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HEALTHY MIND HEALTHY BODY


to be “good consumers” of the health care industry. A U.S. licensed, board certified nutritionist and profes-


sor with the International & American Associations of Clinical Nutritionists, Tel-Oren’s practice at his Ecopolitan clinic in Minneapolis includes the services of a mental health practitio- ner for patients who suffer from trauma or other conditions. “I added the mental health practitioner when I began


Dr. Adiel Tel-Oren’s


approach emphasizes their inseparable connection.


by Linda Sechrist


to determine how best to customize his eye-opening presenta- tion about science-based holistic approaches to health and disease prevention. Interested in knowing the characteristics of his audience before proceeding, the president and founder of Ecopolitan Eco-Health Network prompted attendees to indi- cate their professions—mental health professional or profes- sional health practitioner—with a show of hands. When everyone indicated they were mental health


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professionals and no one professed to be a professional health practitioner, Tel-Oren had a flash of insight. “I instantly recog- nized that while mental health professionals work with their patient’s health of mind, they don’t view themselves as health care practitioners, because they don’t connect how the health of the body can affect the health of the mind,” says Tel-Oren. A holistic scientist, author, innovator and educator, Tel- Oren frequently lectures around the world to doctors and the public on natural principles of health, functional medicine, diet and nutrition. He also discusses sustainability and how individuals can take ownership of their health and well- being, rather than giving away this responsibility to disease- oriented doctors and insurance companies. Audiences consistently walk away with valuable information about how


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hile preparing to address a group largely made up of Encinitas area psychotherapists, psychologists and so- cial workers, Dr. Adiel Tel-Oren queried his audience


noticing that while my patients were improving physically, their emotional issues were having an impact on their health and impeding their progress,” advises Tel-Oren. “Patients in psychotherapy who follow my clinical nutrition guidelines, which promote optimal physical health and wellness, experi- ence significant improvements much quicker.” This important observation, which demonstrates that doctors and mental health practitioners need to be aware of the psychological, emotional and physiological components of mental health, has led Tel-Oren to develop lectures that build bridges between mental health and science-based functional medicine, a relatively new clinical health science. “During their education, neither therapists nor doctors learn about this inseparable connection, or about how differ- ent aspects of an individual’s life—the physical and emotion- al environment, general lifestyle, as well as genetic factors— can all lead to deviation from health and manifest in disease over time,” says Tel-Oren, who provides tools to improve and expand the knowledge base of health professionals and the general public.


“I consistently find that mental health professionals are interested in using an easy-to-use ‘cheat sheet’ of simple steps that make their clients’ healing journey faster and easier, especially when they discover that these things help to reduce their clients’ dependency on drugs prescribed for depression or other mental disorders, such as attention deficit disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder,” he explains. Mental health professionals are quick to sign up for con- tinuing education classes and membership in Tel-Oren’s Bio- Mental Health Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) project of the University of Natural Medicine in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he is president emeritus and a professor of medical sciences and functional medicine. “They learn how to help their clients by learning how to use and read functional laboratory tests, which are helpful in determining nutritional deficiencies, toxicity levels, gastroin- testinal functioning, metabolism and environmental sensitivi- ties, all things that are presently being ignored, but are scien- tifically proven to affect brain function and mood disorders.”


Professor Adiel Tel-Oren, MD, DC, CCN, DACBN, LN, DABFM, DABPOM, FABDA, trained in Europe and in the U.S., is board certified by the American Board of Functional Medicine, American Board of Oxidative Medicine, American Board of Chelation Therapy, Clinical Board of Nutrition and American Board of Disability Analysts. He is also a doctor of chiropractic who retired from active practice in 2001. Visit Ecopolitan.com. See ad on page 3.


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