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Though some of his col- leagues criticize Portner for going public and label him self-serving, there are others who appreciate the public ser- vice role he performs. "Leonard has done more to alleviate patient anxiety than all the tranquilizers prescrib- ed in Southeastern Michi- gan," says Berkley cataract specialist Dr. Henry Spiro. And Dr. Michael Salesin, a Southfield obstetrician- gynecologist, thinks "Leonard is the most qualified physician in terms of vitamins and nutrition." Holistic medicine is what Portner practices and defines as "a branch of medicine that helps teach people to assume responsibility for their own care, integrating the physical, emotional and psychological aspects of a person. It involves using the best of everything that's available to help people help themselves, not closing your mind to treatments that may be helpful. "I use the same techniques as other doctors but I also use techniques I've learned in my travels like dance, laughter, acupuncture, massage, energy-balancing, natural cures, vitamins, nutrition, ex- ercise and psychology. Everything is important," Portner stresses, "including biofeedback, hypnosis and some kinesiology." The Wayne State Universi- ty Medical School graduate and staff member of Beau- mont Hospital where he com- pleted his residency, has always strongly recommend- ed natural remedies when appropriate. In addition to the precepts of American Indian medicine which have interested him for years, he learned natural remedies from his paternal grandmother. "When I was a kid, my grandmother gave me special teas she made up with a lit- tle wine, brandy and honey for colds," Portner recalls. His updated prescriptive version today, as listed in his newslet- ter, includes Vitamin C, Zinc, Goldenseal and Cherry Bark teas. On the other hand, he has also always been the first to clarify that "If a man is hav- ing a heart attack, I'm not go- ing to sprinkle herbs on him. I'm going to get him to the hospital fast." Not only does Detroit's Dr. Portner distributes medical advice with a little bit of humor. holistic guru know a lot about his radio audience but, through the years, they've learned about him too, both over the air waves and through the press. They know that, as a young man in his 30s, his blood pressure was so high, he was medically unin- surable. A two-fisted smoker, he managed to down 12 cups of coffee a day, not to mention a diet that didn't include the term "low-fat." He and three parnters shared a very lucrative practice in Berkley that looked, according to a friend, like a bus station with wall-to-wall people, with a pa- tient load of about 115 per day. In 1979, Portner sold that practice and began to think about healthier living. He, his wife, Laurel, and their two small daughters, Toby and Julee, departed for Israel to participate in an ulpan on a kibbutz. The girls attended school while Laurel worked as a nursery teacher, in the kitchen and at a doll factory. Portner, because of his profi- ciency in chemistry, was assigned to the computerized kibbutz laundry which servic- ed more than 800 residents a day. This experience was won- derful for the whole family but particularly for Portner who felt healthy and relaxed for the first time in years. At the end of their five-month stay, they received an invita- tion to become permanent kibbutzniks but opted to return home. Before their departure, they visited with Portner's parents, Ethel and Sam, who had made aliyah in 1974, toured Israel extensive- ly and also visited Egypt. The Leonard Portner who returned to Michigan was a different man. He excluded red meat, most fats, refined sugar, salt and preservatives from his diet, adding more complex carbohydrates, vegetables and fruits. His cholesterol went from 260 to 130 while his blood pressure dropped from 220 over 140 to 120 over 80. He began a regular exercise routine, became an avid swimmer. He practiced relaxation techni- ques and meditated. He had changed his life and lifestyle and now he would help others to do the same. The quality of practice would becme top priority and he would now see about 15 pa- tients a day. At about this same time, the management at then- WXYZ spotted Portner on Sonya Friedman's show. Soon after, he substituted for the psychologist who was out of town. So impressed was Michael Packer, then-station operations manager he hired Portner for the station's new "Ask The Doctor" program, a prime three-hour time slot on Saturday afternoons. Portner was just what WXYZ was looking for, said Packer at the time, "A physi- cian who was not an apologist for the American Medical Association, not a pill pusher but someone with a well- rounded outlook on the art of medicine." Well-rounded is definitely the term for Portner's ap- proach. He loves to give out recipes for health food casseroles, soupl and his famous oat bran fried chicken, although the dimen- sions could be a bit more specific. He is proud of the fact that he had recommended oat bran for lowering cholesterol three years before the Jour- nal of American Medicine did last spring. Listeners are continually impressed with his concern