What is short-term fasting?
Fasting is about voluntarily renouncing from solid food or even luxury foods for a limited period of time. This means that you do not completely exclude certain foods as with other diets. Fasting is intended to stimulate and improve the metabolism, which is very beneficial to our health, as it helps to break down fat and counteract typical widespread diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Nowadays, there are many different forms of fasting, some of which have become popular in recent years. These include, for example, interval fasting with fixed fasting periods of several hours to individual days, drinking therapy such as the classic therapeutic fasting according to Buchinger or juice fasting, as well as alkaline fasting or F.X. Mayr fasting therapy.
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Benefits of short-term fasting
The longer the fast lasted, the better the effects on blood pressure, emotional and physical well-being and, especially long-term fasting, promotes weight loss and has benefits on the BMI. However, significant improvements were seen in all values even after just a few days, i.e. a period suitable for short-term fasting.
All the advantages of short-term fasting at a glance
- The body is cleansed
- The inner abdominal fat is broken down
- Physical and mental well-being improves
- Blood pressure drops
- Blood lipid values improve
- Fasting for weight loss
- Symptoms of inflammatory diseases can be relieved
- You reduce stress
- You can rest and relax
How does short-term fasting work? - Suitable fasting methods for short-term fasting
Even if you only want to fast for a short period of time, you should still make sure that your body is supplied with a basic number of calories to ensure that the brain, heart and other vital organs are sufficiently supplied and can function. In the following, we would like to introduce some fasting methods that are suitable for short-term fasting.
Short-term fasting in a hotel
If you have no experience of fasting or feel that you need professional support, the fasting therapies in our health hotels are just right for you! Here, far away from work and everyday stress, you can focus completely on yourself and your health, meet like-minded people and are looked after by doctors or fasting companions during the holiday. Our fasting hotels also have other offers such as nutritional advice, sports, and wellness ready for you. Besides beneficial massages and other treatments, you will also receive information and tips for the time after the fasting therapy.
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FAQ - Short-term fasting
Risks of short-term fasting - When should I not fast?
- Diabetes
- Heart failure
- Cancer
- Vascular diseases
- Liver and kidney diseases
- Gout
- Stomach diseases
- Low body weight/underweight
- Eating disorders (including those already overcome)
Pregnant and breastfeeding women as well as children and young people should generally not fast.
Why is short-term fasting beneficial for my health?