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In This Issue:
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* Featured Topic: Why is a Deadly Diabetes Drug Still on the Market -- While a 100% Effective Natural Cure is Readily Available?
* A Word from Our Sponsor: The 5 Dumbest Falsehoods About Fatigue -- and the Proven Way to End Fatigue Now
Did You Know...
. .. that a white powder extracted from an African rootbark has been shown to cure addictions -- including heroin, cocaine, and methadone -- within 48 hours?
We all know the steep price of addiction -- ruined lives and shattered families, orphaned children, violent crime, crowded jails, and abject human misery. There's a compound called ibogaine that may quite possibly be the solution. According to ibogaine advocate Eric Taub, there are 140 million drug addicts in the world. Yet most of those people have never heard about the one drug that could help them overcome addiction in 48 hours, with no withdrawal symptoms.
Many hail ibogaine as the greatest pharmaceutical discovery of the late 20th century. But others warn that it's turning out to be another story of a visionary healer getting thwarted at a great cost to humanity and medical progress.
The Accidental Discovery of the Anti-Addictive Effects
of Ibogaine
In 1962, a 19-year-old heroin addict from the Bronx, New York named Howard Lotsof experimented with ibogaine for the first time. He'd heard about it as a mildly hallucinogenic white powder from a West African root. Lotsof was searching for a new "high," but he discovered something far more profound. Thirty hours after the effects of Ibogaine wore off, he had no craving whatsoever for heroin. Not only that ... he had no withdrawal symptoms.
According to a report in the New York Times, after his experience, Lotsof gave ibogaine to 6 friends who were also addicted to heroin -- and 5 of them stopped using heroin completely, saying their desire for heroin had been extinguished after just 1 use. Thus began Lotsof's lifelong campaign, and he soon became ibogaine's chief crusader. He strove tirelessly to get public officials, pharmaceutical companies, and independent researchers to investigate its incredible anti-addictive properties. In March 2009, he was honored for his discovery of ibogaine's anti-addictive effects during an ibogaine conference in Mexico.
But What is Ibogaine?
Ibogaine is the name given to the oral preparation of an alkaloid extracted from the root of the African shrub Tabernanthe Iboga. Traditional Gabonese Bwiti societies of Gabon and Cameroon have long used ibogaine as a hallucinogenic substance in initiation ceremonies.
While ibogaine is legal or completely uncontrolled throughout most of the world, it is illegal in the U.S. because it was classified as a hallucinogen in 1969. But thanks to Lotsof's efforts, it's at least being investigated as a treatment for many types of addiction including . . . | alcohol amphetamines cocaine crack cocaine opioids heroin methadone nicotine | The 30-Hour Therapy for the Underlying Causes of Addiction
Researchers aren't sure of the mechanism which makes ibogaine such a useful tool for helping addicts reverse years of destructive behavior. Many who've experienced ibogaine's effects say the drug imparts a kind of 30-hour "therapy" during which the user deals with underlying causes of addiction, and is confronted with a feeling of responsibility for his or her own life.
Regardless of exactly how it works, taking ibogaine has been shown to typically deliver 3 key results: A massive reduction of withdrawal symptoms resulting in a
nearly painless detoxification process A period of diminished cravings lasting anywhere from 1 week
to several months A potential understanding and resolution of the issues behind the
addictive behavior (due to its psychoactive nature) | That's why many addicts who've tried ibogaine call it a miracle treatment.
Dr. Carl Anderson of McLean Hospital in Virginia says addiction may stem from a lack of communication between the two hemispheres of the brain -- and ibogaine restores those communication pathways. This matches the general scientific theory that ibogaine's efficacy comes from its unique molecular structure. According the theory, Ibogaine blocks the addictive dependency feedback loop in the brain through interaction with certain neurological receptor sites.
Challenges for Future Researchers
Since Lotsof's discovery, mainstream researchers have taken up the ibogaine cause -- but they've faced challenges. Dr. Kenneth Alper, associate professor of psychiatry and neurology at the New York University School of Medicine, says issues like contractual disputes, lack of funding, and a lack of controlled studies make it hard for medical professionals to gather concrete evidence on ibogaine.
Even with the challenges, studies of ibogaine's efficacy, and development of treatment programs -- informal and formal -- are on the rise around the globe. According to an article on ibogaine in the London Times, most ibogaine treatment takes place in Panama, St. Kitts, Costa Rica, and Italy, with miraculous stories of breaking addiction's bonds being reported by former addicts.
Dr. Ken Alper says he has no problem with the "spacier" descriptions of the ibogaine experience. "I crossed the threshold of belief," he says, "when I saw a young man go down to Panama on 70mg of methadone a day, and come back on nothing. And he was comfortable. Pharmacologically, I don't know any other substance that can do that."
Howard Lotsof died in February of 2010, but he leaves behind quite a legacy. "[His] accomplishments are all the more extraordinary," says Dr. Alper, "in view of the fact that Mr. Lotsof . . . was without a doctoral-level degree."
More information on ibogaine can be found quickly and easily online. However, as with any drug substance -- legal or illegal -- risks do exist and consumers should be informed and cautious. Ibogaine has known side effects of its own, and there have been 12 documented fatalities loosely associated with ibogaine ingestion. Those considering ibogaine to combat addiction would be well advised to seek out the supervision of an experienced practitioner in a legitimate facility.
