July 2005 Newsletter from Ecopolitan

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Healthy Pregnancy, Eco-Trike Drive, Colonoscopy Alternatives, and more...

Today's FIRST quotation:

"I went snorkeling and noticed how gently the fish welcomed us into their world ... as compared to the violence with which we welcomed them into ours. I became a vegetarian".

- Syndee Brinkman

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) at Ecopolitan!

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   "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
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   (your comments and ideas are always welcome - contact us)

Today's "Ask Dr. T":

Question: My Mother died of Colon Cancer and I have to have a colonoscopy done every couple of years. I sure would love not to have to go through colonoscopy if there is another way to check for Colon Cancer.

Read Doctor T's answer: colonoscopy procedure - alternative colon cancer tests - lower cost, improved accuracy

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

JULY 2005 AT ECOPOLITAN:

July's Article: Optimizing Babies' and Mother's Health During Pregnancy
What's New at Ecopolitan-
Free Tuesday Meetings and Lectures
Un-Cooking Class Sunday, July 31st, 2-4 pm at Ecopolitan
Minneapolis Living Foods Potluck & Support Group
Tropical Thailand Retreat October 2-10, 2005
Eco Artist of the Month
Breast Thermography at Ecopolitan Building, Thursday, August 4th
Space donated to you at the Ecopolitan Building
Ecopolitan In The Media
What's Dr. T up To?

1. July's Article: Optimizing Babies' and Mothers' Health During Pregnancy.

Wellness begins in the womb, and an embryo's health depends on the toxicity and nutritional status of the mother. Therefore, avoidance of toxins, harmful electromagnetic fields (especially deep-penetrating, high-frequency radio and microwaves, to which babies and children are far more sensitive than adults are), and severe emotional strain, while focusing on a nutrient-dense diet are extremely important.

To read the rest of the article - click here: Optimizing babies' and mothers' health during pregnancy.

2. What's New at Ecopolitan

August 21, 2005 (tentative date): "The Ecopolitan Trike Drive:" The World's first combined effort towards accomplishing a lofty (yet critical) ecological goal: To prove to urban and rural dwellers that there is a way to commute (without an internal combustion engine, and without polluting as well as depleting the Earth's various fuels) - utilizing extremely comfortable, efficient, and fast recumbent tricycles! These machines have been upgraded lately to become even safer, smoother-riding, and are so easy to propel that even out-of-shape cane-users can use them riding difficult up-and-down slopes!
Ecopolitan will sponsor several of these "trikes," having them ride in a circular path throughout the busiest parts of town with appropriate signage, to create a good demonstration of their safety, speed, fun, and ability to merge within regular traffic (so that ultimately there will BE no other traffic, well, almost...).
June 2005 Raw Beauty Eco-Spa and The Minneapolis Eco-Hostel both enjoyed well-attended and successful openings in the Ecopolitan building.
June 2005 Expanding the Ecopolitan's dehydration space to meet increasing demand for our "addictive" dehydrated goods!
New Monthly Potluck and Support Group, on the last Sunday of every month at 5:30 PM!
Weekday Lunch Discount: We are now offering a new "Lunch Combo" of a meal and a smoothie for $9.25 for patrons who visit weekdays 11am-3pm. Meal options include a slice of Savory Pie, Lasagne or any Pizza, a Custom Salad, Bowl of Soup or Appetizer paired any Smoothie or Coconut Drink. This makes for up to a discount of $3.75!
We have expanded our selection of bulk nuts, seeds and dried fruits, offering Raw, Organic Cashews, Walnuts, Pistachios, Brazil Nuts, Filberts, Macademia Nuts, Pine Nuts, Almonds, Dried Blueberries, Cherries, Mango, Golden Raisins, Medjool Dates, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Wild Rice, Quinoa, Garbonzos, Rye, Buckwheat and more!
"Ask Dr. T" CD (from Ecopolitan lecture series): The first edition, "Should We Cook Our Food?, an informative 2-Hour double CD is now available for purchase. It discusses the effects of exposing our food to heat in a completely scientific manner (crucial, unique data for anyone seeking a healthy nutritional lifestyle)! To hear an MP3 of the lecture visit www.ecopolitan.com/cook.
There is is an added benefit for people with wire-less laptops and mobile internet devices: The Ecopolitan is a wireless communication "hotspot" - you can sit anywhere in the restaurant and access your email and the internet on your own laptop using your own email software.
Ecopolitan and Dr. T are assisting River Hayven (an Eco-Community in a beautiful area north of Menomenie, Wisconsin) in creating a new Raw Food
HEALING Retreat, The Ecopolitan Country Spa! The Retreat will be using Ecopolitan's recipes and ideas, and will be the only one of its kind in the Midwest.
Remember to enjoy discount wine specials during our "Hours of Happiness", 4-6pm everyday.

