Dr.
Stefan Ripich
                         Author of The 30-Day Diabetes Cure
Known as the go-to guy for Santa Fe, New Mexico area
diabetics who want to get off their meds and cure their
disease, Dr. Stefan Ripich, ND, ANP, has been a
licensed clinical practitioner for more than 20 years.
Currently, he combines both naturopathic and allopathic
training in a practice – The One Medicine -- founded on
the principle of the body’s amazing power to heal itself.
As the most prevalent disease in Western medicine,
diabetes accounts for almost 40% of Dr. Ripich’s
practice. Over the course of his long career, he has
treated thousands of patients, a large percentage of
whom have had diabetes. He sought to combine the
proven scientific findings that Type 2 diabetes – the
most common kind – is totally treatable, with his
naturopathic training that uses a holistic approach,
giving patients a simple, easy-to-follow, step-by-step
system to heal themselves.
In short, combining Eastern and Western modalities, he sought to empower his patients;
to give them the tools to live diabetes-free for the rest of their lives – without drugs,
surgery or other medical interventions.
Dr. Ripich started his career with dual degrees from Case Western University as a Nurse
Practitioner and a Clinical Specialist in Mental Health Nursing. He was one of only 40
people in the entire country to achieve both certifications, thereby successfully
combining treatment of both the mind and the body to achieve a more holistic model.
In addition to holding clinical faculty positions at three universities, Dr. Ripich spent the
next ten years practicing at the Palo Alto Veteran’s Medical Center, where he also
established the first V.A. holistic clinic, called Point of Balance.
At the urging of the doctors at the Center, he chose to go to medical school, but decided
to go the naturopathic route, with its emphasis on helping patients stimulate the body’s
inherent ability to heal and repair itself. In a rigorous, four-year program, Dr. Ripich
graduated from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona.
In alignment with Dr. Ripich’s philosophy, naturopathic medicine treats the entire person
– not just the illness. It emphasizes prevention and lifestyle education as the
cornerstones of true wellness, and always tries to uncover the underlying cause of
health problems, rather than simply applying a “band aid” to symptoms. Such a
philosophy is perfect for the treatment of diabetes, which is so responsive to diet and
lifestyle modification.
A sought-after lecturer and practitioner in the Santa Fe area because of his successful
diabetes program, Dr. Ripich founded The One Medicine in 2006. As always, he is
guided by a philosophy of employing the best in both evidence-based natural treatments
and Western allopathic medicine to achieve optimal results for his patients, both diabetic
and non-diabetic. With The 30 Day Diabetes Cure, Dr. Ripich is now poised to help
diabetics throughout the country. As his many patients will attest, the cure rate for those
with Type 2 diabetes who follow his advice is 100%.