Laurens MaasLaurens Maas is a board-certified, registered osteopath, homeopath, and Functional Diagnostic Medical practitioner trained in the United Kingdom and United States. He has been practicing holistic medicine since 1993 on the Caribbean island of Barbado and the United Kingdom. He is currently studying for his US doctorate in Integrated Medicine. The gem of the Lesser Antilles, Barbados, has a disproportionately high rate of obesity amongst the local population. Laurens Maas has consulted with and treated thousands of patients using the techniques outlined in this book. Hundreds of international clients fly in from all over the world every year specifically to be treated by Laurens using state-of-the-art Functional Diagnostic Medicine (FDM), as explained in his first and second books, The Hidden Cure and Curing Diabetes [T2] in Seven Steps. Laurens is celebrated across the Caribbean for his unique medical mind. He solves many puzzling disease cases by drawing upon the power of a holistic approach. Laurens' treatment and diagnostic processes include conventional laboratory blood-chemistry analysis, hormone testing, terrain analysis, and microbiology and diet modification. Creating a mega fat burn using a Functional Medicine solution, he is of the opinion that there is no need to hurt your body and mind in the quest for effective weight management. Read More Read Less