3. Free Information Meetings (Every Tuesday 6-8+ PM, Upstairs).

Join us for free lectures, discussions, or socializing. The presentations 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.

July Meeting Topics... (All presented by Ecopolitan Founder Dr. Adiel Tel-Oren ["Dr. T"] except where noted):

Tues, July 12th - Chad Forsberg of Footjoy Farm Presents Gives an Informative Presentation on Mirco-Greens and Community Supported Agriculture.
Tues, July 19th - Detoxification: The Meanings, Misconceptions, and Importance, plus Methods You Can Use to Cleanse Your Body Naturally, Safely, and Effectively.
Tues, July 26th - The Definitive Lecture on Electrical Pollution, its Sources and Causes, Physiological Effects, and Reasonable Scientific Solutions!

4. Uncooking Class Sunday, July 31st, 2-4 pm

Classes on healthful food preparation "a la Ecopolitan" ("vegeterian un-cooking class - further details").

July's Class Topic: Raw Foods 101: The Basic Essentials in Raw Foods Preparation.

5. Minneapolis Living Foods Potluck & Support Group, July 31st , 5:30 PM (right after the un-cooking class)

After 3 years of requests from our dear customers, we have finally started a raw food potluck and support group in Minneapolis. This group, named the Minneapolis Living Foods, shares a variety of healthy raw vegan foods, inspiring creativity and, enhancing culinary knowledge in an informal, pleasant atmosphere. Also, this group is excitingly engaged in sustainability-oriented activism! Check it out (read more on the potluck class)!

6. Tropical Thailand Tour & Healing Retreat

Amazing Thai Temples and Culture, Nature, Tropical Fruit Cleanse, Thai & Western Bodywork – Off the Beaten Path: 9 Days including 3 days in Bangkok and 5 days in a Remote Paradise. Read more on the next thailand tour.

This Retreat can be combined with a Humanitarian Eco-Trek to remote villages in Nepal, as a part of the non-profit CCODER Nepal's community eco-tourism program (www.ccoder.org). This trek will immediately follow the Thai retreat, since Nepal it is only a short distance from Thailand by plane. Read more on the next nepal trek.

7. "Eco-Artist of the Month"-

Starting June 1st, 2005, Ecopolitan Restaurant now serves as an Eco-Art Gallery, lending a voice to artists who work sustainably, selecting recycled materials or reusable, non-depleting resources, or using natural and non-toxic materials, or expressing thoughts and ideas that support environmental activism in content and substance. Artists who use part of their income to support sustainable, ecological, or health-promoting, disease-preventing projects, or who are themselves engaged in social or ecological activism, may also qualify to have their art exhibited at Ecopolitan. We hope that the Ecopolitan customers will support our Eco-Artists’ important work

Read more on our first exhibition - by eco-artist Cori Saraf.

All works are available for purchase at Ecopolitan.

8. Breast Thermography, Also Known As Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI)-

Available at the Ecopolitan Building Thursday, August 4th, 10am-6pm

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.

To schedule, call Joe (of Ecopolitan and of the FDH Foundation) at 612-870-2974.

More information on radiation free breast screening.

9. Ecopolitan Space donated

Ecopolitan's space is donated for non-profit meetings, lectures, task groups, committees, health activities, at the Ecopolitan Building. Read more.

