About us
Frank Suárez was born in Puerto Rico in 1950. He was an obese child and teenager who was mistreated by other children and teenagers in what we would now call “bullying” because of his weight. As an adult, he began to develop health problems related to obesity (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, and pre-diabetes). After a lifetime of countless personal failures, which saw him lose weight only to inevitably regain it, Frank concluded that there must be something wrong with his body's metabolism. He had tried all kinds of fad diets, as well as traditional “calorie-counting” diets that reduced fat consumption, without success. With the sole goal of solving his personal obesity problem, Frank, who had been a lover of science and study since he was young, decided to devote his free time to discovering the factors that could explain why some people can eat whatever they want and never gain weight, while others like him seemed to gain weight “just by looking at food.” Based on this idea, he devoted himself to intensive research on the subject of METABOLISM in medical and scientific literature. Several years later, he managed to isolate the factors that accelerate metabolism as well as the causes of so-called “slow metabolism.”
As a result of applying his discoveries, Frank implemented a new “lifestyle” with which he lost more than 50 pounds of excess weight, fully regained his health, and was able to eliminate the need for all the medications he was taking.
Dozens of people who had known him as someone who had been obese since childhood began asking him for advice on losing weight when they saw that he had managed to overcome his own obesity. Frank realized that the discoveries he had made about metabolism always produced good results in people who applied them, and in 1998 he founded the NaturalSlim® center to help others also overcome “slow metabolism” and obesity.
In 2006, after helping the first 10,000 people with his method for restoring metabolism, Frank published his book The Power of Metabolism, which quickly became a bestseller. The Power of Metabolism, originally published in Spanish, has been translated into English, French, and Dutch, and has sold more than 600,000 copies in the twelve countries where it is distributed. In 2010, this book won the “Best Health Book” award at the International Latino Literary Awards with the “Triple Crown Award” distinction, having achieved the unanimous decision of the judges. El Poder del Metabolismo has become and remains a classic of educational literature that promotes health.
In 2014, Frank published his book Diabetes Sin Problemas: El Control de la Diabetes con la Ayuda del Poder del Metabolismo (Diabetes Without Problems: Controlling Diabetes with the Help of Metabolism). Following the publication of Diabetes Sin Problemas, Frank received letters of congratulations from the presidents of Puerto Rico's three main universities. In Resolution #938 of September 2014, the Puerto Rico Senate recognized and congratulated him “for his work as an educator, for his appointment and invitation to become a lifetime member of the prestigious Puerto Rico
Academy of Arts and Sciences, and for his valuable contribution to the general welfare through his initiatives and books aimed at promoting healthy eating habits and lifestyles.” He was also inducted as a full member of the Ibero-American Academy of Science and Culture. In addition, he received a Special Recognition from the United States Congress and House of Representatives on November 5, 2014, “for his valuable contribution to diabetes research, prevention, and treatment.”
Frank has collaborated on several clinical studies with researchers at the University of Puerto Rico and the Autonomous University of Coahuila in Mexico, where his method of restoring metabolism is being used to reduce medical costs and prevent the serious health complications that can result from obesity and especially diabetes.
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^ Accompanied by a healthy diet and regular exercise.