King Of Hunger: Detox On The Shores Of Lake Constance

2023 Author: Amber Richards | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-22 00:24

There are not many "starving" friends among my friends. There are many who are constantly on diets, but those who completely refuse to eat can be counted on one hand. As a rule, their impressions boil down to the fact that after a week of abstinence, incredible lightness appears in the body, and a clarification comes in the head. Deciding that all this would not hurt me either, I went to Germany, to one of the most famous clinics.

Genius of the place

A pleasant flight to Zurich, then a little over an hour by car, and you find yourself in the clean gingerbread town of Iberlingen on the shores of Lake Constance. There is no production at all around, which ensures the world-famous "sterile" ecology. Among the endless flowers and cozy courtyards, the clinic building looks like a stronghold of stability and reliability. Everything is functional and thought out to the smallest detail. There is no need to look for fountains and Persian carpets, gilding and paradise here. This is a clinic in the best sense of the word. Large rooms with balconies (some with entire terraces), gyms with state-of-the-art equipment, a swimming pool, living rooms and a concert hall, and of course numerous treatment rooms. There are also plenty of cozy corners here, because, as the director of the clinic, one of the heirs of the family business, Raymond Wilhelmy, told me:“Communication between those who come to us to starve or just get treatment is a very important point of the program. People support and inspire each other. Someone leaves here with new friends, someone finds a new husband, and someone finds himself. " On the first day, a completely normal dinner was supposed to - I was seated at a table with Marianne from Mallorca, Elena from Istanbul and Claudia, a student at the University of Rome. This is already the sixteenth (!) Visit for Marianna and Elena. The beauty Claudia came for the second time (on a tip from her mother, who came here many years ago to quit smoking, and has come back again and again since then). There are quite a lot of people from Russia, not only women, but also men. “The best patients are Russian families,” Raymond assured me. "They are so prepared, they know so much about fasting and other healing techniques!"who comes to us to starve or just to be treated is a very important point of the program. People support and inspire each other. Someone leaves here with new friends, someone finds a new husband, and someone finds himself. " On the first day, a completely normal dinner was supposed to - I was seated at a table with Marianne from Mallorca, Elena from Istanbul and Claudia, a student at the University of Rome. This is already the sixteenth (!) Visit for Marianna and Elena. The beauty Claudia came for the second time (on a tip from her mother, who came here many years ago to quit smoking, and has come back again and again since then). There are quite a lot of people from Russia, not only women, but also men. “The best patients are Russian families,” Raymond assured me. "They are so prepared, they know so much about fasting and other healing techniques!"who comes to us to starve or just to be treated is a very important point of the program. People support and inspire each other. Someone leaves here with new friends, someone finds a new husband, and someone finds himself. " On the first day, a completely normal dinner was supposed to - I was seated at a table with Marianne from Mallorca, Elena from Istanbul and Claudia, a student at the University of Rome. This is already the sixteenth (!) Visit for Marianna and Elena. The beauty Claudia came for the second time (on a tip from her mother, who came here many years ago to quit smoking, and has come back again and again since then). There are quite a lot of people from Russia, not only women, but also men. “The best patients are Russian families,” Raymond assured me. "They are so prepared, they know so much about fasting and other healing techniques!"- a very important point of the program. People support and inspire each other. Someone leaves here with new friends, someone finds a new husband, and someone finds himself. " On the first day, a completely normal dinner was supposed to - I was seated at a table with Marianne from Mallorca, Elena from Istanbul and Claudia, a student at the University of Rome. This is already the sixteenth (!) Visit for Marianna and Elena. The beauty Claudia came for the second time (on a tip from her mother, who came here many years ago to quit smoking, and has come back again and again since then). There are quite a lot of people from Russia, not only women, but also men. “The best patients are Russian families,” Raymond assured me. "They are so prepared, they know so much about fasting and other healing techniques!"- a very important point of the program. People support and inspire each other. Someone leaves here with new friends, someone finds a new husband, and someone finds himself. " On the first day, a completely normal dinner was supposed to - I was seated at a table with Marianne from Mallorca, Elena from Istanbul and Claudia, a student at the University of Rome. This is already the sixteenth (!) Visit for Marianna and Elena. The beauty Claudia came for the second time (on a tip from her mother, who came here many years ago to quit smoking, and has come back again and again since then). There are quite a lot of people from Russia, not only women, but also men. “The best patients are Russian families,” Raymond assured me. "They are so prepared, they know so much about fasting and other healing techniques!"Someone leaves here with new friends, someone finds a new husband, and someone finds himself. " On the first day, a completely normal dinner was supposed to - I was seated at a table with Marianne from Mallorca, Elena from Istanbul and Claudia, a student at the University of Rome. This is already the sixteenth (!) Visit for Marianna and Elena. The beauty Claudia came for the second time (on a tip from her mother, who came here many years ago to quit smoking, and has come back again and again since then). There are quite a lot of people from Russia, not only women, but also men. “The best patients are Russian families,” Raymond assured me. "They are so prepared, they know so much about fasting and other healing techniques!"Someone leaves here with new friends, someone finds a new husband, and someone finds himself. " On the first day, a completely normal dinner was supposed to - I was seated at a table with Marianne from Mallorca, Elena from Istanbul and Claudia, a student at the University of Rome. This is already the sixteenth (!) Visit for Marianna and Elena. The beauty Claudia came for the second time (on a tip from her mother, who came here many years ago to quit smoking, and has come back again and again since then). There are quite a lot of people from Russia, not only women, but also men. “The best patients are Russian families,” Raymond assured me. "They are so prepared, they know so much about fasting and other healing techniques!"Elena from Istanbul and Claudia, a student at the University of Rome. This is already the sixteenth (!) Visit for Marianna and Elena. The beauty Claudia came for the second time (on a tip from her mother, who came here many years ago to quit smoking, and has come back again and again since then). There are quite a lot of people from Russia, not only women, but also men. “The best patients are Russian families,” Raymond assured me. "They are so prepared, they know so much about fasting and other healing techniques!"Elena from Istanbul and Claudia, a student at the University of Rome. This is already the sixteenth (!) Visit for Marianna and Elena. The beauty Claudia came for the second time (on a tip from her mother, who came here many years ago to quit smoking, and has come back again and again since then). There are quite a lot of people from Russia, not only women, but also men. “The best patients are Russian families,” Raymond assured me. "They are so prepared, they know so much about fasting and other healing techniques!"- Ramone assured me. "They are so prepared, they know so much about fasting and other healing techniques!"- Ramone assured me. "They are so prepared, they know so much about fasting and other healing techniques!"

