Sophie Pither finds out what eating 200 cals per day at a luxury German fasting clinic feels like
Back in my twenties I would shed half a stone on holiday through a whirlwind of dancing, late nights and little food. Today, nearing 50, trips abroad have the opposite effect. Keen for drastic action to shift my middle-aged midriff, I book into Buchinger Wilhelmi, a therapeutic fasting clinic by Lake Constance in southern Germany.
The clinic, described by its owners as “part hotel, part monastery, part hospital”, is…
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