Cow Creek Health and Wellness

Healthy Living

Meet Our Healthy Living Team

Our Services

  • Several monthly events designed to help you learn healthy life ways in a fun and accepting environment. See below for all of our events!
  • Individualized Medical Nutrition Therapy through appointments with our Registered Dietitians.
  • Meet with our Naturopathic Physician for holistic healthcare. Dr. April Gilliom specializes in treating chronic health concerns with lifestyle medicine, homeopathic medicine, herbal medicine, craniosacral therapy and other naturopathic treatment options.
  • All of our events and programs support you in diabetes prevention and remission.

Meet Our Team

OUR MISSION AND VISION

A culturally-oriented healthy living hub, leveraging food as medicine. We utilize Tribal-based practices and modern-day science to empower people in their health care.

OUR VALUES

Welcoming Space, Learning, Health Sovereignty

Healthy Living Events

Come join our Ts’ámx Yuwáx Tamiínsii (Healthy Living Team’s) free monthly cooking demonstrations. Hands-on learning, healthy living tips, and delicious recipes.

Join the Ts’ámx Yuwáx Tamiínsii (Healthy Living Team) on a stroll through the aisles, discovering fresh, dietitian-recommended ways to shop on a budget, making healthy choices easy and fun.

Join our socially supportive groups facilitated by Certified Lifestyle Coaches to learn step-by-step the scientifically proven lifestyle strategies to prevent diabetes.

Walk and talk with our Registered Dietitians to improve your health, socialize, and connect with nature.

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2026 Cooking Demonstrations

March 2026 – Fermented Plant-Based Cheese Workshop: A Delicious, Zero-Cholesterol, Low-Saturated-Fat Cheese Option to Support a Healthy Mind
February 2026 – Fiber Up for Heart Health: Intro to Legumes, Ways to Cook Them, and Ways They Heal
January 2026 – Nourish Bowls: A Simple, Tasty, and Fiber-Rich Approach to Meal Prep

2025 Cooking Demonstrations

December 2025 – Functional Mocktails: Wow Your Guests and Yourself This Holiday Season
November 2025 – The Kitchen Spa: Skin Care Recipes with Simple Foods in the Kitchen
October 2025 – Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Curbing Cancer with Foods That Heal
September 2025 – Fermentation as a Path to Connection and Community
August 2025 – Cultural Cuisine: Featuring Korean Bibimbap
July 2025 – Putting the Red, White, and Blue in the Fourth of July
June 2025 – Recipes to Inspire Connection with Nature
May 2025 – Foods to Fuel Fitness
April 2025 – Foundations of Fermentation
March 2025 – Native Foods and National Nutrition Month
February 2025 – Simplifying Heart Health with Smoothies
January 2025 – Batch It Up: Weekly Meal Prep Made Easy

2024 Cooking Demonstrations

December 2024 – Center on Salad: Hearty and Green Leafy Salads to Bring the Family Together
November 2024 – Sweetness in Whole Foods
October 2024 – Culinary Calm: Dishes that Boost Mood and Mind
September 2024 – Herbs and Spices: Magnifying the Medicinal Power of Meals
August 2024 – August Zest: Taming Inflammation with Delicious Foods

Healthy Living Articles

We Are Here for You

Call us to discuss your goals!

(541) 672-8533, option #2

If you aren’t a patient at Cow Creek Health and Wellness Center, please download and fill out a New Patient packet.

PLEASE NOTE: In order to protect the privacy of your information and to comply with HIPAA regulations, digitally-filled-out packets must be emailed to patientintake@cowcreek-nsn.gov.

You may also download, print, fill out, and deliver the completed physical forms to our medical receptionists at your nearest Cow Creek Health and Wellness Center campus.