It's all about the money

You no need to bed down in some rain forest and drink some juice made from the roots of the bagi bugga tree for a temporary fix for diabetes.
A simple change in diet and lifestyle will do that.
The real reason for this movie was obviously publicity because why else give free help and accommodation for these individuals.

I see now they are offering $2000 (flights extra) courses in Shamanic hokey-cokey, you will of course need to sign your life away in case you have a bad reaction to some jungle root beer, but you only live once.

If you think well that's 2 weeks of smoking good marijuana bud, well there was no mention of that plant and probably one of the most underestimated herbs of them all.

I thought that European looking guy looked a bit shady anyway, not the type I would trust buying a second hand car from. If it was him who was behind this idea of witch doctor tourism, then nothing would surprise.