By Laban
June 28, 2026
Yesterday, I turned forty-six. On paper, it’s just another number on a calendar, but for me, it marked eleven years since I hit rock bottom. At thirty-five, I was a shell of myself—crippled by chronic autoimmune disease, trapped in the grip of addiction involving drink, drugs, and gambling, and physically beaten down by years of neglect. The life trajectory I had imagined for myself in my youth looked nothing like the wreckage I inhabited at mid-life.
That desperation kicked started a journey of self-healing that has consumed me ever since. Over the last decade, I’ve spoken personally to nearly 1,500 individuals navigating similar crises. Some are simply looking to optimize their vitality, but the vast majority are chronically ill. In some cases, terminally so. I’ve sat on the phone with two dozen people who reached out to discuss assisted unaliving because they were so overwhelmed by their suffering that they viewed themselves as a burden on their families. They had lost the ability to earn income, to walk, sometimes even to speak. Particularly men struggle here. The inability to fulfill the duty of provider and protector shatters a man’s spirit faster than the illness itself.
If anything I share helps heal from that devastation, I consider it a divine appointment. I’m not one for organized religion, but I am deeply spiritual. I have witnessed too many miracles in my life to ignore the architecture of coincidence surrounding recovery.
The Missing Variable
The most striking pattern among the thousands of conversations I’ve had is what isn’t being addressed. People will list their regimens: methylene blue, chlorine dioxide, DMSO, ivermectin, peptides, herbs—you name it. About half see some marginal improvement. But if they were truly healed, they wouldn’t be calling me. They are searching for a shortcut when they haven’t fixed the foundation.
Based on the data I’ve collected—from blood work to cholesterol ratings and bone density scans—99.9% of these people are not eating appropriately for their biology. Everyone claims they eat healthy. Yet, within two minutes of asking what they ate in the last twenty-four hours, I can tell it’s incompatible with their physiology. Ninety-nine percent suffer from degraded gut health, riddled with autoimmune issues often exacerbated by environmental toxins or prior medical interventions.
If you want the laziest, fastest pathway to healing your gut, you must eliminate the agitation. Remove the anti-nutrients—the phytates, oxalants, lectins, salicylates hiding in the plant kingdom. If you deal with fatty liver, strip away the fructose and glucose derived from sugars and carbohydrates. Burn your body fat as your primary fuel source and utilize ketones. Your life changes fundamentally once you make that switch.
The Ancestral Discovery
I haven’t even released ninety-nine point nine percent of the testimonies I receive regarding tobacco tinctures. Most people know nicotine only as the poison delivered by cigarettes or patches. But the difference between those delivery methods and organic tobacco tincture drops is not even comparable.
I realized something over the last few weeks that shifted my understanding. These drops mimic what our ancestors did. Think about the pressure exerted by a human bite. It is immense. When we chewed leaves for medicine, we crushed the plant matter against tons of pressure. Modern tincture presses do the same, extracting the tannins, saponins, and bioactives while filtering out the bulk anti-nutrients. Tobacco is a nightshade plant, likely carrying lectins and oxalates, but in these extracted doses, the body handles them differently.
Long before I accessed this nicotine protocol, I discovered the carnivore diet. Because I couldn’t tolerate anything else for three and a half years due to a trashed gut, I survived almost entirely on meat and spices. I have never felt better in my life. I know when I eat things unsuited to my body; it’s not a sensitivity, it is a knowing. Just yesterday, for my birthday lunch, I indulged slightly in custard slices. Within moments, I dropped thirty percent in energy levels. Later, when I switched to ribeye steak and lamb, I felt marginally better. Even when I added cake, I was agitated, yawning, and sleepy. I now prioritize foods that nourish, avoiding the inflammation that steals your bandwidth.
The Power of Starvation and Regulation
Many believe intermittent fasting is the answer. The longer you fast, the better—provided your body isn’t devoid of nutrition. Medications like the ones I took for seventeen years block the absorption of B12, heme iron, and calcium. Supplements cannot fully replicate the bioavailability of animal products. If you take calcium supplements, beware; the risk of cardiovascular disease rises because synthetic minerals aren’t nature intended.
I don’t take steroids or testosterone replacement therapy. I take only the tincture drops. My perspective comes from returning to ancestral logic, rejecting propaganda that blames cows for climate change or eggs for cholesterol. One example stands out: Ansel Keys, the scientist funded in the 1960s to study red meat and heart disease. He manipulated data, paying off Harvard scientists to publish incorrect findings. The entire West cut out butter and lard, replacing it with margarine made via hexane extraction—a known carcinogen. Ruminant animals convert grass into nutrient-dense ribeyes efficiently. Using carnivore principles as an elimination protocol heals your gut junctions at a microscopic level.