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Featured Topic: Why is a Deadly Diabetes Drug Still on the
Market -- While a 100% Effective Natural Cure
is Readily Available? W hat will it take to finally get Avandia (rosiglitazone) -- the dangerous, ineffective, and discredited drug for Type II diabetes -- off the market?
This drug has been widely banned, including in Europe, but it's still sold in the United States. Maybe not much longer, though, after the latest study published in the British Medical Journal. The study confirms the 2007 heart risk studies that led to the FDA's black-box warning for Avandia.
Shockingly, research suggests that for every 100,000 patients who take Avandia instead of a rival diabetes drug, there could be . . . | 170 more heart attacks 649 more cases of congestive heart failure 431 more deaths | In addition, the drug's main benefit -- controlling blood sugar -- is negligible. According to the BMJ, "The best available evidence suggests limited or no benefit of intensified glycemic control for patients with type 2 diabetes."
And remember, this study is of limited usefulness because it simply compared one dangerous drug to another. With diabetes drugs, there's always the possibility of one risk or another. The FDA kept Avandia on the market after damning studies in 2007 because the other drug it was compared to was for advanced diabetes, Actos (pioglitazone), which carried the risk of bladder cancer.
Therefore, if you are at risk of bladder cancer, the FDA figures you can try Avandia because it is the lesser of the two evils in your case. If you have heart problems, you might go with pioglitazone. But forget about troglitazone -- which was pulled off the market in 2000 for causing excessive liver damage. Meanwhile, Avandia's manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, has agreed to pay $460 million to settle a majority of the approximately 10,000 lawsuits already filed.
It doesn't have to be this way!
No matter what you've heard to the contrary ... Diabetes Can be Reversed -- But Not with Drugs! "Diabetes is curable and reversible," says Dr. Stefan Ripich of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dr. Ripich is a medical pioneer who is as renowned for his frank, outspoken views on diabetes as for his 100% successful all-natural and inexpensive diabetes cure.
 "I have never had one single patient that I have not been able to get off of their diabetes medicines. You can manage your life and your diabetes without medications. Your body has enormous power to heal itself, and it's easier than you think."
Science thoroughly confirms Dr. Ripich's program. For years, the medical establishment has known that drugs are not the best solution for diabetes. And it's not just that drugs are dangerous -- they're also ineffective at anything but controlling blood sugar. The fact is ...
Lowering Your Blood Sugar with Drugs Can Be Deadlier
and More Dangerous Than Doing Nothing The 2008 Accord Study examined the risks for heart attack, stroke, and death in 10,000 diabetic patients. Those who reduced their blood sugar levels the most (to 6.0% A1C or lower -- considered "great" by doctors) had a higher death risk compared to patients who did nothing and allowed their blood to rise between 7.0 and 7.9%.
As blood sugar levels dropped, more patients were having heart attacks or dying! In fact, the study had to be canceled to protect the remaining participants.
This is completely contrary to what most doctors -- and the American Diabetes Association -- promote as the best way to treat diabetes. Yet they haven't changed their treatments!
Current guidelines still advocate strict blood sugar control for most patients with type 2 diabetes -- when they could cure their diabetes instead using Dr. Ripich's all-natural cure. Type 2 patients in a UCLA study completely reversed their diabetes in just 3 weeks using a simple, inexpensive, utterly safe non-drug approach similar to Dr. Ripich's -- except that Dr. Ripich's is easier to implement outside of the research lab.
However, the medical establishment refuses to acknowledge the all-natural, non-drug cure. Instead, the use of diabetes meds just keeps rising right along with the prevalence of diabetes. Approximately 27% of the American population (81 million people) and more than 170 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes or pre-diabetes. And the proportion of Americans using oral medication to treat diabetes increased by 28 percent from 1997 to 2007.
The sobering truth is that drugs will never cure diabetes. In fact, they'll make type 2 diabetes get worse faster. That's because all that artificial drug stimulation eventually burns out the pancreas, and type 2 diabetes can then escalate to type 1. Once that happens, insulin injections are necessary for the rest of one's life. And all this can occur without so much as a word of warning from your doctor. Fortunately ...
Not All Doctors are Brainwashed by the Establishment Dr. Ripich has developed a day-by-day, step-by-step guide that has proven to reverse type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes in 30 days or less.
The guide also does what most other doctors don't even attempt, which is to help people with type 1 dramatically reduce their insulin dose. And unlike other doctors who won't risk ridicule from colleagues by disseminating news about natural cures, Dr. Ripich is sharing his discovery with anyone who cares to listen.
Perhaps the best part of Dr. Ripich's natural approach is that it doesn't entail starvation and torture. You won't have to count calories ... or go vegetarian ... or exercise yourself into exhaustion. If that were the case, Dr. Ripich's program wouldn't have any success to claim because no one would stick with it. Despite what the diabetes industry says, the truth is . . . | You don't need to lose weight to reverse your diabetes. You don't need to become an exercise fanatic. You don't need to go on a deprivation diet. | "I used the research available to devise a foolproof roadmap for patients to heal themselves," says Dr. Ripich. "All they have to do is take one baby step each day, either adding just one item that helps heal their diabetes or subtracting something that makes it worse. All those baby steps add up to a major cure -- guaranteed." Get the full details here on how you can avoid the dangers of diabetes drugs ... completely let go of the fear of diabetes complications ... and change your life for good with Dr. Ripich's 30-day diabetes cure.
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