November 2006 Newsletter from Ecopolitan

October-November Features: Overcoming Resistance to Nutritional - Preventive - Environmental - Functional Medicine, Detecting Prostate Cancer, Allergies and Food Sensitivities, Hydrogen Peroxide for the Hot Tub, Tips on Encouraging Reluctant Friends to Visit Ecopolitan.

Today's FIRST quotation:

'How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise my hand...'

Author Unknown

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!

Contact Ecopolitan Restaurant: (612)-87-GREEN Eco-Health: (612)-870-2974 Eco-Shop: (612)-870-2974 Eco-spa: 1-800-RAWBEAUTY Email us via our Contact Form.

 

If you would like to help others improve their health and learn about eco-friendly living, email this letter to a friend.

Let us know how we're doing!

With Appreciation,
ECOPOLITAN
Your comments and ideas are always welcome - please write us.

Newsletter Contents

1. Today's Ask Doctor T - Overcoming Resistance to Functional Medicine, Detecting Prostate Cancer, Allergies and Food Sensitivities, Hydrogen Peroxide for the Hot Tub, Encouraging Friends to Visit Ecopolitan.
2. Articles
3. Ecopolitan in the Media - Eat it Raw, Smooth Operator
4. Health Miracle Success Testimonials - Today's Testimonial, Announcing our Testimonial-Writing Competition! 10 Prizes awarded!
5. Free Tuesday Meetings and Lectures
6. Upcoming Events - New Weekly YogaBrunch and YogaDinner; Uncooking Class; Minneapolis Living Foods Potluck & Support Group;
7. Health Screens - Radiation-Free Breast and Stroke Screening.
8. Restaurant Happenings - Best of the Twin Cities Award, Melted Nacho Cheese - A New Amazing Recipe, New Menu.
9. Eco-Business of the Month
10. What is Doctor T Up To?
11. About this Newsletter

Today's ASK Doctor T

Read Dr. T's Answers:

Overcoming Resistance to Nutritional, Environmental, Preventive, Functional Medicine

Question: My 9 year old daughter has chronic recurring urinary tract infection, and has been under medical care (antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs) for many years, without success.

I want to try another approach, but my husband's parents are medical doctors and they resist any alternative approach. I would like to have a consultation with you for examination and diagnosis, but first I must overcome their resistance. How should I approach them?

Read Dr. T's Short Answer: Overcoming Resistance to Functional Medicine

Detecting Prostate Cancer

Question: I have a biofeedback client with a huge prostate gland who is told he needs to go through a biopsy. He is scared to death. I told him about the AMAS test to detect early cancer without surgery.

Is there anything else he should do? He is on medication for the enlarged prostate.

Read Dr. T's Short Answer: Detecting Prostate Cancer

Allergies and Food Sensitivities

Question: Ask Doctor T: I am a college student suffering from allergies and food sensitivitites. Apart from taking the applicable tests, what can I do to alleviate some of the symptoms?

Read Dr. T's Short Answer: Allergies and Food Sensitivities

Hydrogen Peroxide for the Hot Tub

Question: Ask Doctor T: I am a big fan of your restaurant and really find your newsletters informative. I have a hot tub that I'd like to start using hydrogen peroxide in instead of all the harmful chemicals.

Can you tell me who to contact regarding the ratio of peroixde per gallon of water and where to get the food grade peroxide. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Read Dr. T's Short Answer: Hydrogen Peroxide for the Hot Tub

Encouraging Friends to Visit Ecopolitan

Question: Hello, I have been enjoying your food immensely- it's hard to believe how food that tastes so amazingly rich and fulfilling can also be so healthy for you (and the planet)!

However, when I try to invite friends and family they are reluctant to join me, even though I tell them it's the most fabulous organic raw restaurant and eco-shop! How can I convince them to come and eat at Ecopolitan?

Read Dr. T's Short Answer: Encouraging Friends to Visit Ecopolitan

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

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

Ecopolitan The Web

Ecopolitan in the Media

Eat it Raw - Ecopolitan Makes the Uncooked Comfortable

Appeared in the Southwest Journal, September 11-24.