Regarding fasting, I am a fanatic for its utility in chronic conditions, but it requires caution. I healed dengue fever and severe food poisoning in India in 2023 by cutting out all water and food contact. I perspired enough to soak a queen-sized mattress twice a day. I lost nine kilos in two days, entering a deep therapeutic ketogenic state equivalent to a week-long water fast. However, dry fasting demands a robust body. If you are emaciated from chemotherapy, you cannot endure it. In a dry fast, the body consumes the weakest folded proteins—scar tissue, fibroids, diseased cells. Immortal cells reproduce infinitely, but aging occurs when broken protein cells replicate alongside them.
My wife faced twenty consecutive miscarriages, four of which were ectopic. Two nearly killed her due to misdiagnosis by allopathic systems. Three years ago, she completed a four-day hard dry fast. Verified bi-scans showed her uterine wall regrowing from two millimeters to fourteen millimeters, making us candidates for IVF. She endured trauma growing up that was out of her control, processed it, became a hypnotherapist, and reclaimed her fertility. We owe everything to her resilience.
Sleep, Trauma, and the Pharmaceutical Game
Nearly every person dealing with chronic illness cannot sleep well. From my own experience and tracking these 1,500 contacts, nicotine drives the body into REM sleep. It forces restoration. Sicker people take longer to recover because the backlog of damage is deeper. Many in their seventies and eighties do not have time to spend ten years researching what I researched. Experience it yourself.
When people switch to Strict Keto with these tinctures, they sometimes feel worse initially. It is called the trough of despair. Parasites and bacteria crave sugar unless you manage the transition. I don’t judge those who gloss over instructions; brain fog is real. If someone tells me they have ADD or ADHD, I tell them their brain is inflamed. Diet sucks, toxic environments persist, unresolved childhood trauma festers. Once I fixed my gut, my mental health exploded upward. Of the five hundred benefits I’ve gained, mental clarity is paramount.
This connects directly to why I wrote my book, Bet On You. I never resonated with the label of alcoholic. I didn’t want recovery programs. I wanted to address the root cause: childhood divorce dysfunction, using escapism that evolved from TV to drugs. Addressing the trauma allows sobriety to stick. I remain stone cold sober for a decade not through discipline alone, but through biological repair.
There are risks to the status quo. Henry Kissinger referred to us as “useless eaters.” Organizations founded in the early 1900s sought to control population and food supply. Pharmaceutical funding influences medical education, creating incentives to treat rather than cure. Patients with stage-four cancer are often steered toward traditional routes that shorten lifespans. I watched my father die in January of the very illnesses I warned him about—COVID vaccines, statins, beta blockers. Four days before he died at seventy-four, he admitted I was right. There is no pride in knowing you were right when a family member passes; there is only grief. But his death quadruples my determination to help others break the cycle.
The Path Forward
I saw a 75-year-old woman lose 25 pounds in three weeks coming off Mounjaro after starting the tinctures and strict keto. Her scalp psoriasis cleared, and she returned to yoga. A young man named Mitch ran six-and-a-half kilometers forty minutes after his first drop. Wives have unknowingly dosed husbands with drops in their drinks, resulting in pain vanishing after decades. My uncle Steve has prostate cancer and is choosing lifestyle intervention over invasive surgery. We will have hard PET scan data soon to prove efficacy.
Nicotine acts as a panacea when used correctly. Dr. Brian Artis teaches that nicotine is the antidote against venom and parasites. Ancient tribes knew this from 1492 to 1860. Medical establishments ignored it.
You need to become the master of your own domain. Sort your own life before trying to save others. Lead by example. Become healthy enough that people ask how you did it, and then you tell them. Do not take my word as gospel; verify it. But recognize that this unofficial clinical study involving thousands of users yields results official medicine ignores.
My dog, Zeus, eats the same food as me. He thrives with sharp teeth and boundless energy. If it’s not good enough for him, it shouldn’t be for anyone.
To support those willing to implement these protocols, I have compiled a guide covering the carnivore elimination process and the safe use of the tinctures described above. It pulls together the research, recipes, and dosage frameworks necessary to begin without guessing.
You can access the full guide here.
God helps those who help themselves. Do what you want with this information. Have a great day if you’re not having one, fix it. If you are already winning, keep up the good work.
Disclaimer: This article summarizes personal experiences and observational data. It does not constitute medical advice. Consult a physician before altering any treatment plan.
