Jill Turner, ND

11/01/2025

10/30/2025

Starting November 1st we will provide free sack lunches.  These are intended for those who are losing their SNAP benefits.  Each sack lunch will have a PB&J, Chips/Vegetable Pouch, and Juice Box. 

You will be able to take as many as you need.  Every day we will make fresh sandwiches, and more will be made as we need them. 

If you would like to help us purchase ingredients for this, we will have an option available at the register.  Our cost is around $1.75-2.25(item dependent) per sack lunch.  

Our back bar is going to be turned into a FREE pantry.  We encourage anyone who has spare non-perishable goods to please bring them in.  We will do our best to keep it clean and organized.  This will be a self-serve pantry.   You will not be judged by what you take or how much.  I will do my best to keep everyone updated as to what we might have available. 

As demand grows we will do our best to keep up with the requests that come in. 

SNAP provides for over 757,000 Oregonians- it’s necessary financial assistance they need to get food to the table. 24.5% of Oregon SNAP users are households with one or more children. 47% of snap users are female single-parent households. 210,000 of the snap recipients are children and another 130,000 SNAP recipients are over the age of 65, according to ODHS.

If your reaction is anything but love and support for your neighbor and those not as fortunate- we suggest take a walk, then come back to the conversation.  Life is hard.  Grocery prices are up. Benefits have been going down for years. Let’s help one another.

Remember, we have friends everywhere.

You are not alone, we are all in this together.

10/21/2025

Exciting news!

08/03/2025

I’m so glad we are not having big wild fires close to us right now, but sharing this again so you have the information handy if we need it later this summer.

From a colleague. She is an environmental doctor, ND and researcher.

Here are some of her suggestions.

(Please always check with your doc first, since she is not your doc, just ‘a’ doc.)

“This week I literally finished my 100+ slides for a presentation I am giving at the end of October on smoke & the health effects seen in firefighters.

Here’s my summary:
Smoke is not just particles - it is all the substances that are burning. It is gases & plastics & pesticides & toxic metals & flame retardants. These get attached to the particles & we breathe them in. And we absorb them through our skin (even firefighters on oxygen have elevated levels of benzenes). And we ingest them.

The particles they are measuring as part of air pollution is PM 2.5 - which is just the size (2.5 micrometers). The smaller particles - PM 0.1 are much more toxic. They aren’t being measured & often the PM 2.5 is made up of 0.1 glommed together.

In any case these small particles are dangerous because they don’t stay in your lungs - they go straight into your blood stream & straight into organs like your brain & your heart.

So what you can do:
•Try to reduce your exposure to smoke!
•Don’t go outside.
•Don’t exercise.
•Close your windows & doors.
•Wear as much of a mask as you have - N100 or N95 or your homemade ones - maybe doubled or tripled (??).
•If you have air filters & you forgot to turn them on - do so.
•If you have a way to circulate air in your house through a filter - like an HVAC system - do that.
•If you can - double up on your filter in the unit or change it frequently.
•And if you do have a way to circulate & filter - then seal your house up - use tape on windows or doors that are leaky.
•Close your chimney flue.
•Reduce the dust inside - wipe down surfaces, vacuum.

The particles that have come in are carrying all the toxic things - try not to have them move around every time you move around & rebreathe them.

Supplements:
1) B complex vitamins.
- they did a study where they stuck people into a pollution chamber (literally) for 2 hours after they had been on placebo or B vitamin for a month - and the B vitamins protected & reversed the DNA damage from the pollution!!

2) Fish oil
- heart attacks go up after smoke exposures. Your entire body is getting inflamed from this - especially your brain. Take your fish oil

3) N-Acetyl Cysteine
- 500 mg 3-4X per day. Major support for detox pathways in your body

4) Glutathione:
- you probably don’t have this - but if you do & you forgot to take it - do it now. And then take some Vitamin C to help you recycle your glutathione.

5) Green Tea!
- start drinking it. Super anti-oxidant - helps so many chemicals get cleared

6) Brassica Veggies:
- broccoli cabbage cauliflower. . . . . . all super important helpers for you to clear the toxicants you are being exposed to.

Any other anti-inflammatory supplements you happen to have around - turmeric, vitamin C, vitamin D, elderberry. . . . . . your body is working really really hard to clear the smoke - give it a little help.

Stay safe friends! These are indeed very interesting times we are living through.”

- Louise Tolzmann, ND, Portland, OR 9/2020

05/02/2025

Taking time for rejuvenation is very important! Thanks for the sunshine, New Orleans. I enjoyed exploring the city on foot and paddling through the swamp on a kayak. How do you like to rejuvenate?
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03/11/2025

Wondering if you or a family member need a measles booster or about your immune status? This is a good explanation about the MMR vaccine and how it offers protection against measles and the timing of vaccines during an outbreak. Please reach out to schedule an appointment if you still have questions!

02/21/2025

National Condom Week is February 14-21.

DYK? Oregon residents can receive a free envelope of condoms and l**e delivered discreetly to their door, up to twice per month: onecondoms.com/oregon

Correctly using a condom every time you have s*x can reduce the risk of s*xually transmitted infections (STIs).

(Adapted from OHA's Oregon Reproductive Health Program)

02/19/2025

Your help is greatly appreciated!

02/17/2025

Magnesium for the win!

Research shows a high-magnesium diet could slow brain aging and lower dementia risk.

A study from the Australian National University shows that increased magnesium intake may help protect against age-related brain decline, particularly benefiting women.

Researchers analyzed data from over 6,000 participants aged 40–73, tracking their dietary magnesium consumption and its effects on brain volume and white matter lesions. Those consuming more than 550 mg of magnesium daily had brains appearing nearly a year younger by age 55 compared to those with lower intake.

The study also found that postmenopausal women experienced the greatest neuroprotective benefits, possibly due to magnesium’s anti-inflammatory properties.

Magnesium, found in foods like leafy greens, nuts, seeds, legumes, and whole grains, has long been known for its health benefits, but this research highlights its potential role in dementia prevention. With no cure for dementia, experts stress the importance of dietary strategies for brain health.

Study co-author Dr. Erin Walsh emphasizes the need for further research to confirm these findings and inform public health recommendations. Given the rising global prevalence of dementia, this study underscores the importance of modifiable lifestyle factors in reducing cognitive decline and promoting long-term brain health.

Learn more: https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/can-a-magnesium-rich-diet-reduce-dementia-risk