10. Ecopolitan in the Media

Recent events:

In response to an award we received from Mpls/ St. Paul Magazine, Dean Zimmerman of the Minneapolis City Council sent Ecopolitan the following letter:
"I am proud to have you and your business in the 6th ward. Your outstanding achievements are greatly appreciated by your friends and neighbors as well as the City of Minneapolis. Thank you for your ongoing contributions to making our community a vibrant and unique place to live."
We were featured as Best Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurant in the "Best of the Twin Cities" edition of last weeks City Pages, who called our cuisine "Yummy and wildly inventive". Go to www.citypages.com for the complete listing.
Pulse of the Twin Cities featured Ecopolitan in their article, Virtuous Businesses: Seven Local Entrepreneurs Who Get it Right. It can be read online at www.pulsetc.com.
Ecopolitan was nominated in the Best Healthy Dining category at Aol City Guide, who stated that "This one-of-a-kind venue is the ultimate health source." Go to www.aolcityguide.com/best for more information.
Buon Gusto Magazine gave Ecopolitan a splendid review in their new November issue, noting our "Delightfully colorful & texture pleasing" cuisine.
Minnesota Monthly reviewed us in the vegetarian section of their latest Restaurant Issue, citing the food "attractively presented" as well as "The most politically correct plate".

11. What was/is Dr. Tel-Oren 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 rental business and the newly opened EcoHostel and EcoSpa at the Ecopolitan Building, and directing Ecopolitan restaurant 's operations)

Late October, 2005: Continuing the promotion of functional laboratory tests in Israel, plus other projects.
October 2005 Tropical Thailand Healing Retreat (you are welcome to join Dr. T)! Followed by (for those interested in both) Trekking in Nepal, a community-based humanitarian eco-trek (email us if you are interested in more information).
August 21, 2005 (tentative date): "The Ecopolitan Trike Drive:" The World's First combined effort towards accomplishing a lofty (yet critical) ecological goal: To prove to urban and rural dwellers that there is a way to commute (without an internal combustion engine, and without polluting as well as depleting the Earth's various fuels) - utilizing extremely comfortable, efficient, and fast recumbent tricycles! These machines have been upgraded lately to become even safer, smoother-riding, and are so easy to propel that even out-of-shape cane-users can use them riding difficult up-and-down slopes! Ecopolitan will sponsor several of these "trikes," having them ride in a circular path throughout the busiest parts of town with appropriate signage, to create a good demonstration of their safety, speed, fun, and ability to merge within regular traffic (so that ultimately there will BE no other traffic, well, almost...).
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.
June- July 2005: Co-author the book "Novadermy, a Non-Surgical Facial Rejuvenation with Permanent Results - the Ultimate in Anti-Aging Medicine" with Salvador Vargas, MD.
June 2005 Opening of the Minneapolis Eco-Hostel below the Ecopolitan Restaurant.
June 2005 "When it is dark enough, you can see the stars". - Charles A. Beard
June 12 , 2005 Opening of the Eco-Spa above the Ecopolitan Restaurant!
May-June 2005 Building the web site for electrical pollution remediation and protection- www.emfpollution.com
May 2005 Expanding the Ecopolitan's dehydration space to meet the increasing demand for our "addictive" dehydrated goods!
April 24-27 Business trip to Cyprus, to initiate the collaboration of Cyprus dentists with the IABD (see below), for the purpose of training these dentists to become biological dentists, and to plan for a future Biological Dentistry Association in Cyprus.
April 6-24 Business trip to Israel for lectures, meetings, and non-surgical mole-removal, plus to continue progress with the newly founded Israeli Association of Biological Dentistry (IABD).
March 28-April 5, Overseeing and Documenting the pilot group for Novadermy (a non-surgical, safe, and extremely effective permanent facial rejuvenation procedure performed successfully with no complications on a thousand patients by Dr. Vargas, M.D. since 1979), after a recess of 4 years. Check out www.novadermy.com soon!
Organize and head the educational and training aspects of Electrical Pollution Remediation (Filters available at Ecopolitan, see www.emfpollution.com and www.stetzerelectric.com )
January 5-24, 2005, trip to Europe and Israel for combined rest and business activities
Late Nov 2004, at Israel for lectures, seminar, and medical projects plus for removal of skin growths (moles, tags, etc.).
Nov 2004 Thai Retreat/Yoga-Trek in Nepal
Working at River Hayven's future Raw Retreat & Healing Center, plus presenting Ecopolitan's donated food to wonderful volunteers,

12. About This Newsletter

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.