July 2006 Newsletter from Ecopolitan

July Features: "Everything in Moderation"? Why am I always Tired? Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Preparing Ecopolitan-style Healthy Food at Home, Chemical Sensitivity Treatment.

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Today's FIRST quotation:

'We have to do it by ourselves, but we can't do it alone. '

Daniel Mark

Today's SECOND quotation is prominently embedded within this newsletter... Find it, email it back to us, and be entered into a monthly raffle for a free Berry Parfait and an Infrared Sauna (for one or two) OR a Free 'Should We Cook Our Food?' Doctor T's Lecture CD from Ecopolitan!

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With Appreciation,
ECOPOLITAN
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Newsletter Contents

1. Today's Ask Doctor T - Why am I always Tired? Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Preparing Ecopolitan-style Healthy Food at Home, Chemical Sensitivity Treatment.
2. Articles - "Everyhing in Moderation"?
3. Free Tuesday Meetings and Lectures
4. Upcoming Events - Monthly Get-together at the River Haven; New Weekly YogaBrunch and YogaDinner; River Haven Potluck; Uncooking Class; Minneapolis Living Foods Potluck & Support Group; Radiation Free Breast Screening.
5. Restaurant Happenings - Best of the Twin Cities Award, Melted Nacho Cheese - A New Amazing Recipe, New Menu.
6. Eco-Business of the Month - Biologique Foods.
7. What is Doctor T Up To?
8. About this Newsletter

Today's ASK Doctor T

Read Dr. T's Answers:

Always Tired - Why am I Always Feeling So Tired?

Question: I have been told by my doctor that it’s “normal” for me to be always tired, because of my age (63). Is that true?

Read Dr. T's Short Answer: Always Tired - Why?

How to Treat my Chemical Sensitivities?

Question: I have been sensitive to various chemicals and perfumes lately, while my friends don’t seem to be bothered. Why?

Read Dr. T's Short Answer: Chemical Sensitivity Treatment

Autism Spectrum Disorder Causes, Autism Treatment,
Assistance Preparing Ecopolitan-Style Health Food at Home

Question: I am seeking some assistance with food prep for my family. My daughter is on the autism spectrum and has many food allergies and sensitivities. She is on a modified diet and the food preparation is too much for me to do on top of all of my other responsibilities.

Health Food Recipe Pictures

I am interested in paying someone to prepare some of our food on a weekly basis and also to expand our knowledge of food options, etc. I love the food at your restaurant and thought that one of your staff may be interested in this position.

Read Dr. T's Short Answer: Autism Spectrum Disorder Causes to learn about Autism Treatment and to get help with preparing Ecopolitan-style food at your own home.

Previous Answers

Read Doctor T's previous answers in the new Ecopolitan's answers archive.

If you have a nutritional or brief medical question you would like Doctor T to answer, please email us and it may be answered in a future newsletter.

Articles

Our articles reveal the optimal path to a healthy long life of productivity, pleasure, and sustainability, emphasizing holistic, science-based prevention of chronic, degenerative diseases and ecological activism!

"Everything in Moderation"?

"Everything in Moderation"? Have we not heard the captioned phrase numerous times throughout life? It has become so common that we have learned to accept it as self-evident. Very few people (if any) give it a second thought, let alone evaluate it critically.

Is this a good nutritional habit? What common food ingredients are truely safe to eat "in moderation"? What are the side effects? And when can we really allow ourselves to eat in moderation?

Read the Full Article: "Everything in Moderation"?

Read previous newsletter articles in the Ecopolitan's articles archive,
or search through the ecopolitan website:

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Free Information Meetings

(Every Tuesday 6-8+ PM, Upstairs).

Join us for free lectures, discussions, or socializing. The information meetings begin sharply at 6:30 PM- please come at 6 PM to meet others, wind down, and have a drink (organic NSA wine, smoothie, or fresh juice...) or a snack (optional). If you wish, you can order from the restaurant before the meeting and we will bring your order upstairs to you. Or, you can just sit and relax, since no purchase is
necessary.

