January 2006 Newsletter from Ecopolitan

January's Features: EcoRaw Lifestyle, Eco-Holiday Gift Ideas, Uncooking Class and More!

Today's FIRST quotation:

    "Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"
- Abraham Lincoln

      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?" Dr. T Lecture CD from Ecopolitan!

   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
   www.ecopolitan.com

   (your comments and ideas are always welcome - write us)

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.

 JANUARY AT ECOPOLITAN:

       1.  January's  Article:  The 7 Principles of  Eco-Raw Living!
         2.  Holiday Season: Ecopolitan Gift Certificates Ideas: Private Uncooking  Sessions and more 
         3.  Free Tuesday Meetings and Lectures
         4.  Un-Cooking Class Sunday, January 8 , 2-4 pm at Ecopolitan
         5.  Minneapolis Living Foods Potluck & Support Group , January 29
         6.  Eco Adventures with Dr. T
         7.  What makes Ecopolitan's Bulk Foods Superior?
         8.   Eco-Raw To Go: Healthy Fast Food soon available at Ecopolitan!
         9.  What is Dr. T Up To?

1. January's Article: What is EcoRaw Cuisine? How is it "beyond raw"?

EcoRaw Lifestyle is a natural way of satisfying our taste buds and nutrient
needs without compromising the principles of ecology, sustainability, and
nutritional health: Unlike other lifestyles (including most raw food paths),
the EcoRaw Approach teaches to: (click to read the full article)

2. Holiday Season: Ecopolitan Gift Certificates (G.C.) Ideas

(call 612-87-GREEN) to order any of these: To brighten the holiday season in a sustainable manner, here are some useful, fun, and healthy ideas that are sure to please your family and friends:    

Continued: Sustainable Gift Certificate Ideas

         

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.

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

Date	What	Who	When
Tues, Dec 27th	The Last Non-Recorded Lecture on Electrical Pollution, including a new 20-minutes video presentation!	Dr. Tel-Oren	6:30
Tues, January 3rd	Compassionate Living Film Series: Featuring "Super Size Me" (See Below)	Jane Kolles	6:30
Tues, January 10th	Compassionate Living Film Series: Featuring "A Cow At My Table" (See Below)	Jane Kolles	6:30
Tues, January  17th	All About Moles: Including demonstrations and evaluation/identifications of real live skin growths !	Dr. Tel-Oren	6:30
Tues, January 24nd	The Final 2-hour Talk on Electrical/EMF Pollution, digitally recorded for CD production. All the important info with no interruptions!	Dr. Tel-Oren	6:30
Tues, January 31st	Launching "Eco-Raw Living" - how to lead a healthy, productive, joyful life without compromising the environment, our eco-system, and other people on Earth! A new way to evaluate the sustainability of our healthiest foods!	Dr. Tel-Oren	6:30

 January Lecture Details:

January 3rd: The Compassionate Living Film Series continues at Ecopolitan! 

SUPER SIZE ME Why are Americans so fat? Find out in Super Size Me, a tongue in-cheek - and burger in hand - look at the legal, financial and physical costs of America's hunger for fast food.

Ominously, 37% of American children and adolescents are carrying too much fat and 2 out of every three adults are overweight or obese. Is it our fault for lacking self-control, or are the fast-food corporations to blame?

Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock hit the road and interviewed experts in 20 U.S. cities, including Houston, the
"Fattest City" in America. From Surgeon Generals to gym teachers, cooks to kids, lawmakers to legislators, these authorities shared their research, opinions and "gut feelings" on our ever-expanding girth.

The film explores the horror of school lunch programs, declining health and physical education classes, food addictions and the extreme measures people take to lose weight and regain their health.

Super Size Me is a satirical jab in the stomach, overstuffed with fat and facts about the billion-dollar industry besieged by doctors, lawyers and nutritionists alike. "Would you like fries with that?" will never sound the same!

January 10th:

 A COW AT MY TABLE
Directed, photographed and edited by Jennifer Abbott, co-director of The Corporation
"… a brilliant documentary." - Toronto Star
“...an extraordinarily compelling, powerful and visually stunning documentary." - Vancouver International Film Festival

This feature documentary explores Western attitudes towards farm animals and meat, and the intense battle between animal advocates and the meat industry to influence consumer minds. In production for five
years, director Jennifer Abbott travels across Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand to meet with leaders of the animal rights movement, agribusiness representatives and animal welfare experts.

