Protect & Restore Day Cover for Safe Protection against Sunlight and Environmental Pollutants

UV Protection and Skin Renewal
Protect & Restore
Day Cover
No Toxic Chemical Sunscreens

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Protect & Restore Day Cover is designed to help protect your skin from sunlight (ultraviolet) damage and environmental pollutants while enhancing skin renewal. The skin cream contains no dangerous chemical sunscreen chemicals but instead uses natural sun absorbing compounds, natural anti-oxidants, and a small amount of pure titanium dioxide.

"If you're planning to smear on the suntan lotion
this summer, here's the real rub: new research
shows that the active ingredients in some sunscreens
can cause genetic damage."
From The Scientist, March/April 1999, page 7.

Protect & Restore Day Cover is a skin repair cream that helps protect against sunlight (ultraviolet radiation) and environmental pollution. The cream uses many natural absorbers of ultraviolet radiation and does not contain any dangerous sunscreen chemicals.

P&R Day Cover is designed as a daytime replacement for sun protective creams with dangerous chemical sunscreens. This cream contains a high level of natural ultraviolet absorbers such as squalane, peptides, and nucleotides that have been protecting mammalian skin for over 100 million years. In addition, the Day Cover contains titanium dioxide, a safe reflective sunblocker.

Ordering Information

Product	Price
Protect & Restore Day Cover - 2 oz. tube	24.95
Protect & Restore Day Cover - 4 oz. tube	36.95

Purified water, squalane, ethylhexyl palmitate, glycerol stearate, PEG-100 stearate, cetyl alcohol, myristyl ether proprionate, polypropylene glycol, copper peptides (hydrolyzed soy protein and copper chloride), stearic acid, allantoin, titanium dioxide, diazolinydinyl urea, methylparaben, propylparaben, lavandula angustifolia (lavender) oil, mixed (alpha, beta, gamma, delta) tocopherols, mixed (alpha, beta, gamma, delta) tocotrienols, ubiquinone.

The skin's natural sunblockers are proteins (the peptide bonds), absorbing lipids, and nucleotides. We re-create this natural blocking by putting into the cream high concentrations of plant peptides to protect the peptide bonds of the skin proteins.

The high level of squalane (from olive oil) in the cream protects the skin's sensitive lipids. Squalane is the skin's most important protective lipid and declines from levels of 11% in teenager's skin to less than 5% in adults after age 20.

Allantoin is a nucleotide that naturally occurs in the body and absorbs the spectrum of ultraviolet radiation which damages the cell's fragile DNA. Clinical studies have also found allantoin to enhance skin repair.

Titanium dioxide is considered one of the safest sunblockers. It reflects ultraviolet radiation over a wide spectrum and the titanium dioxide does not penetrate the skin. Many micronized or siliconized products with titanium dioxide or zinc oxide penetrate deeply in to the skin and should not be used.

P&R Day Cover does not contain any chemical sunscreens such as benzophenone or oxybenzone (benzophenone-3) which are free-radical generators and may increase your risk for major cancers.

Our tests give P&R Day Cover an implied SPF of 15 or more. We do not give P&R Day Cover a SPF rating because most of the UV blocking is through peptides, squalane (a lipid), and allantoin (a natural human nucleotide that helps skin repair). These substances are not recognized by the FDA as "official" sunblocking ingredients. Some European countries allow the use of such natural skin ingredients such as peptides and nucleotides to be considered protectors against sunlight damage.

The cream contains antioxidants that de-toxify skin damaging oxygen radicals. These anti-oxidants are mixed isomers (alpha, beta, gamma, delta) of tocopherols (vitamin E isomers), mixed isomers (alpha, beta, gamma, delta) of tocotrienols, beta carotene, and ubiquinone. Numerous studies have demonstrated the superiority of mixed isomers of tocopherols and tocotrienols. Ubiquinone also enhances the anti-oxidant cocktail.

P&R Day Cover also contains our patented (US Patent 5,698,184) copper-peptide complex that acts as a superoxide dismutase that can help de-toxify oxygen radicals produced by ultraviolet rays on the skin's surface. Creams containing superoxide dismutase activity have been proven to help protect skin during ultraviolet radiation exposure (Reference: Miyachi Y, Imamura S, Viwa G. Decreased skin superoxide dismutase activity by a single exposure of ultraviolet radiation is reduced by liposomal SOD pre-treatment. J Invest Dermatol 1987; 87:111-2).