Upcoming Meeting Topics...

July 11: Inside the Raw Food Movement: An insider's uncensored report of her fascinating (sometimes shocking) experiences with self-proclaimed "Raw food gurus" who live an unhealthy lifestyle and sell unethical, unsustainable concepts and products under false claims of being "health experts." Prior to attending this lecture, it is recommended that you read Dr. T's June article "Eco-Raw Living" (your comments and suggestions to this article are welcome - as it is an evolving process). Presented by Ana Sia, Raw Food Chef and Activist, who is visiting us (again) from the Pacific West.

July 19: the science behind organic foods, regulations, and how our daily decisions on what we consume will impact the future health of our animals, environment, and human race. Presented by Biologique Foods, our Eco-Buisiness of the Month.

July 26: Documented, uncontested HIV Secrets the establishments has hidden from the public during the past 25 years! (Presented by Dr. T)

All lectures are presented by Ecopolitan Founder Dr. Adiel Tel-Oren ["Dr. T"] , except where noted.

Upcoming Events

Monthly Get-together at the River Haven

The River Haven Intentional Community is the proposed site of Ecopolitan's EcoRaw Immersion Healing Retreat! Here is your invitation:

We're having our monthly get-together on Saturday, July 22. Our potluck will be at 6:00pm, but you're welcome to arrive earlier. There are trails to walk, and good company. And we may be doing some work if it's not too hot! We'll also plan a moonlit campfire if the current drought subsides. As always, you're welcome to tent camp here Friday and/or Saturday nights.

We've been busy planning our lot configurations for eco-village housing and for our community lay-out. So we're doing all that "head work" that has to precede the physical. But Dr. T's treehouse is going up rapidly, and is quite a sight to see!

Directions to River Haven: River Haven can be reached by taking Interstate 94 to the highway 25 exit (Menomonie, WI exit #41) then traveling north on Highway 25 about eight miles to County Road G. Turning to the right (east) on County Road G, go about one mile until you see two driveways close together on the left at the end of a curve in the road. The River Haven drive is the first one. The address is N9562 County Road G. The N9562 is a fire number and it is on a little red sign at the driveway. Just come to the dome, walk inside, and announce yourselves (we forgot the doorbell).

If you need to reach us, call Carol at 715-632-2627 or e-mail her at ewertc@wwt.net. Randy and Ann will be on vacation until the get-together and won't be reachable. So if you need to ask questions, don't respond to this e-mail, but e-mail Carol at her address.

Take care and we look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones!

Warmest regards,

River Haven Folks!

To read more about River Haven, take a look in an article which appeared in the Ecopolitan newsletter last summer: "What is the Intentional Community of River Haven"? , then take a look at the community website.

Ecopolitan's Weekly YogaBrunch and YogaDinner

Weekly YogaBrunch and YogaDinner, at Ecopolitan's Meeting Room, are starting next week.

YogaBrunch - every Sunday AM at 9 and at 10:30 (followed by special EcoRaw brunch).

YogaDinner - every Thursday at 5 PM. (followed by optional EcoRaw dinner).

The instructor is Jessica Dawn Flannigan. Jessica has been studying hatha yoga and meditation for 7 years. She is passionate about global and personal health and believes that cultivating these should be a truly joyful experience. She trained at the Yandara Yoga Institute in Baja California, Mexico and is a certified yoga instructor by the Yoga Alliance. Jessica has studied with teachers of Kripalu, Kali Ray, Iyengar, and Ashtanga yoga, among others.

Our yoga classes are nurturing yet challenging, down-to-earth, energizing, calming and grounding. You will strengthen your body, stretch your spirit, and harmonize your mind. The classes are open to all people, regardless of physical ability, flexibility, or level of yoga experience. We will challenge the seasoned practitioner and welcome the beginner!

For additional information contact Jessica Flannigan directly. Send an email to
jessflan@hotmail.com .

Ecopolitan's Monthly Un-Cooking Class

Taught by our our new professionally-trained chef Jane, this monthly class (at Ecopolitan's Lecture/Meeting room upstairs) is focused on healthful food preparation "a la Ecopolitan".

