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Staying In Step With Wellness

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By SUSAN M. GREEN, The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 8, 2007

RIVERVIEW - The daughter of a Minnesota farmer, Jeanne Landsittel said she was raised to trust in the things Mother Nature provides.

She prefers cooking with organically grown vegetables. When she brought a son into the world 28 years ago, she did it through natural childbirth.

But it wasn't until she was injured in a car accident shortly after moving to Riverview that she decided to fill her home with products she believes make her feel better without prescription medication.

"It stopped me cold in my tracks," said Landsittel, who moved to Florida in 2003 from Taos, N.M.

About eight months after relocating, and only days after moving into a home in South Pointe, her car was T-boned by another vehicle near Lake St. Charles Boulevard. Landsittel said the resulting back injuries kept her from working.

She remembered how much she liked the Nikken products that some neighbors in New Mexico introduced her to.

"I wasn't able to work," she said. "I decided to take a look at this as a way to make a living and, first and foremost, heal."

She and her son, Kacy, became independent consultants for Nikken, a Japanese company founded in 1975 by Isamu Masuda that bills itself as a "total wellness" provider with emphasis on prevention of illness.

Using products ranging from water and air filters to magnetized mattresses and massagers, the Landsittels transformed their abode into a "wellness home." They also sport special shoes and magnetized insoles from the Nikken company, magnetized wraps for wrists, ankles and knees and even magnetized jewelry.
Mother and son often start their day with one of an array of natural extracts made from plants harvested in Japan.

Jeanne Landsittel is careful to say that only one product, the KenkoWave infrared device that looks like a blow-dryer, has approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to be called a pain-relieving treatment system.
Kacy Landsittel likes to run for exercise. He said he recently sprained his ankle and used the KenkoWave to beam infrared rays onto his injury.

"The light penetrates down into the joints," he said. "It kind of heals from the inside."

His mother said the products have offered her comfort, helped her sleep and allowed her to avoid surgery to address her pain.

She said Nikken has been a financial supporter of efforts to treat autism. She and her son will participate in a fundraising walk to benefit Autism Speaks on Feb. 23 at the Museum of Science & Industry in Tampa. For information about that event, visit www.walknowforautism.org.

Wellness home packages, which typically include air and water filters, range from $5,000 to $7,000. The Landsittels said water systems are their most popular products. A system that hooks into the kitchen plumbing costs about $700, and a gravity-fed portable unit costs about $311. Other items start at $25.

For information, call (813) 671-4970 or (813) 240-4738 or visit www.nikken.com/jeanne landsittel.

Reporter Susan M. Green can be reached at (813) 865-1566 or sgreen@tampatrib.com.

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