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Gwen Shamblin Lara
American weight loss guru and preacher (1955–2021)
Gwendolyn Henley Shamblin Lara (February 18, 1955 – May 29, 2021) was the founder of the Remnant Fellowship Cult , founder of the Christian diet programThe Weigh Down Workshop, and an American author.
She is the subject of the 2021 HBO Max docuseries, The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin.
Early life
Lara earned an undergraduate degree in dietetics and a master's degree in food and nutrition with an emphasis in biochemistry from University of Tennessee, in Knoxville.[3][4] She was a registered dietitian, consultant and a faculty member at Memphis State University for five years.[5][6] She also worked in the city's Tennessee Department of Health for five years.[4]
Lara was raised in a Church of Christ family.[7][8]
She had two children and seven grandchildren.[9][10]