Our monthly un-cooking classes, take place the last Sunday every month, upstairs, at 2:30 PM.

Next meeting date - Sunday, July 29

Subject: Summer UnCooking- Delicate Delicacies for Light Entertainment

Our Chef Jane will demonstrate her professional kitchen skills and knife-wielding techniques when preparing snacks Hors'deuvres and other favorites!

For the more serious culinary students, we offer private (one-on-one) un-cooking lessons with one of our chefs. Participants are taught by an Ecopolitan chef the essential skills, methods and recipes for getting started in raw-food preparation. Call or speak to our staff for registration.

Find more on the vegeterian un-cooking classes and private instructions.

Minneapolis Living Foods Potluck & Support Group

Do you sometime feel that you are alone in your quest for a healthy, sustainable lifestyle that can heal both your body and your Planet? Joining our monthly Minneapolis Eco-Raw Potluck will definitely improve this feeling, as you find other people with whom you can share your friendship, compassion, stories and knowledge! Our potluck meetings, which welcome everybody regardless of race, religion, status, personal preferences, political affiliation, and eating habits, take place the last Sunday every month, upstairs, immediately after the monthly uncooking class .....

Next meeting dates:

Sunday, July 29, 5:30 PM,
Sunday, August 26, 5:30 PM

Go to the potluck page for more information on the exciting Minneapolis Living Foods Potluck & Support Group, what to bring and how to prepare.

Breast Thermography at Ecopolitan Building

Breast Thermography, Also Known As Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI)- is available at the Ecopolitan Building on the first Monday of each month between 9:00-10:00 AM and 2 PM.

Next Dates:

Monday, August 7th, 2006
Monday, September 4th, 2006

To schedule your DITI appointment please call Joe’s direct line- 612-870-2974.

DITI is a radiation free, contact free, non invasive (symptom-free), state of the art clinical screening test recommended for women of all ages. This test is part of an early breast disease detection program that provides women an opportunity to greatly increase their chances of addressing early stages of cancer and other breast disease. Unlike conventional mammography, DITI is completely safe for pregnant women, women with breast implants, and dense or sensitive breasts, since there is no contact with or compression of the breast. DITI has been recognized as a viable diagnostic tool since 1987 by the AMA Council on Scientific affairs and the ACA Council on Diagnostic Imaging, since 1988 by the Congress of Neuro-Surgeons, and since 1990 by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

The screening at Ecopolitan (the ONLY MODERN DITI currently available in the Twin Cities that is interpreted by a Board-Certified Radiologist) includes a full thermographic imaging examination and color images, interpretation of the non-breast tissue findings by a Certified Thermographer, and medical interpretation by a board-certified medical radiologist.

Our certified thermographer is Valerie Zumbusch. Her number for technical questions is (612) 741-3954 and her email address is vzumbusc at amfam.com.

To schedule, call Joe (of Ecopolitan and of the FDH Foundation) at 612-870-2974. More information on radiation free breast screening.

Restaurant Happenings

ECOPOLITAN - providing for the ECOlogy of our metroPOLITAN area
100% Organic, Vegan, Raw Food Restaurant & Bar Natural Home & Body Goods-
'For Your Health, the Earth, & the Taste!'

Open 9am-10pm Seven Days A Week (11pm Fri & Sat).
2409 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55405
(612) 87-GREEN.

Best of the Twin Cities Award

Ecopolitan is proud to announce that it has won the City Pages' Best Vegetarian Restaurant award last month (2nd year in a row) - with a very nice article about our minneapolis restaurant .

Melted Nacho Cheese - A New Amazing Recipe

Our chefs have just created a new amazing "melted nacho cheese" - which will be used in some of our specials. Be careful- it's addictive (but good for you)!