The acid mantle, the combination of sebum (oil) and perspiration, on the skin's surface protects the skin and renders the skin less vulnerable to damage and attack by environmental factors such as sun and wind and less prone to dehydration. Normal skin pH is somewhat acid and in the range of 4.2. to 5.6. It varies from one part of the body to another and, in general, the pH of a man's skin is lower (more acid) than that of a woman's. P&R Day Cover provides lipids to re-plenish the acid mantle. The cream's acidity (pH) is designed to keep the skin's pH low (around pH 5). This low pH keeps the skin's protective proteins hard and tightly bound together.

P&R Day Cover also contains our patented mixture of copper-peptides that has been proven to enhance skin repair in four independent studies which have been published in leading dermatology journals.

The composition of Protect & Restore Day Cover is purified water, squalane, octyl palmitate, glycerol stearate, PEG-100 stearate, cetyl alcohol, myristyl ether proprionate, propylene glycol, hydrolyzed soy protein, stearic acid, allantoin, cupric sulfate, titanium dioxide, diazolinydinyl urea, methylparaben, propylparaben, oil of lavender, mixed isomers (alpha, beta, gamma, delta) tocopherols, beta carotene, mixed isomers (alpha, beta, gamma, delta) tocotrienols, ubiquinone.

Protect & Restore Day Cover is applied as a thin coating in the morning or prior to going outdoors.

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UVA rays constitute 90-95% of the sun's ultraviolet light reaching the earth and have a relatively long wavelength (320-400 nm) directly adjoining the violet end of the visible light spectrum. UVA light penetrates the furthest into the skin and is the primary inducer of tanning response in humans

UVB rays are partially absorbed by the ozone layer and have a medium wavelength (290-320 nm). They do not penetrate the skin as far as the UVA rays do but contain more energy and activate the synthesis of vitamin D and the absorption of calcium and other minerals. UVB rays are the primary cause of sunburn and are of the most concern for skin and eye damage.

The ability of a sunscreen to protect the user from UVB is defined as its Sun Protection Factor (SPF). The SPF is the ratio of the amount of ultraviolet radiation required to produce minimal pinkness (erythema) in skin covered by a sunscreen, assessed 24 hours after exposure, to the amount of UV radiation required to produce a similar level of pinkness in unprotected skin. If a sunscreen reduces the effect of sunlight on skin by 50% it would have an SPF of 2, if by 75%, the SPF would be 4, and so on. Most sunscreens have SPF ratings from four to as high as 40 or 50. The level of protection from ultraviolet radiation provided by the product increases as the value of the SPF rating increases.

The SPF applies to UVB rays only. The protection provided against UVA rays in chemical sunscreens is about 10% of the UVB rating.

An SPF of 15 will provide 15 times the amount of protection you'd get without using anything. Thus, if 10 minutes in the sun is enough to turn you red, your sunscreen would allow you to stay out for 150 minutes before burning. An SPF of 15 filters approximately 92% of the sun burning rays. For UVA the degree of protection is defined as the Phototoxic Protective Factor (PPF). These values are much lower, ranging from 1.5 - 4.8, because the energy contained in UVA is so much less.

Sunscreens are designed to protect against sunburn (UVB rays) and generally provide little protection against UVA rays. They come in two forms:

Chemical Sunscreens can only act act by absorbing ultraviolet light in the UVB range (290 to 320 nm). They cannot reflect light. The UVB range is the range that is primarily responsible for sunburning and causing skin cancer. The UVA range (320 to 400 nm) is responsible for suntanning and photosensitivity reactions (increased sensitivity to sunlight as the result of certain medications, cosmetics, soaps, or plants). UVA is also responsible for serious skin damage. Chemical sunscreens very are potent generators of dangerous free radicals because they absorb so much energy which can be released later. They also easily pass through the skin and into the body and may increase your cancer risk for cancers of the breast, ovaries, prostate, and colon (See more below). PABA and PABA esters are rarely used today because of allergic problems.

PABA and PABA esters (ethyl dihydroxy propyl PAB, glyceryl PABA, p-aminobenzoic acid, padimate-O or octyl dimethyl PABA)

Cinnamates (cinoxate, ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate, octocrylene, octyl methoxycinnamate)

Physical Reflective Sunblockers contain inert minerals such as titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, red petrolatum, or talc and work primarily by reflecting the ultraviolet (UVA and UVB) rays away from the skin. They also may absorb a small amount of energy but much less than chemical sunscreens. They come in two forms - pure sunblocker and various micronized or encapsulated versions.

Use Pure, Non-Encapsulated Reflective Physical Sunblockers that contain inert minerals such as titanium dioxide or zinc oxide. These are the most safe.

Pure physical sunblockers tend to give a pasty look to the skin. This is the reason why cosmetic companies often use micronized physical sunblockers which give a better cosmetic appearance on the skin. Small particles of the physical sunblocker are coated with plastic or silicon. Prof. Nicholas Lowe (Dermatology, UCLA) has reported that micronized or encapsulated physical sunblockers such as titanium dioxide penetrate into the skin where they can cause skin damage while pure titanium dioxide remains on the skin's surface - where you really want it to stay.