Going hungry and starving are two different things. Otto Buchinger's system is built so that you don't want to eat at all

Half a grain per day

I, too, decided to first grasp the essence of the technique developed by Otto Buchinger, who a hundred years ago successfully healed himself and passed the know-how into the possession of his numerous descendants. Everything is very logical and scientifically based. You can fast in Buchinger Wilhelmi from 10 days to 21 days. Less than ten is impossible (in special cases, doctors are considering this possibility, but they believe that the express course is not so effective). The introductory stage consists of meetings with doctors, passing various tests, drawing up an individual plan of procedures and workouts, and a very tasty, but low-calorie diet that sets the body up for the upcoming hardships. After a couple of days, the body is cleansed and the food is replaced with a branded patented broth, which is delivered in sufficient quantities by the angelic nurses directly to the rooms of the hungry. The process is watched vigilantly by the numerous medical staff of the clinic, which then helps to gradually and competently get out of the state of "I have not eaten anything for a week." The return to "normal" nutrition is not just happening here, but quite philosophically. After all, fasting should not only get rid of excess weight, cleanse the body and include its internal reserves in active work, but also completely reboot the mind, adjusting it to new healthy habits. Therefore, the clinic constantly conducts lectures and cooking classes on the preparation of healthy dishes (I still don't understand how the starving people don't faint there). By the way, not everyone is starving here. Some come just to keep fit. Such "vacationers" are also necessarily examined by a doctor, and a nutritionist prescribes food for them: 1800 or 1200 kilocalories per day. This is more than enough for a person. And everything is prepared from the freshest and very healthy products. My absolute favorite was the mashed beans with baked zucchini and kohlrabi carpaccio.

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Plans for the evening

Despite the quite natural weakness at the beginning of the course (a harbinger of future ease), everyone here leads an extremely active life. Group sports yoga, stretching, dancing, tai chi, replacing each other throughout the day, workouts in the gym, meditation in a special room and, of course, massages, massages, massages … Personally, I liked the daily walks in the most picturesque surroundings … Every morning, several guides collect everyone and go with them by bus to the beginning of the next route (each time this is a new direction). Then everyone is divided into groups according to the degree of physical fitness and begins a two-hour journey in their own rhythm: someone actively works with sticks for nordic walking, and someone enjoys a light walking step. In the evenings, it is time for lectures and concerts at the clinic. Otto Buchinger actively developed the idea that fasting is good not only for the body, but also for the spirit - this is not forgotten here for a minute.