About Our Menu

New Restaurant pictures

The Minneapolis Ecopolitan EcoRaw Restaurant, Eco-Shop, and Organic Wine Bar, is excited to have its expansive menu available online in its entirety. You can print it if you wish, or order take-outs while browsing the Ecopolitan website: Be sure to check out our enhanced bulk section (nuts, seeds, dried fruits, grains and legumes for sprouting) and our Eco-Shop (Safecoat products and other goods for a healthy, non-toxic home and body; Kitchen appliances; Organic Cotton & Hemp clothes and accessories; organic coconut and olive oils; books & magazines; Rebounding Excercisers,air filters, and shower filters; all these and other products are sold here as well as online or by phone. Everything is discounted, since we are a non-profit!). Remember to ask for a prescription when necessary (for special-order 100% organic cotton mattresses, and for tax deductions on health products and services, including the Infrared Therapy Sauna and the Oxygen Bar, for medical need).

Read above about our special Uncooking Classes, and the potluck meetings.

Eco-Business of the Month

Occasionally we promote businesses that are eco-friendly (using biodegradable, non-toxic cleaning materials, laundry detergents, recycled goods and other safe supplies, or moving in that direction by implementing environmentally-conscious policies). We hope that many businesses will follow suit and we will gladly promote them in future newsletters, encouraging our readers to support their efforts and helping them make these often-costly activities a worthwhile investment in their business and in our planet's future. If you feel that your business qualifies, please let us know.

Biologique Foods is proud to be featured as Ecopolitan’s Eco-Business of The Month. As an organization committed to educating and promoting living organically with sustainable values, we feel our vision aligns very well with that of Ecopolitan’s. We are an innovative, web-based business that specializes in organic food delivery to our customers’ homes, thus bridging the gap between quality and availability. Our mission is to provide organic foods and education about the ever-changing organic principles to the health-aware and eco-minded public. We currently service the Upper Midwest, but are in the process of expanding!

On Tuesday, July18th we will be presenting the science behind organic foods, regulations, and how our daily decisions on what we consume will impact the future health of our animals, environment, and human race. We look forward to seeing you there!

We are located at 10740 Lyndale Avenue South, Suite CW-NO, Bloomington, MN 55431. Please call 952.346.0044 / 866.450.0044, or email tharrington@biologiquefoods.com for additional info, and check out our web site: www.biologiquefoods.com.

To sign up for our delivery service and receive your first shipment free of charge, please mention Ecopolitan as your referral source, or enter Practitioner Code 021MN at the “practitioner code” box within our site.

What's Doctor T up to?

(in addition to Tuesday Meetings lectures, consulting to nutrition companies, founding international health-related projects, organizing treks, retreats & festivals, seeing patients, writing books and producing CD's, overseeing the clinic, the EcoHostel (now being integrated into the Eco-Stay, to accommodate people wishing for full immersion healing EcoRaw Living experience at a fraction of the cost incurred in raw diet institutes elsewhere) and EcoSpa at the Ecopolitan Building, directing Ecopolitan restaurant's operations, and other activities summarized here).

October 29-November 21, 2006:

Thai Pictures Album

Humanitarian Trek in Nepal and Healing retreat in Thailand- please join!

The seasonal Tropical Thailand Healing Retreat (you are welcome to join Doctor T for the next tour)! Followed by (for those interested in both) the seasonal Nepal Trekking, a community-based humanitarian eco-trek. Please Join!

August 21-September 4, 2006:

Business and Clinical trip to Israel

May 31, 2006:

3 Hour Lecture, Comprehensive Cellular Nutrition & Health at Core Power Yoga for their Yoga Instructors Certification Class - with a digital video made (available soon)!

April 14-17, 2006:

Clinical and Medical Business Trip to Sarasota, Florida.

April 1-13, 2006:

Clinical and Business Medical trip to Israel.

March 10-30, 2006:

Tropical Thailand Healing Retreat (you are welcome to join Doctor T)! Followed by (for those interested in both) Trekking in Nepal, a challenging Himalayan trek!

March 7, 2006:

Jerusalem Lecture about Functional and Nutritional Medicine, to a Symposium of Academicians.

February 23, 2006:

Lectured to Twin Cities doctors about Electro-Magnetic Pollution and Solid Solutions - a continuing-education credit seminar (more details on the EMF seminar). The seminar was well-attended and well-received!

