Body Detox or Schlanke Tanne: which dietary approach fits you?

Key points at a glance

• Body Detox uses liquid Buchinger fasting for a deep physical and mental break.
• Nutrition Low Carb (Schlanke Tanne) is the house diet, built around vegetables and protein, and it teaches a lasting change in how you eat.
• The ÄGHE recommends a standard duration of 7 to 10 days for supervised fasting, plus the days of gradual refeeding.
• The medical intake consultation at the Tannerhof checks personal suitability and confirms the choice of diet.

Fasting or dietary change: understanding the basic decision

A stay at Naturhotel Tannerhof often begins with one decision: a deep physiological break, or a change you can sustain at home. Guests who travel to Bayrischzell are looking for relief and physical clarity. Buchinger fasting means giving up solid food for a time, so that the fasting metabolism switches on and the body's own cleansing processes get going. The alternative is a targeted change in diet, where eating well stays at the centre and what you learn travels home with you.

The liquid reset and learning to eat differently

The Body Detox programme is structured Buchinger fasting: mild vegetable soups, freshly pressed juices and herbal teas guide the body into self-regulation. In our medical team's experience, weight loss can be a welcome side effect, but it is never the main goal of the fasting week. Guests who would rather work on their habits without a break from food choose Nutrition Low Carb (Schlanke Tanne), our own house diet. It is built around vegetables and protein, regional and largely organic, and it shows how lasting satiety works without heavy carbohydrates. Competent medical supervision is what keeps processes like these safe.

• Body Detox fasting: no solid food, liquid nourishment instead, a deep physiological break, oriented towards autophagy and mental quiet.
• Nutrition Low Carb (Schlanke Tanne): full-flavoured meals without the usual starchy sides, reliable energy, and a focus on changing how you eat at home for good.

Both approaches aim to strengthen your vitality and give the body room to renew itself. Which one is the right way in depends on what you want, on your current reserves, and on your health.

Body Detox: the clean break through Buchinger fasting

Classic Buchinger fasting is a deliberate interruption of the familiar. Giving up solid food for a time prepares the ground for deep biological and mental processes. Guests who are looking for that clean break find in Body Detox a protected setting for a regenerative stay at Naturhotel Tannerhof. Mild vegetable soups, freshly pressed juices, tea and spring water support the fasting metabolism. The temporary withdrawal of food stimulates cellular recycling processes such as autophagy. The Tannerhof medical team always makes the same point: any weight loss is a pleasant side effect, never the main goal of the fast.

Who benefits from the clean break, and where the limits are

Fasting suits people who want a noticeable caesura, who want to come to rest and relieve the metabolism from the ground up. Breaking the daily pattern of eating also creates mental clarity. Because fasting demands physiological adaptation, the attending doctors at the Tannerhof examine individual suitability thoroughly beforehand. Certain health conditions rule fasting out.

• Acute illness and advanced cardiovascular or kidney disease
• An existing eating disorder or marked underweight
• Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Where such contraindications apply, the medical team at the Tannerhof will point out safe alternatives, so that the path to better health and recovery stays individual and never overtaxes you.

Nutrition Schlanke Tanne: a lasting change for everyday life

Fasting asks for a deliberate, time-limited break from solid food. Nutrition Low Carb (Schlanke Tanne), the house diet at the Tannerhof, starts somewhere else entirely. It is for guests who want to change how they eat day to day, and how their metabolism works, without going without food altogether. Cutting back on quickly digestible carbohydrates while emphasising high-quality proteins and plant fats keeps blood sugar steady, which is what prevents cravings. For many guests looking for a lasting change in diet, this way of building a plate is the basis for a new sense of their own body.

Vegetables, protein and real enjoyment

The plates of Nutrition Schlanke Tanne put crisp, freshly prepared vegetables in the leading role. With good protein sources and fine oils alongside, the result is nutrient-dense food that keeps you full for a long time and actively supports fat metabolism. The kitchen works to the principles of the Planetary Health Diet: ingredients are regional, seasonal and largely organic, and convenience products are left out entirely. Guests who need steady energy for health reasons, or who simply want to relearn without a fasting phase, find out here how good a low-carbohydrate diet tastes without any sense of going short.

• Vegetable- and protein-led: plenty of fresh vegetables combined with protein keeps you full and protects muscle mass.
• Regional and largely organic: honest ingredients from the region are the foundation of the house kitchen.
• Practical and portable: what you learn fits into your usual routine without rigid diet rules.

Medical supervision and combining both paths

No choice of diet has to be fixed in advance at Naturhotel Tannerhof. The thorough medical intake consultation on the first day after arrival is the foundation of every stay. The medical team looks at your health as it stands, at metabolic lab values and at the demands of your everyday life, and confirms the chosen direction medically. If it turns out that a deep fast does not suit your constitution right now, the direction can be adjusted gently together with the attending doctors.

• Medical baseline: detailed history, physical examination and bioimpedance analysis to measure body composition.
• Individual safeguards: a check of indications and capacity for Body Detox fasting or for a step-by-step change in diet.
• A gentle transition: on a longer stay, Nutrition Schlanke Tanne can be used after the fasting days to return carefully to solid food.

Many guests combine the two approaches over the years. An initial fast often creates the physical and mental break needed to interrupt entrenched routines. In the years that follow, many returning guests use the house diet Nutrition Low Carb (Schlanke Tanne) as a structured refresher, to steady their biological balance without going without food. The two paths work as complementary parts of a long-term health practice.