Interspersing these diverse perspectives are archival films, industry training footage and sometimes
unsettling undercover video. Thought-provoking and challenging, A Cow at My Table provides a springboard for discussion into the history, culture, science and spirituality of raising animals for human consumption
or regarding animals as individuals with souls to respect.

The film features interviews with Carol J. Adams, Jeannette Armstrong, Gene Bauston, Karen Davis, Ian
Duncan, Susan Kitchen, Howard Lyman, Jim Mason, Tom Regan, Joy Ripley, Susan Schafers, Vandana Shiva and Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation.

Don't miss this powerful and compelling documentary!

Please arrive by 6:15pm. Film starts at 6:30pm. Future
films and dates to be announced.

Visit www.nationearth.org to learn more.

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For more information about the CLFS, please contact
Jane Kathryn Kolles : (artistandactivist at yahoo.com) or 612-790-5985, or visit
her blog: artistactivist.typepad.com

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.

More Restaurant pictures

The Minneapolis Ecopolitan EcoRaw Restaurant, Eco-Shop, and Organic Wine Bar, is excited to have its newly expanded menu available online in its entirety. You can now 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).

4. Uncooking Class

Sunday, January 8th, 2-4 pm

(Sunday, January 8th, 2-4 pm)

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

January's class topic:  Rawsome Burgers, Buns, Fixings and Cole Slaw

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.

5. Minneapolis Living Foods Potluck & Support Group, January 29th 5:30 PM

(January 29th 5:30 PM)

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.....

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

6. Eco-Adventures with Dr. T:

Ecopolitan's "Dr. T" (drteloren) has just returned from his November Humanitarian Nepal Trek and Thai Retreat, which were a great success. The group's members were extremely happy to participate in these activities and have been writing their enthusiastic testimonials to share their life-transforming experiences with the world.

1. Tropical Thailand Tour & Healing Retreat. Next Date: March 9-17, 2006.
   It's not too late to join our Thailand Tropical Healing Retreat (March 9-17, 2006) - a great opportunity for a much-needed vitamin D! Click here for more details on the next Tropical Thiland Tour and Healing Retreat.
   
   
2. Himalayan Forrest Bloom - Community-Based Eco-Trekking in Nepal. Next Date: March 17-30, 2006.
   If you are in good shape and want to experience the ULTIMATE NEPAL TREK (March 17-30), an ecological, sustainable, humanitarian, community-based trip to areas in the Himalayas where no Westerners have ever been before, traversing rhododendron forests during their multi-colored bloom, then this is the trip for you! You can combine it with the Thailand Retreat! Nepal Treak Details.

7. Why Our Bulk Organic Foods Are Superior

Why Ecopolitan's eco-shop bulk foods are superior (besides the great taste of freshness and the competitive prices)? Read about our high standards for non-toxic, health food, about our selection, and more...

8. Eco-Raw To Go

Our new Eco-Raw To Go options can appeal even to those who must grab "a quick bite" for lunch! Whether it is Lasagne or Eggplant Quiche, Soup or Dessert that you fancy, we will strive to maintain a nice variety of immediately available foods for those who are in a hurry. If you wish to warm up the Eco-Raw To Go foods, we have made it possible by installing a self-serve warming lamp next to the display cooler. We welcome your suggestions regarding this newly developing service.
 

9. 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 and EcoSpa at the Ecopolitan Building, directing Ecopolitan restaurant's operations, and other activities summarized here)

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:

Lecturing to Twin Cities doctors about Electro-Magnetic Pollution and Solid Solutions - a continuing-education credit seminar (more details on the EMF seminar).

February 1, 2006: Nutrition Lecture + DVD

Doctor T presented a 3-hour General Nutrition Lecture to Yoga Instructors Course Participants at CorePower Yoga Downtown Minneapolis - a DVD will be produced from the lecture, which will provide a good introduction to healthy living!

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.

June- July 2005:

Start co-authoring 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 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!

Previous Activities

For previous activities - click here.

9. 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.