MEET LOREN

Loren has been studying nutrition and natural health since 1975, dedicating more than four decades to understanding how the human body can return to balance and restore its natural capacity for healing.

His fasting journey began through personal experience. In 1984, Loren faced severe chronic health challenges, including chronic fatigue, digestive disorders, sinus issues, and multiple allergies. After years of worsening health through conventional approaches, he was able to fully restore his well-being through a complete lifestyle transformation within just six months. This experience became the foundation of his life’s work.

Since 1996, Loren has guided more than 12,000 people through supervised water fasts averaging 26 days, and has supported thousands more as a health coach. His work has primarily focused on long-term and therapeutic fasting protocols, often supporting individuals with complex, chronic health conditions.

Over the decades, Loren has become one of the most experienced fasting educators in the world, with extensive hands-on experience in both in-person and remote fasting supervision. His approach is grounded in practical application, deep physiological understanding, and a strong emphasis on safety and structure.

He is also the founder and former director of the Tanglewood Wellness Center in Costa Rica, a dedicated water fasting center that he led for 29 years. There, he developed and refined many of the therapeutic fasting protocols he continues to use today. The center played a significant role in shaping his work in supervised long-term fasting.

Loren has also been active as a writer, speaker, and educator, contributing to health and wellness publications and speaking at international conferences, universities, and festivals across 35 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

Now in his 60s, Loren has maintained nearly 40 years of exceptional health and has followed a raw, plant-based lifestyle since 1991.

Beyond his professional work, he is a nature enthusiast, Reiki practitioner, permaculture instructor, poet, surfer, and animal lover—bringing a grounded, holistic perspective to his approach to health and healing.