Quoting the auhor: "The loyal Clientele, which fills tables inside and out, is the first sign that something interesting is happening there..... One of the things that makes a tostada good to eat is the mess of textures and flavors that get all mixed up in your mouth: crisp lettuce, smooth beans, silky cheese. Ecopolitan’s tostada hits the mark — without beans, cheese or a tortilla. It’s crunchy and creamy, tangy and hot; the peppers in the salsa snap; the guac tingles with lime and garlic. You might even start looking around for a Pacifico.

The magic’s in the prep..... The “sour cream” is made from cashews that are soaked and then ground in a blender....the best nuts for creamy foods..... Ecopolitan’s “taco meat” is really sprouted lentils, portabello mushrooms and carrots ground together, dehydrated and then rehydrated to a crumbly texture. The “taco shell” is a paste of ground flax and sunflower seeds, onion and cayenne that’s dehydrated till crisp. It’s good; it’s also inventive as hell. And that is, no doubt, what’s garnered Ecopolitan a steady stream of patrons: creating raw food dishes that replicate the comfort we’re used to from cooked cuisine."

For the full article: Eat it raw

Smooth Operator

- In search of the alchemists who transform fruits into liquids

Quoting the author: "Here they perk up the drinks menu with monosyllabic items such as figs and dates. Coconut milk works great in "milkshake"-style smoothies.... Like a gourmet Jelly Belly, Ecopolitan has managed to capture the essence of something, and make it into something else... Take the apple pie smoothie, for example. Who knew that banana, pear, and apple juices, dates, walnuts, and cinnamon could taste exactly like warm apple pie? The oatmeal raisin and strawberry shortcake smoothies manage the alchemical feat of transforming food into liquid as well. The vanilla almond and dark date drink combines ingredients that you almost surely wouldn't drop into a blender of your own volition—but which you probably should"

For the full article: Smooth Operator

Health Miracle Success Testimonials

Submissions Needed for Competition! 10 Prizes Awarded!

To launch our Newsletter's Testimonial section, we are announcing an Essay-Writing Testimonial Competition! The best testimonials (as decided by a committee representing Ecopolitan's staff and Dr. T) will win valuable prizes! We want hundreds of submissions to flood our gates! To enter the competition, simply email us a short essay (up to one page) describing ANY BENEFITS you have gained (physically, emotionally, and spiritually) from the educational, environmental, medical, social, and culinary activities of Ecopolitan or of Doctor Adiel Tel-Oren ("Dr. T").

• Has your health improved? How?
• Has your knowledge of sustainability and ecological living increased?
• Has your understanding of nutrition been enhanced?
• What have you changed about your life's choices?
• Did your social life change for the better?
• Are you better at healthy food preparation?
• How do you feel about these benefits?
• How important is Ecopolitan in your life?

All these questions (and many others) can be answered in your submitted essay. Selected essays will be posted anonymously on our website. Deadline for submission: November 31, 2006. There are 10 prizes awarded:

• First Prize: $100 Gift Certificate to any of Ecopolitan's foods and services.
• Second prize: Dinner for two including organic NSA wine (up to $40 value).
• Third prize (3 awarded): Infrared Sauna for Detoxification and Healing, one session ($25 value).
• Forth prize (2 awarded): Dr. T's double CD "Should We Cook Our Foods?" ($15 value), or "EMF Pollution and Remediation" ($15 value) - your choice.
• Fifth Prize: (3 awarded): Introductory Oxygen bar session, including your own personal canula ($10 value).

Fill a testimonial on the website now or send it by email. we reserve the right to edit all testimonials before they are published on the site.

Today's Testimonial

"I just wanted to congratulate you on what appears to be your superhuman efforts at spreading the message.

About a year and a half ago I finally managed to sustain a predominantly raw vegan diet after an earlier attempt about four or five years ago.

I'd first heard of eating unprocessed, unrefined organic uncooked foods almost 10 years ago, but wasn't ready. The vegetarian part has been easy, However, going to mostly raw foods was the hard part for me!

It wasn't until ...

