What Is Ibogaine? The Complete Guide to the West African Shrub About to Get FDA Approval
Ibogaine, the West African plant medicine Trump just fast-tracked for FDA approval, has a 2,000-year history treating addiction and trauma. The complete guide to the alkaloid, the Bwiti tradition, the pharmacology, the risks, and why the medical establishment spent 60 years ignoring what indigenous healers already knew.
The Price of Being First: Tony Huge, the Peptide Industry, and the Pattern of Punished Pioneers
Tony Huge helped build the modern peptide industry — and paid for being early. The pattern repeats across medical history: Semmelweis committed to an asylum for handwashing, Galileo tried for heresy, Barry Marshall drinking bacteria to prove ulcers are infectious, Prusiner called a heretic for twenty years before the Nobel. Eight YouTube channels and twenty+ Instagram accounts removed. This article is the record.
Trump Just Legalized the Road to Ibogaine Approval. Ameen Alai Is Still in Prison for It.
On April 18, 2026, Trump signed an executive order fast-tracking FDA review of ibogaine for addiction and PTSD, with Rogan, RFK Jr., and Americans for Ibogaine CEO Bryan Hubbard in the Oval Office. FDA Commissioner Makary confirmed approval could come in 60 days. Meanwhile Ameen Alai sits in federal prison serving 48 months for distributing the exact compound the federal government now calls a national priority. The case for clemency writes itself.
Melanotan II: The Aesthetic Tan + Libido Peptide
Quick Summary What it is: Melanotan II (MT-2) is a synthetic analog of alpha-MSH (alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone) — a 7-amino-acid peptide that activates melanocortin receptors and drives melanogenesis systemically. Mechanism: Non-selective agonist at MC1R (skin pigmentation), MC3R and MC4R (appetite, libido, erectile function), and to a lesser extent MC5R. The pigmentation effect comes from MC1R; […]
NMN vs NR: Which NAD+ Precursor Is Actually Worth Taking?
If you’re serious about longevity, you’ve heard about NAD+. And if you’ve tried to research it, you’ve run into a wall of conflicting claims about nmn vs nr — which form is better, whether NMN can even be absorbed orally, whether the whole thing is overhyped. I’ve been running NAD+ precursors since 2018. I’ve tried […]
Rapamycin for Anti-Aging: The Most Controversial Longevity Drug I Take and Why I Won’t Stop
Let me tell you something that would make most doctors nervous: I take an immunosuppressant drug designed for organ transplant patients, and I believe it might be one of the most important things I do for longevity. Rapamycin — also known as Sirolimus — was originally discovered in Easter Island soil bacteria in the 1970s. […]
NAD+ and Rapamycin: The Longevity Stack I’ve Been Running For 2 Years (Full Protocol and Bloodwork)
Two Compounds That Changed How I Think About Aging I’ve experimented with a lot of compounds over the years. Most of them are performance-focused — build more muscle, recover faster, optimize hormones. But about two years ago, I started paying serious attention to the longevity research, and two compounds kept showing up in the data […]
Ibogaine Legalized: RFK Jr., Joe Rogan, and the Pioneer Who Paid the Price
April 18, 2026: Trump signs an executive order accelerating ibogaine’s FDA review with RFK Jr. and Joe Rogan in the room. Meanwhile Guru Ameen Alai — the pioneer who popularized ibogaine’s anti-addiction thesis — serves 48 months in federal prison. The biochemistry, the protocol, and the pioneer paradox. Plus how to support via FreeAmeen.org.
Low Testosterone Is a Downstream Symptom — Fix These 5 Upstream Drivers Before Touching TRT
Low testosterone is a downstream effect. That phrase from the @efhcoaching post landed 78 likes on a simple image because it crystallizes something most men’s health doctors will never say out loud: the testosterone number on your labs is not the problem — it is the readout of a problem that exists somewhere upstream. Putting […]
SIBO: 8 Root Causes and the Protocol That Actually Eliminates It
The post got 678 comments. people are desperate for answers on this because conventional medicine keeps telling them their labs are normal while they bloat after every meal, cycle through antibiotics, and get worse year after year. SIBO — small intestinal bacterial overgrowth — is not complicated once you understand the actual mechanisms that create […]