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Liz Schmidt
President, Organic and Healthy, Inc.

DPL® Deep Penetrating Light Therapy System provides a great way to reduce wrinkles without harsh and invasive treatments. It is a natural and safe way to rejuvenate your skin's appearance, in just nine minutes a day.

And if you are looking to get a little relief from pain, this system can help target aches and pains too... All it takes is 17 minutes... just turn the machine on and let it go to work.

Skin Rejuvenation
Tired, aging skin: Softens lines, folds and wrinkles; promotes healthier circulation, increased moisture and radiance, and accelerated skin repair, which leads to a toned and youthful skin surface; improves elasticity and skin texture.

Hyperpigmentation: Helps reduce the production of melanin, which causes brown spots. Age spots, freckles, and uneven pigmentation due to sun exposure are lightened over time.

Acne and blemishes: Stimulates the skin's natural healing process which can assist in the repair of acne and blemishes.

Pain and Healing
The DPL® Therapy System is engineered to treat pain and sore muscles and accelerate healing in order to reduce or eliminate the need for potentially harmful drugs and expensive, invasive surgery.

Just a few of the many aliments that the DPL® System helps to relieve:

- Arthritis pain & stiffness
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Back & shoulder pain
- Bone fractures
- Bruises & hematomas
- Nerve injuries
- Scar tissue
- TMJ

We offer a 60-day money back guarantee, so what do you have to lose... except a few wrinkles and a little pain!

* If you purchase with a "free shipping" offer and return the unit, $14.95 will be deducted from the refund for the cost of outbound shipping.

JUST RELEASED!
DPL® Nüve

This new handheld infrared LED light is engineered to be the most powerful and cost-effective on the market! It utilizes the same technology as the DPL Panel system, shown above, to rejuventate skin and relieve minor aches and pains. This smaller unit, which is excellent for travel or treatment of small areas, features 56 infrared bulbs (880nm) and 4 red bulbs (660nm). Additional heads for other uses will be available in the near future.

Questions & Answers

Q. How long will I need to use an LED light on my skin before I see results?

A. Some people see improvement in as little as a few days and others take a month or two to notice a change. Various physical conditions, age, skin conditions, diet, alcohol consumption, prescription drug usage, smoking, exercise, and other factors influence the rate of improvement. The effects of LED light are often subtle at first, because unlike lasers, peels and other ablative treatments, LED light does not damage the skin to force it to regenerate. Your results will improve the longer you use the light; so if you see improvement in 60 days, then you should see a much more significant change after you've been using it for six months or a year.

Natural Health Corner

A Day in the Sun... Here is something you don't hear everyday, but spending some time in the sun can help decrease your chance of certain types of skin cancer. According to researchers at the Nutrition and Health Research Center (SUNARC) at the University of California, San Diego, there are two reasons why this is true 1) you develop a tan that blocks the penetration of UVR so it can't produce the free radicals that can lead to melanoma; and 2) you produce lots of vitamin D. [Garland et al., 1990; Kennedy et al., 2004]. So besides from staying away from tobacco and alcohol, getting a little sun is one of the top ways to reduce your chances of developing cancer. Who knew?

In addition to preventing certain types of skin cancer, sun exposure can also lower your risk of heart disease.  A recent study showed that patients who raised their vitamin D levels through sunshine and vitamin D supplements were 33% less likely to have a heart attack and 20% less likely to suffer heart failure. [American College of Cardiology's 59th Annual Scientific Session, Atlanta, March 15, 2010. J. Brent Muhlestein, MD, Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute].

Here are a few more diseases that vitamin D helps prevent:

• Osteoporosis
• Depression
• Gum disease
• Schizophrenia
• Diabetes

What is your appropriate dose of sun?

For Fair-skin:
By spending 20 minutes in the sun around noon you can produce up to 1,500 IU of vitamin D if 10 to 20 percent of your body is exposed.

For Darker-skin:
Depending on how dark your skin is you may need to spend an hour or more in the sun to make enough vitamin D to ward-off cancer.

NOTES ABOUT SAFE SUNBATHING: Decrease your chance of developing wrinkles by wearing a hat to protect your face, neck, and eyes from long periods of sun exposure. And help reduce wrinkles by taking omega-3 fatty acids—which can be found in fish and fish oil supplements—and loading up on vitamin C and E. Vitamin C serum applied to the skin is great for reducing free radical activity that can lead to sun damage. Since the shelf-life of vitamin C serums is very limited, we are currently testing a recipe for a simple, home-made serum. Click to see eHow recipe and let us know how it works for you!

Excerpts from The Wholefood Farmacy (April 2008).

An easy way to protect yourself as well as the planet is by avoiding the following ingredients in your personal care products:

1. DMDM hydantoin & Imidazolidinyl urea (toxic contaminants)
2. Fragrance & dyes (allergies, cancer, nervous system)
3. Methylchloroisothiazolinone & Methylisothiazolinone (allergies, nervous system)
4. Parabens or "-paraben" (hormone effects)
5. "PEG" & "-eth" (toxic contaminants)
6. Sodium lauryl or laureth sulfate (skin damage, toxic contaminants)
7. Triclosan & triclocarban (thyroid & environmental concerns)
8. Triethanolamine (TEA) (allergies, toxic contaminants)

With no required safety testing, cosmetic companies can use almost any chemical they want, regardless of risks. Read the label before you buy!

See the Environmental Working Group's Shopper's Guide to Safe Cosmetics for more important ingredient tips!

The Better World Shopping Guide - 2nd Edition: Every Dollar Makes a Difference

A pocket-sized book ranking consumer companies based on their social and environmental track record. You may be shocked at the big name companies that are doing dirty business, both socially and environmentally. If you want to have an impact on the sustainability of our world and its people, your shopping habits are an important and easy place to start... EVERY DOLLAR MAKES A DIFFERENCE!

Fun Food Fact

1. Puffy Eyes... Do you find yourself waking up looking more tired in the morning than you did when you crawled into bed last night? Soak a cotton ball in green tea and place on your eyelids for 10 minutes.

2. Hurting from the sun? Spent a little too long outdoors? Green tea has natural calming agents that can soothe tender or sun burned skin. Pour green tea into a spray bottle and spray sun-burned areas for cooling, natural relief. Due to its anti-bacterial qualities, green tea can also work as an antiseptic to spray on skin blemishes or irritation.

3. Bad breath? Green tea can be used as mouthwash, and can also help protect and keep your teeth and gums healthy.

4. Getting sick? Green tea can relieve the pain of sore throats. You can drink it or gargle with it to help reduce your cold and flu symptoms.

5. Green tea is high in minerals that can help increase your bone density, which will help prevent poor posture and loss of stature. Who needs milk when you have green tea?

6. Stinky feet can be prevented by soaking them in green tea, which also reduces your chances of forming nasty fungal infections.

Ed. note: We haven't confirmed this yet, but we've also heard that green tea helps reduce belly fat... What a nice side effect!

Green Tea tips provided by Quantum Nutrition Center
Image: Antoine Henrich