Dr. T's Comment: We all had to go through the same path, TH. First, we did not believe it exists (Raw Veganism). Then we did not believe it was possible. Then we tried and could not handle the addictions. Then we tried again (out of conviction or out of severe illness) and finally realized what our immune system should do for us, what energy our metabolism can manufacture for us, and what clarity our brain can provide us, when we provide the body with the correct, pure fuel!

Read the full testimonial: Raw Food Sustained.

Read more testimonials on the Ecopolitan website

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...

October 10: Childhood and Adult ADD- Do you have adult ADD? How do you know? Why? What to do? Many children with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder, sometimes known as ADHD if hyperactivity is a symptom) go undiagnosed (perhaps to their benefit!) to become adults with ADD and its social, emotional, and physical manifestations.

October 17: Is RAW the future of Athletics?

October 24: The toxic load our food puts on our health and how these toxins contribute to cancer and obesity. Presented by Biologique Foods.

October 31: Everything you need to know about detoxification and cleansing!

November 7: "How do we know what to eat despite the confusion and conflicting massages from nutrition experts?"

Check out the new Eco-Calendar in our site for latest updates on future lectures and other events.

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

Upcoming Events

Kundalini Yoga with Tracy

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

YogaBrunch - every Sunday AM at 10:45 (until noon).

YogaDinner - every Thursday at 5:30 PM starting in November (followed by optional EcoRaw dinner).

For additional information and to sign on, please call Tracy directly - 651-292-9381

Tracy Cielto is a Native of Minnesota and a graduate of the College of Saint Catherine. She began her Yoga practice in Sausalito, CA and has been a studying Hatha Yoga for over 5 years..Her teacher training is from one of the most comprehensive Teacher Training programs in the country, Yoga Works in Southern California...

She's experienced in Pre & Post Natal Yoga and Yoga for Youths...

Her current training has led her to Teach Kundalini Yoga: The Yoga of Awareness, as taught by Yogi Bhajan. For the last 10 years Tracy's travels have led her from Minneapolis, to Mexico City, Istanbul, Athens, San Francisco, and Grenada; empowered by the wisdom gained from her travels, she (along with her husband and two small children) lives in St. Paul, practicing and teaching about the power of awareness and how that leads to conscious living.

Tracy is renewing the Ecopolitan tradition of the Sunday Yoga-Brunch. She will teach yoga at the Ecopolitan's Meeting Room every Sunday at 10:45 AM (until noon) starting this coming Sunday (October 22). Additionally, she will be teaching a Thursday evening class (at 5:30 PM) every Thursday starting November 2nd. For additional information and to sign on, please call Tracy directly - 651-292-9381

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!

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 dates -

Sunday, October 29, 2:30 PM
Sunday, November 26, 2:30 PM

Subject: October: Autumn Delicacies and Popular Requests: Our new vegan raw Sushi Special, which is even better than our previous sushi offering, will be expounded on and masticated thoroughly by the attendants.

The Traditional ecolicious pumpkin pie will be presented, as well as old favorites like our Red-Pepper Hummus and our zucchini pastas with our specialty Macadamia Alfredo and Strawbery Marinara sauces. Don't miss this class with our chef Jane Byer!

November: Thanksgiving Gourmet - the delectable recipes from the Ecopolitan Restaurant's Thanksgiving Feast!

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, or for those wishing to create a fully-functioning uncooking kitchen, 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, October 29, 5:30 PM
Sunday, November 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.

Health Screens

Dr. T’s approach to patient care relies on science-based education and advanced functional laboratory tests (assessing the potential causes and process of disease) needed to reverse or prevent disease progression; to predict individual susceptibility to various disorders; and to enhance productive longevity. This leads to individualized nutritional and functional therapy.

Read about advanced medical laboratory tests and health screens you can order.

Breast Thermography at Ecopolitan Building

Breast Thermography (and other health screens), 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, November 6, 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 Dr. Tel-Oren's assistant, 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.

New Take-Out Menu Now Available!

New Ecopolitan Logo Has Been Created - check out the new sign, describing all the services and businesses of the Ecopolitan Green Network on our front door!

New Articles About Our restaurants (see Media above)

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.

What's Doctor T up 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.

Previous Activities

For previous activities - click here.

About This Newsletter

Today's SECOND quotation:

'The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.'

Author Unknown

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.