There have been reports that physical sunblockers can also generate free radicals after exposure to ultraviolet light. However, even bare skin will generate free radicals when exposed to UV radiation. The key is whether the sunblocker form will penetrate the skin and be near the skin's sensitive proteins and DNA. Pure sunblockers such as zinc oxide and titanium dioxide do not pass into the skin and remain far from the skin's sensitive areas. However, sunblockers that are micronized and coated with plastics or silicone more easily pass the skin barrier and can reach the skin's sensitive areas. For this reason, pure physical sunblockers are the safest.

Effectiveness and Safety of Various Sunscreens and Sunblockers
Type of sunblocker or sunscreen	UV protective properties	UV blocking mechanism	Free radical generating ability	Ability to penetrate skin barrier	Relative Danger
Sun screen chemicals	Good but partial spectrum	Absorbs photons	High	High	High
Titanium dioxide and zinc oxide	Best - broad spectrum	Mainly reflects and scatters photons - some photon absorption	Low	Virtual none	Very low - the safest known
Micronized or siliconized titanium dioxide or zinc oxide	Best - broad spectrum	Mainly reflects and scatters photons - some photon absorption	Low	Low but significant	Moderate

Worldwide, the greatest rise in melanoma has been experienced in countries where chemical sunscreens have been heavily promoted. The rise in melanoma has been exceptionally high in Queensland, Australia where the medical establishment has vigorously promoted the use of sunscreens. Queensland now has more incidences of melanoma per capita than any other place. (Garland, Cedric F., et al. Could sunscreens increase melanoma risk? American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 82, No. 4, April 1992, pp. 614-15).

Drs. Cedric and Frank Garland of the University of California have pointed out that while sunscreens do protect against sunburn, there is no scientific proof that they protect against melanoma or basal cell carcinoma in humans (Garland, Cedric F., et al. Could sunscreens increase melanoma risk? American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 82, No. 4, April 1992, pp. 614-15). The Garland’s believe that the increased use of chemical sunscreens is the primary cause of the skin cancer epidemic. There is, however, some evidence that regular use of sunscreens helps prevent the formation of actinic keratoses, the precursors of squamous cell carcinoma (Dover, Jeffrey S. & Arndt, Kenneth A. Dermatology. Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 271, No. 21, June 1, 1994, pp. 1662-63).

Current advice on sun and skin care strongly recommends the heavy use of chemical sunscreens on the delicate skin of babies and young children. In reality, this is bathing babies in chemical free radical generators.

Most chemical sunscreens contain from 2 to 5% of benzophenone or its derivatives (oxybenzone, benzophenone-3) as their active ingredient. Benzophenone is one of the most powerful free radical generators known. It is used in industrial processes as a free radical generator to initiate chemical reactions. All chemical sunscreens absorb the ultraviolet radiation but this energy is trapped in the chemical and increases the chemical's reactivity. Benzophenone is activated by ultraviolet light energy that breaks benzophenone's double bond to produce two free radical sites. It is also a fat-soluble chemical that easily passes through the skin's barrier and cell membranes and can enter the cell's interior where our fragile DNA resides. The free radicals then can initiate chain reactions which damage DNA and increase the risks of skin cancers.

Researchers at the Harvard Medical School have recently discovered that psoralen, another ultraviolet light-activated free radical generator, is an extremely efficient carcinogen. They found that the rate of squamous cell carcinoma among patients with psoriasis, who had been repeatedly treated with UVA light after a topical application of psoralen, was 83 times higher than among the general population (Stern, Robert S. and Laid, Nan. The carcinogenic risk of treatments for severe psoriasis. Cancer, Vol. 73, No. 11, June 1, 1994, pp. 2759-64).

Dr. Gordon Ainsleigh in California believes that the use of sunscreens causes more cancer deaths than it prevents. He estimates that the 17% increase in breast cancer observed between 1991 and 1992 may be the result of the pervasive use of sunscreens over the past decade (Ainsleigh, H. Gordon. Beneficial effects of sun exposure on cancer mortality. Preventive Medicine, Vol. 22, February 1993, pp. 132-40). Recent studies have also shown a higher rate of melanoma among men who regularly use sunscreens and a higher rate of basal cell carcinoma among women using sunscreens (Garland, Cedric F. et al. Effect of sunscreens on UV radiation- induced enhancement of melanoma growth in mice. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 86, No. 10, May 18, 1994, pp. 798-801).

Dr. Martin Rieger reported that PABA may play a role in DNA-dimer formation, a type of DNA damage that can induce carcinogenic changes.