February 15, 2006:

Lecture on EMF Pollution to produce a Double-CD titled "EMF Pollution and Remediation" - NOW AVAILABLE AT ECOPOLITAN!

February 1, 2006: Nutrition Lecture

Doctor T presented a 3-hour General Nutrition Lecture to Yoga Instructors Course Participants at CorePower Yoga Downtown Minneapolis.

Late December, 2005, to mid-January, 2006:

Continuing the promotion of functional laboratory tests in Israel, plus other projects.

November 2005:

The seasonal Tropical Thailand Healing Retreat (you are welcome to join Doctor T for the next tour)! Followed by (for those interested in both) the seasonal Nepal Trekking , a community-based humanitarian eco-trek. Contact us for further details.

Mole removal in Atlanta.

September 2005:

Mole removal in Oregon

Late June- Early July 2005:

Continuing Public Health Projects in Israel (including the Israeli Association of Biological Dentistry), meeting regional HMO doctors, Hospital directors, and the ministry of health officials to promote functional medicine there.

Previous Activities

For previous activities - click here.

About This Newsletter

Today's SECOND quotation:

'When our knowledge is not in order, the more which we have of it, the greater will be our confusion.'

Dr Rae HBF Man, Inspired by Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)

This Newsletter has been authored by Doctor T (with some assistance of others), who apologizes profusely for any grammatical or spelling errors that may have occurred, and promises to correct any error promptly upon being notified...

Adiel (“Doctor T”) Tel-Oren, MD (Europe), DC, LN, DACBN, DABOM, CCN, FABDA, DABCT(c), the founder and President of Ecopolitan and its Eco-Health Network, specializes in disease prevention, non-invasive clinical medicine, nutritional and environmental medicine, and functional medicine (science-based holistic approaches to diagnosis and therapy). Trained as an MD in Europe and the USA, Doctor T is board-certified with the American Board of Oxidative Medicine, American Clinical Board of Nutrition, and the American Board of Chelation Therapy (candidate). He is a Certified Clinical Nutritionist and a professor with the Clinical Nutrition Certification Board of the International & American Association of Clinical Nutritionists; a doctor of chiropractic (trained & licensed in the USA); a Licensed Nutritionist (Minnesota); a Fellow of the American Board of Disability Analysts; a member of the ACA Nutrition Council; and President Emeritus of the University of Natural Medicine (Santa Fe, NM), where he serves as Dean of Medical Sciences and Professor of functional, nutritional, & clinical medicine.

Doctor T is founder and president of: The Functional and Dental Health (FDH) Foundation (2001), with local and international chapters; the innovative Integrated Healthcare Clinics (1994-2000); America’s first urban Eco-Spa & Eco-Hostel (2005); and Ecopolitan, America's most ecological & environmentally friendly urban complex, which includes an EcoSpa, an Eco-Healing Clinic, an Eco-Hostel, and Ecopolitan, America’s first sustainable restaurant offering 100% Organic EcoRaw Living Cuisine , an Eco-Shop, & an educational resource center (2001). Besides seeing patients and lecturing internationally & on radio/ TV shows to doctors, nurses, & the public, Doctor T consults for nutritional, military, government, and community organizations and is currently writing books and producing CD’s of his popular ‘Ask Doctor T’™ lectures. He also practices wilderness and humanitarian medicine in remote areas; organizes and guides humanitarian Eco-Treks in Nepal; and leads ecological health and education retreats in Wisconsin, Tropical Thailand, and in Nepal, where he also directs CCODER’s Community Health Plan (www.ccoder.org), managing the health of nearly 200,000 people.

He is seeing patients just one or two days each month, plus does laboratory tests when indicated for his patients and for other doctors' referred patients. More information about Doctor Tel-Oren.

To reach Doctor T (for medical concerns, or to join the FDH Foundation or
any of the Treks or Retreats) please call his assistant, Ecopolitan Director Joe
Noreen, using our secondary phone line (612) 870-2974, or email Joe.