The Medical Intake Consultation: How Your Fasting Week Begins

Key points at a glance

• Arriving in Bayrischzell marks the seamless transition from everyday life into the calm of the health resort.
• On the first evening, a mild pre-fasting meal in the Fasterstube and the quiet of your room prepare you for the fast.
• The medical intake consultation on the first fasting day combines a case history with bioimpedance analysis to measure body composition.
• The length of stay booked in advance is refined together during the consultation and can be extended flexibly if needed.

Arrival: stepping out of everyday life and into Bayrischzell

The shift from the density of everyday life into the quieter pace of a fasting week begins in the final kilometres of the journey. Whether you drive yourself or take the Bayerische Regiobahn directly from Munich Central Station to Bayrischzell: the flat land gives way to steeper mountains, and your head begins to clear. At Bayrischzell station the Tannerhof taxi will meet you on request and bring you up the few hairpin bends to the mountainside. A pre-booked fasting stay at Naturhotel Tannerhof starts right here and gives the body the space it needs for this transition.

The sheltered location of the Tannerhof below the Wendelstein conveys a welcome sense of seclusion from the very first moment. After a warm welcome at reception, you can move into your room from 3 p.m. Whether in the historic buildings, in a Kammerl devoted to reduction, or high up in the Hüttentürme: the plain furnishings of untreated wood, the absence of televisions and distraction, and the wide view into nature let the mind settle at once.

• Arriving by train: direct connection from Munich Central Station to the terminus at Bayrischzell, followed by a short transfer with the hotel's own taxi.
• Arriving by car: via the A93 Inntal motorway or the Alpenstraße to Bayrischzell, with parking directly at the hotel.
• Settling in: check-in from 3 p.m., unpack, and let your gaze wander across the slopes below the Wendelstein.

There is nothing to prepare on this first day, no knowledge to bring and no expectations to meet. The Tannerhof takes you in and gives your arrival a firm, calming structure you can rely on from the first step.

The first evening: settling into your room and quiet in the Fasterstube

The day of arrival lays the foundation for your stay at Naturhotel Tannerhof, the day on which body and mind slowly switch out of a tightly scheduled routine. From 3 p.m. your room is ready, whether in the historic Lufthütten, the light-filled Hüttentürme or the pared-back Almzimmer. A fasting holiday with us can be booked well in advance as a deliberate break with Body Detox Heilfasten. Even while unpacking you notice how the absence of televisions and the lack of Wi-Fi in the huts turns your attention inward and makes it easier to step out of constant availability.

• Arriving and settling in from 3 p.m. in your chosen retreat on the grounds.
• A first orientation walk across the 16-hectare grounds between mountain meadow and forest edge.
• The mild pre-fasting meal in the Fasterstube as preparation for the fasting metabolism.
• An early night, so the nervous system can gently come to rest.

In the evening the fasting guests gather in the Fasterstube, the dining room reserved for everyone taking a fasting week. The mild pre-fasting meal on the day of arrival, a plate of fresh vegetables, gently prepares the gastrointestinal tract for the coming pause from food. This gentle relief makes the switch to the fasting metabolism easier for the body. In the harmonious rooms of the Tannerhof the first evening winds down in complete calm, while the body is attuned to tomorrow's first fasting day.

The medical intake consultation: holistic case history and diagnostics

On the first fasting day, the break at the Tannerhof begins with the central medical intake consultation. The attending doctors take time for a holistic first conversation that reaches well beyond routine questions. The focus is on your individual medical history, your current circumstances, the medication you take and your personal reasons for medically supervised fasting. The length of stay booked before arrival is refined here together with the doctor and can be adjusted individually or extended if needed.

The medical core of the appointment comprises a thorough physical examination and a bioimpedance analysis. This reliable measurement determines the proportions of body water, muscle mass and fatty tissue precisely. The values serve as a well-founded baseline for steering the whole course safely and keeping the fast physiologically balanced.

• Holistic case history: recording state of health, lifestyle, mental condition and current medication.
• Bioimpedance analysis: precise measurement of body composition as a scientific basis.
• Individual pacing: fine-tuning the form of fasting, additional treatments and the booked length of stay.
• A gentle start to fasting: Glauber's salt, a proven mineral salt for thorough bowel evacuation, is taken only after the medical check.

The tailored weekly plan emerges from the examination results and your personal goals. The conversation clears up open questions, takes away any remaining uncertainty and creates the confidence to move through the fasting week well supported from day one.

Individual fine-tuning: weekly plan and the start of the fast

Out of the findings from the case history and the body composition values, your own plan for the coming days takes shape in conversation. The length of stay booked in advance serves as a reliable frame, now finely adjusted to individual needs. If the dialogue with the attending doctors shows that the body would benefit from a longer period of relief, the stay can be extended flexibly by agreement. The distribution of treatments and the best moment to begin the rebuilding days are settled here as well.

A deliberate start with Glauber's salt

Only once the medical intake consultation is complete and the individual treatment plan has been drawn up does the actual physiological changeover begin. The principle at the Tannerhof: first the clarifying conversation, then the physical starting impulse. That impulse follows in an orderly way with a dose of Glauber's salt, a sodium sulphate solution for gentle and thorough bowel evacuation that attunes the gastrointestinal tract to the fasting metabolism.

• Fine-tuning the treatment plan: adding suitable therapies such as hydrotherapy or liver compresses
• Adjusting the duration of the fast: extending the week booked in advance if needed
• Setting the rebuilding phase: individual timing of the first solid foods
• Taking the Glauber's salt: a targeted start to bowel cleansing directly after the consultation

With this clear ritual, medically supervised fasting gets under way. The medical team at the Tannerhof remains available over the following days to accompany the process attentively and make fine adjustments where needed.