednesday, August 23, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Fit For
Sisters
Andrew Luscutoff
Columnist
Smoky and
smoggy —
should you
exercise?
Sisters Country is not
uncommon to a little atmo-
spheric smoke and haze dur-
ing the dry days of summer
fire season when wildfires
happen.
Smoky morning haze
from a faraway fire with
a nighttime inversion and
breeze bring light smog and
a minor annoyance. This
year, however, all residents
of Sisters are on high alert
as the Milli fire blew up due
to a high-wind day which
took the fire from a man-
ageable size to thousands of
acres in hours.
Air quality plays a role in
everyday life, but especially
during exercise. As a person
begins exertion, their lungs,
heart, and energy metabo-
lism increase. Usually, a
breath is taken through the
nose where fine hairs work
as a filter. Exercise usu-
ally prompts of breathing
through the mouth. Thus,
any particles in the air have
a clean passage into the
body.
When these particles get
into the airway, there can
be an asthmatic response,
inflammation, and discom-
fort. These particles may
also increase risk of heart
attack and stroke by way
of oxidative stress on the
body. Other acute symp-
toms include dizziness,
headaches, weakness, and
tightness in the chest. It’s
interesting to note that the
number hospital admis-
sions for lung and breathing
conditions are directly cor-
related to the air quality. It
also appears that a response
to smoke is almost that of
allergy; it has a genetic
component and every-
one responds to a varying
degree.
In research on the mat-
ter, there is little to be
said regarding forest fire
smoke, but there is a lot
of work looking at air pol-
lution from city life. One
anecdote: A mountain bike
race in China, where many
professionals were lined up
in order to prepare for the
Olympic conditions, saw 42
of the 50 contestants drop
out. This was attributed to
the terrible air quality in
Beijing.
This is alarming to many
who work out, but looking
at other research is startling
because there also seems
to be a protective effect for
someone who is already
fit. In British Columbia,
research exposed mice to
diesel exhaust — one group
who were fit mice, exer-
cising 5 days per week,
while the others were
couch potatoes. The results
were surprising, because
the mice who were seden-
tary exhibited far greater
inflammatory and oxidative
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responses, whereas the fit
mice only saw a small spike.
This tends to show that
the body that is exercising
seems to handle stressors
better.
The next example simply
looked at whether the bene-
fits of exercise outweigh the
negatives of the air quality.
In reality this all is depen-
dent on the status of the air.
The Netherlands correlated
the negative exposure of
commuting cyclists to a net
loss of 1-40 days of healthy
life, while the benefit of the
exercise was life extending
from 3-14 months.
Recommendations for
exercise again are depen-
dent on the conditions. Here
are some tips; if a person is
healthy, shows no sign of
asthma or COPD then it is
perfectly OK to exercise in
moderate conditions (yel-
low to orange on the air
quality index). Exercise in
the afternoon when winds
are usually helping to move
the smoke out and higher
into the atmosphere. If the
smoke is bothersome, an
indoor workout is advised.
Last, use a mask. The N-95
rated masks block out 95
percent of particulate mat-
ter. These however do
restrict a little and can cause
shortness of breath.
Overall, these days of
polluted skies from smoke
are only a snapshot of usu-
ally crystal clear skies we
get to enjoy. Keep this in
mind, as a few days of
adjusted exercise will not
be a detriment. Use good
judgment, and if the qual-
ity turns from orange to red,
look at an indoor workout.
A healthy diet, fit body, and
low stress will all equip you
to deal with nuisances like a
smoky morning.
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Nike leader gives
$500K in governor race
PORTLAND (AP) —
Nike co-founder Phil Knight
this week contributed
$500,000 to the gubernatorial
campaign of Knute Buehler,
a Republican lawmaker from
Central Oregon.
The 79-year-old billion-
aire made the donation on
Monday, and it appeared in
Oregon’s campaign finance
database on Wednesday.
Knight is an Oregon
native, and Nike headquarters
are outside Portland. He has
spent heavily in recent guber-
natorial elections, donating
$400,000 to Republican can-
didate Chris Dudley in 2010
and $250,000 to Democrat
John Kitzhaber in 2014.
“I’m thrilled to have Phil
Knight — one of Oregon’s
most influential citizens and
innovative business leaders
— on our team,” Buehler, a
Bend orthopedic surgeon, said
in a statement. “Phil Knight
looks beyond narrow politi-
cal labels — and so do I.”
The donation comes very
early in the campaign. The
Republican primary is nine
months away, with the winner
advancing to a likely matchup
with incumbent Gov. Kate
Brown, a Democrat, in
November 2018.
With Knight’s dona-
tion, Buehler now has raised
slightly more than $700,000.
Brown reports having $1.4
million in her campaign
account.
Knight has donated to
Buehler once before in a race
against Brown, contributing
$50,000 to his unsuccess-
ful race for secretary of state
in 2012. Brown defeated
Buehler by 8 percentage
points.
Brown assumed Oregon’s
highest office in 2015 when
Kitzhaber resigned over alle-
gations that his girlfriend
used their relationship to
win contracts for her green-
energy consulting business.
It has been more than 30
years since a Republican
was governor of Oregon, but
Buehler has positioned him-
self as a moderate. He cham-
pioned an effort to expand
birth control while taking tra-
ditional Republican stances
on taxes and spending.
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